Here is the first look at a product I am really excited about. I got together with Japans Common Magazine to produce a set of leather keychains to commemorate their 3 year anniversary. The quality of the leather amazing. It is the same leather that used on the bottom of high end dress shoe soles so you know it is going to last and get better with age. They are produced by hand in Japan and only 3 can be made a day. These 3 colors (red, black and navy) will only be available on my site next month in a limited run of 79 (atomic weight of gold). 3 other colors will be released in japan at the same time.

My friends in japan, who run Common Magazine, have been helping to get the line more exposure over there. They have gotten it into some good Japanese accounts. Check out a few of the Japan dealers blogs:

I-MART / aNYtime / c-collective / lafayette / 12st. / verb store / HESHDAWGZ / DARWIN

Thanks for all the help! I really appreciate it. Common and I have a few projects in the works that are coming out as part of their 3 year anniversary. Thanks again!

I recently started a Flickr Pool to act as an archive that feeds directly into the side navigation of my site. Stickers are put up and then come down so fast that if you don’t pay attention, they are gone forever, never to be seen again. Since I give away stickers with each shop order, I’m curious to see where they end up. This flickr Group is a place where people can add to it, and hopefully it grows into a great archive. I appreciate your help to make it happen. All the best!

One of the great shops that stock my line Collective in Southlake, Tx is in trouble. Their landlord is forcing them out for big business skate shops to move in. Local independent stores need your support! Stores like collective help grow the community. They care about the skate / street wear scene and not all about making money. Without shops like Collective I am not sure how I would have grown up. I spent a lot of time on my local skate shops couch watching skate vids and building friendships. Read more about Collectives issue here and get in touch to see what you can do to help.

I stepped up my shipping game. All online orders now are packed with custom packing tape! The design is meant to resemble caution tape. I have a lot more planned for my online store including online exclusives (the last one sold out in 2 days) and free items included with every order.

Jereme Rodgers and Michael Jackson will both be missed

Pic from dlxsf.com

Here is a logo I recently worked on for a new clothing brand Dearly Departed. They wanted something that was a little darker then what is currently available in the market. I based the logo on the idea of remembrance. Candles are a common symbol of remembering and honoring our lost ones. I took this idea to create custom lettering based on the smoke from a memorial candle with a gothic feeling to it. The D Candle Icon is strong enough to stand on it’s own. They have started producing logo based shirts and a few other items. Be on the look out for them soon.

Final packaging samples arrived for the Glider Plane candles. I have been working on getting these candles right from the packaging to the candle molds for awhile now. It’s nice to see it all start coming together. The candles are going to be packaged like standard balsa wood gliders that you buy at any toy shop.

Here are a few shirts I worked on for Carhartt Europe. The detail picture of the “always on the grind” tee is the opener for the tshirt section in their catalog. I love what the Carhartt brand is overseas. Too bad it’s not the same in the states. It was an honor to work with them and I am looking forward to these shirts being released.