If you haven’t already, be sure to catch Portland artist David Stein at the Davidson Gallery before August 2nd. His show, “Long way from home”, features his colorful characters in bizarre landscapes.

The annual good time known at the DBB Downhill and Messenger Race is happening August 1st @7pm on Phinney Ridge. Don’t miss it!

A very informative article outlining 15 awful mistakes made by designers in the music and apparel industry. I found that some of the points cross over into other areas of design as well. A must read!

The mightypop posts have been a little slow last week. I’ve been away at a photoshoot in Utah which turned out unbelievable. I’ll post the results in a few weeks.

Have you seen the new typeface over at You Work For Them? It’s Accidents Grotesque, a hand drawn san serif that confirms that mistakes can be beautiful.

Here’s a nice Flickr group pool of street art in Vancouver, BC.

If you’re looking for T’s made and worn by skaters and snowboarders in the Northwest, click on through to Desolation Clothing. They have a limited run of their WA Apple T in purple, blue and white available now.

I just got back from 4 sunny days on Orcas Island. There are lots of artists on that island but one of my favorites is the kinetic wind sculptures of Anthony Howe. He uses stainless steel, glass fiber, wood and mirrors to create these moving sculptures. Visit his scupture park next time you’re on Orcas.

A new site just launched that features the worlds most iconic logo designers, from Milton Glaser to Paul Rand.

Seattle’s Horsepower Design have updated their site with all the snowboard graphics they’ve done over the years. Also, the silver foil they used on the Nitro catalog was a nice touch.

Now everyone has a shot at designing a custom sneaker. Portland’s Ryz shoes lets you upload your designs to get voted on by users of the site. All you have to do is download a shoe template, then create your design. If it’s chosen you’ll win $1000 and $1 royalty for every shoe sold. I can see this site getting as big as Threadless. The whole crowdsourcing concept keeps getting used in better and better ways each year.