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Criag “KR” Costello, according to his Krink website is “a terrible art student, a semi-successful vandal, and an entrepreneur who learned everything the hard way.” As fate would have it Costello, now a world renowned artist, owns one of the largest brands in the world of arts and design. Costello’s art is less “illustrative” and more “abstract and expressionistic” as he states in his 2009 interview with Arkitip. (below) Aside from his beautiful art peices Costello’s Krink products are shipping daily from a headquarters in Brooklyn to everywhere from California to Moscow to Bangkok. The product line has grown to offer a number of different markers and inks that are unique to the market in their style, history and quality. Krink has grown to tag team with renowned companies like Nike, Levi’s and Kidrobot. The trademark “drippy paint” has found its way into art and design becoming a standard for street-inspired artists on a global level.

The piece to the left is “Helping Haiti” by John Overmyer. The piece was done using gouache on paper. Below is a video featuring “Fashion for Haiti Fundraiser” in response to the devastating earthquake last month. The video features Vera Wang, Kenneth Cole, and Tommy Hilfiger to name a few. Proceeds from the sale of the Fashion for Haiti T-shirt will benefit the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund (which has come under scrutiny for its lack of accountability) and features a black and lime green logo on the front with the tag-line “Hope Help Heal Haiti”.

In the city with the highest concentration of billionaires worldwide and a magnet for 45 million tourists, the commercial real estate mantra as always is “location, location, location.” The recent opening of Hermes’ Man on Madison store reinforces the avenue’s prestige, but also points to a growing shift toward high-end luxury.

Celebrated British fashion icon and designer to the stars, Alexander McQueen was found dead at his London home on February 11, 2010. For those who are unfamiliar with the designer here is a video highlighting the genius of the late designer’s incredible legacy of work.

When I was younger I used to watch WWE (when it was WWF) and despite the fact I knew it wasn’t real I watched it faithfully every Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday. After years of watching I began to notice how characters recreated their image and teams grew and disbanded. Eventually, background characters would become the big deal and the “bad guys” became “good guys” and vice versa…who wrote this stuff???? After a while it became predictable and I moved on to better things.

News Corp. describes MySpace as the premier lifestyle portal for connecting with friends, discovering popular culture, and making a positive impact on the world. By integrating web profiles, blogs, instant messaging, e-mail, music streaming, music videos, photo galleries, classified listings, events, groups, college communities, and member forums, MySpace has created a connected COMMUNITY.

You’ve read the extra long title now you can breathe. To the left is a picture someone caught of me typing away on my iPod Touch. They were probably wondering, ”What is Jay Criss doing?” I update all of my online promotions and marketing on that little gadget. At social events you might see me tapping this thing secluded in a corner for a couple minutes with a face so focused you would think I was programming algebraic functions. However, there’s really nothing mathematic to my equation except the end result which subsequently makes a sound resembling “chi-ching” when put into the proper place.