Here is the first sneak peek at my friend Erica’s new line of STS bespoke buckles! You can choose the letter and background, and she’ll make it for you. The letters are from the House Industries Eames Century Modern font. Erica  licensed the slab serif typeface from them to use for this exclusive buckle. Numerals and ornaments will be available too.

For all you 80′s shredheads the Rare and Vintage Snowboard Show is opening at Evo Seattle on Friday November 5, 2010. Learn about snowboarding’s past while thinking about the season to come. Go flex some old wood!

I finished my second Vintage Vectors project, which was recreating the classic 1982 Centurion LeMans bike graphics in vector format. Read more and download the files here.

Poster Cabaret is once again hosting their bicycle print set, featuring posters from Invisible Creature, Vahalla Studios, Aesthetic Apparatus and more.

Pearl Jam’s 10 Club is presenting the Rock Art & Poster Convention this Sunday the 23rd at the Showbox at the Market. Some of the best poster artists in the business will be there including Ames Bros., Brad Klausen, Dan Stiles, Guy Burwell, Jeff Kleinsmith, Jeff Soto, Jesse LeDoux, and Munk One. Lots of amazing limited edition posters will be available to purchase at this one-time event only.  Did I mention it’s FREE? I’m there.

Spokane Artist Jim Koch stopped by the office and I got a peek at his Nitro Bud toy he did for Jamungo. He added a lot of vintage Redline BMX styling in the helmet and striping. You can pick up yours at Jim’s site.

There’s a lot of buzz about the new Seattle’s Best Coffee rebranding and simple new logo. I asked around the office and these are the first comments upon viewing the new logo:

“What’s that thing in the back of your throat? It looks like a Uvula hanging down.”

“It looks sterile and old.”

“I see a blood donation center sign.”

“Looks like an old oil company logo.”

Not one of the people I showed it to liked it over the old logo. I think Starbucks and their design firm Creature jumped the shark on this one. Verdict: FAIL.

I’m going to check out the Parskid “Isolated Frontier” solo show this week. The show opening is on May 6th at the Flatcolor Gallery in the Pioneer Square area. I look forward to seeing where he takes his characters next.

Only the worst Sci-fi/Fantasy book covers make it onto the site Good Show Sir. Great stuff!

Tyler Stout was commissioned to do an Iron Man 2 poster in conjunction with the movies release. This 6 color 24×36″ poster was printed on cream paper by D&L Screenprinting.