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Elphi Cycles branding
Finally get to show the branding package I did for Elphi Cycles up in BC! Check it out here Elphi Cycles...
How many San Diego references can you find?
How many san diego references can you find? Detail of the poster wall I did for the refresh of the Flippin’ Pizza in San Marcos, CA. If you’re interested in seeing the logic behind the posters & what not, check the case study here Flippin' Pizza Case Study — A nod to the NYC streets, the posters solved the graffiti problem & became a...
Valhalla mix by DJ Enki (Free download)
Valhalla mix by DJ Enki...
ODI Mike Hucker grip branding / packaging
New work up on the site! Super fun 80s inspired artwork / packaging for the ODI Mike Hucker signature grip. Check it out >ODI Grips...
To The Stars Merch
Just added a bunch of new merch for To The Stars to the porfolio, check it out! To The Stars Merch [gallery ids="46713,46711,46707,46703"]...
To The Stars Academy work added
Check it out! To The Stars Academy of Arts & Science...
I wanna go fast.
It's all math. Sliding on frozen water, gravity will pull 1/8 of a ton downhill pretty quickly. Can't wait to shred this winter, taking last year off because of my foot hurt pretty badly....
Well, that sucked.
Note to self. When racing bikes, don't put your foot out to break the fall when you're about to high side. Breaking your foot off your body & exploding your heel is way worse than breaking a collarbone.[gallery ids="46694,46696,46693,46697,46695,46698"]...
Radio Soulwax “Dave”
Amazing....
Violent death of Art Direction
This is a great piece, written by Chris Worth on Linked In. "Take a look at the image above. It's from the opening credits to Deadpool, a film set in the Marvel Comics universe. A single frame doesn't do it justice - the camera follows an intricate journey around a beautifully complicated scene. So before you do anything else, watch it. The...
Bookstore Lady interviews Dinosaur Jr
Dinosaur Jr's J Mascis interviewed by Portlandia's Feminist bookstore lady...
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner
Winning run from 2015 #MTBNats at Mammoth Mountain. I didn't win a championship but I won my division at a national championship race. lol...
NO NECK JOE
Loved these old cartoons, went to see the Festival of animation every year down in La Jolla. Done by Craig McCracken, who later went on to create the Powderpuff Girls. This festival was produced by Spike & Mike, it helped launch numerous animation careers (Mike as in Mike Judge - Beavis & Butthead, King of the Hill, Idiocracy, Extract, etc)....
Beastie Boys / Muppets Mashup
So good. ...
Adobe Illustrator
Great movie from Fast Company talking about the origins of my favorite application, Adobe Illustrator. The Adobe Illustrator Story...
Stewart making it look easy.
Love him or hate him, you can't deny that James Stewart can ride a dirt bike. A couple weeks back, he made the world's best look like they were standing still....
2014 March Logo Madness – Champion
That’s it, that’s all. Fin. Once again, the battles were close with JSLV & Hydro74 at each other’s throats all day long. And it stayed that way. One would go ahead by a vote, then the other would tie it. Then they’d both get a vote. Then another. This went on for hours until I decided to push the voting another...
2014 March Logo Madness – Lifestyle
Congratulations go out to last week's Lifestyle Category winner, Hydro74. He brought the heat & took on all comers, including two of my logos (the shadow conspiracy and awsm) along with Nixon, Vans & Upper Playground to take the title. ...
Dirt Jump Hustle
Pretty fun video of our friend Michael Sleeter (@sleetdawg) riding some dirt jumps with some mx friends over on RacerX....
Good Times
I've probably seen the full movie 1000x with being on daily rotation when my crew of friends and I moved up to Mammoth to clean the main lodge toilets at night / ride our snowboards during the day. It was a fun time in snowboarding, long before everybody rode, let alone snowboarding being in the Olympics. Crazy to think shortly...
2014 March Logo Madness – Skate
>Congratulations to Jim Phillips and his Independent Trucks logo for taking the Skate Category championship in the 2014 March Logo Madness competition. Can't say I'm overly surprised since the Indy iron cross is one of my favorite logos ever but none the less, great job by a great company!...
Celebrities based on their worst fan art
This is pretty funny, Jaime J "photoshopped what some celebrities would look like based on their worst fan art." Thanks Quipsologies!...
So manly
My friend Mathias Ringstrom sent me this today & it’s just too funny not to post up. There’s a whole lot more to this post if you want to follow the jump.
Absolutely Ridiculous
Ben Raybourn skates better in real life than most people do in video games. Wow. Thanks AWSM...
It’s Gooooolllllllddddddd!
The Revel fork I did the branding on for XFusion shocks got some love over on Pinkbike today. Fork looks incredible, can't wait to try one out. I heard they ride better than they look, which should be downright amazing (if I do say so myself)....
Design salary negotiations
Great article over on David Airey’s blog about negotiating design salary, with excerpts from Ted Leonhardt’s new book Nail It: Stories for Designers on Negotiating with Confidence. This is a great resource for both established & up and coming designers. I wish I’d had this info earlier in my career, it would have went a long way even if I would have been able to miss out on things like nightly ramen dinners or rent check roulette. Anyways, click on the link above or check out the complete article after the jump.
2014 March Logo Madness – Surf
Congratulations to Thalia Surf Shop for taking the Surf Category championship in the 2014 March Logo Madness competition. En route to their win, they took out some heavy hitters; Quiksilver in the semifinals and RVCA in the finals! Good job by the little shop up the road!...
March Logo Madness
March Logo Madness is back again! Brought back after such a tremendous response last year, the competition is back again this year! Updated so there's four categories which get broken down into DAILY battles. VOTE EVERY DAY for your favorite logo from Surfing, Skateboarding, Snowboarding & Lifestyle. Click on the logo above or check out www.wedesignandconquer.com/march-logo-madness to check the days...
Save Canuck Logo History!
Great article from the Ottowa Citizen (Via Quipsologies) about Canada's celebrated logo history… I don't notice any Wildcats or Red Dragons logos in there though, eh....
Nice to meet you
Try me from Antonin Waterkeyn on Vimeo....
Halloween Rules
Can't wait for the big day, here's a couple clips to hold you over until then. ...
Palm Springs Modernism Week
Made the trek out to Palm Springs last weekend to check out Modernism Week. It’s no secret that PS is filled with great midcentury modern stuff but even then, I was completely blown away with how amazing it was. So much good stuff in such a small area, definitely worth checking out. Make sure you get your tickets early because everything sells out, fast. More after the jump
Your day’s about to get a lot better.
Anybody knows that everybody finds ways to spend their Friday's not working. Well, here's a couple videos to bide your time until the clock strikes 5 o'clock. Up top is Major Lazer - Original Don, another is inside The Chemical Brothers - The Salmon Dance ...
Long haul to Denver
Made the annual trek out to Denver for the SIA / Snowsports show. Always a good time seeing old friends, checking my work & hopefully getting my shred on. This year it was actually winter like & the snow was amazing for the demo days. Like powder days amazing. Good times. Check after the jump for more photos of the shenanigans…
Agenda was on the Agenda
Agenda Long Beach was on the agenda today. Drove up the 5 to check out the latest stuff, check my work at a few different booths, see friends & clients. Follow the jump if you’d like to see more.
Alpinestars Moto Campaign
Alpinestars pretty much locked me down for the whole summer and the results from our work with Alpinestars are finally starting to trickle out. First up was the Villopoto Tech 10 Ad from the Motocross campaign shown above. They also contracted me to style their moto catalog (some pieces of this can be seen on their website) as well...
HRE Wheels App
Been keeping this under wraps for a couple months. Helped out the crew at HRE Wheels with their new Smartphone / Tablet App. Pretty rad. Can't wait to play with it at SEMA when we roll up there tomorrow. For more info or to download it, check out the HRE Blog...
Duck Sauce / It’s You
With a name like Duck Sauce, they had a lot to live up to for the video but I think they nailed it. Favorite song at the moment....
Mammoth MX 2013
We were up in Valhalla Mammoth last month for the Mammoth Motocross to ride mx, DH mountain bikes and hang out with friends (like that needed to be said). Of course, the Canon was in tow so we shot photos, photos and more photos. Feel free to instagram these out for personal use, just please photo credit @valhallascott – If a brand would like to use one or you’d like a copy for personal use, let me know. I have much larger files & am easy to work with. Loads more after the jump…
Bluebird Wax Home Movies
Known Willie from Bluebird a long, long, long, long time. Rad dude. I'm surprised he could make something like this so fun to watch because he's always so serious, as many people who live in Jackson, WY usually are #sarcasm...
Compendium of Sneakers
Pretty rad article over on Fast Company about the history of sneaker design. Pretty cool, click to open a larger file....
OS X Del Mar
Seriously, why not?...
OS X Mavericks
Just announced at the Apple WWDC (World Wide Developers Conference) is Apple's new operating system, which moves on from cats to inspirational places in California, the first being OS X Mavericks. Valhalla's vote for the next: OS X Del Mar Skateranch. In another nod to Action Sports, during the demo for the new OS, Apple's Craig Federighi opened up the...
McCrankin’ Canaduh
Rick McCrank is one of the raddest humans on earth. Thanks AWSM...
Fatboy Slim X Miami
We like a little bit of everything music-wise over here, everything from The Black Keys to DK to Tribe and a little bit of (almost) everything in between. A definite standout favorite is Fatboy Slim, who's whole Ultra Music Festival set is up above. Might have to try to find a reason to go to Miami next spring...
Daft Punk about RAM on Pitchfork
There's a pretty interesting article on Daft Punk over on Pitchfork. A little history but mostly them talking about making their latest album, Random Access Memories (RAM). Worth a read if you're interested in them, their mystique or music in general....
Vote Snowboarding!
Max Jenke is a former pro-shred & one of the founders of Endeavor Snowboards. In case you didn't know, Endeavor kills it on the design front. I've talked with him a few times & he's a really nice guy. He's up for a $100k grant in Cannuckian land (aka Canada), all he needs is votes. Trying not to get too...
Sleeter vs Pala
Friend / pseudo-brother Michael Sleeter (aka @sleetdawg) flying around the Pala track on a 2-stroke mx bike. Sounds so good...
LA Times x HRE
Our client HRE Wheels (who also happens to make the best automotive wheels on earth, we can't vouch for other planets) has a little gallery up on LA Times. Nothing major but it's a little behind-the-scenes look at how their wheels are made, mostly from scratch in their Vista manufacturing plant. Check it out Made in California: HRE Performance Wheels...
World Industries Black Light Series
Valhalla's latest series for World Industries released recently. The Black Light series is done in full fluorescent inks with a glow in the dark ink over the top. The images above show the daytime graphic to the right and the "night time" graphic to the right. Pretty stoked on these, I have my sample set on the way & can't...
Daft Punk All Day
Didn't plan on this one until next week. Daft Punk has their new album:Random Access Memories, streaming for free on iTunes....
And the winner is
Volcom takes the cake in our inaugural Logo World Championship of the World. After a couple close rounds when battling Quiksilver & Powell Peralta, Volcom rolled through the final taking 78.3% of the vote in it's battle vs Vans. We'd like to thank everyone who visited the site & voted in the competition. We've got more bracket battles we're working...
So, this is it
So, this is it, we've reached The Finals. Thousands of votes cast and we're down to two logos. Both are icons in the industry. 90s upstart, Volcom with the Volcom Stone vs 60s originator, Vans' and their "Off the Wall" Skateboard. Round 5 was another close one. Both Powell & Burton had the early lead, Vans overtook Burton midweek and...
Yes, Please
Note: Valhalla offices will be closed May 21st....
LogoLounge – Book 8 Call For Entries
Logolounge is having a call for entries for their 8th book. The site is a great resource & the books are a great way for designers to get some recognition. Plus it's aways cool seeing your stuff in print amongst a bunch of other good work. ...
Valhalla x XFusion Shox Apparel
The little apparel line for XFusion Shox dropped a few days ago. I think you have to call to order them but they are available. The Ramones-inspired crest at the bottom is a patch (the round circle on the left chest of the hoodie next to it) and also available soon on some other products. In addition to all the...
Made in California
Wrapped up a Made in California logo a couple weeks ago for Cosmetix West, a private label skincare manufacturer based in LA. Pretty excited about how it turned out. They've got it up on the front page of their newly-redesigned website as well. ...
Did you hear about Koston?
This is good. Nice way to integrate humor into the spot by snowballing the standard "did you hear" type gossip that happens when someone like Eric Koston does what he does at a spot. Nice work....
XFusion RV1 fork branding & graphics
Excited this finally released, keeping tight lipped for the past 5 months has been tough. Last fall I worked closely with XFusion's John Hauer to brand & create the graphics for XFusion's long-awaited jump into the downhill mountain bike fork game. The graphic briefing was basically "do something fast & flawy". Take a look & see if you think the...
Advice from Saul Bass
One of the design greats gives his one key piece of advice to hopeful designers & design students....
Great app for font nerds
House Industries released a Photolettering app for the iPhone today. The Photo Lettering font collection is amazing, definitely a great buy to support such an amazing font house. Pun intended....
Leica Skate Blog
Pretty cool skate photo blog over on ESPN featuring photos of numerous pros. Rick McCrank, Arto Saari, Ed Templeton, the list goes on...
Smithsonian Photo Contest
Amazing stuff over at Smithsonian.com. Click on the pic above to jump to the contest site or follow the jump for a few more photos.
Adidas F12
Been working a lot with one of the best companies on earth, Adidas. There’s a slew of our designs on their shirts recently. A few of my favorite designs ever are included in the F12 season, in stores now. Up top is a Grant Brittain collabs with his legendary photo of the Del Mar Skate Ranch worn by Lem Villemin. Another favorite of mine is the black tee above called “Hustle Daily” with the Hills to the Hood tag line I made up for Adidas, a bear crossing the H in hills and the broken bottle making the T in the. Fun stuff. Check more after the jump.
World Industries logo
Logo I did last summer for for World Industries, one of the most influential companies in modern skateboarding. As soon as I did this one, I knew it was the one to go with and a few rounds of comps later, they agreed. Follow the jump to see a screenshot of the illustrator artboard while I was working on the logo with some other versions / concepts.
$50m is all it takes
To own Bob Hope's estate overlooking Palm Springs & the Coachella Valley. I've admired this house on the hill since the first time I went to Palm Springs. If I was Facebook Rich I'd have a really hard time re-introducing Grizzly Bears to California (my #1 goal) when I could spend the dough to buy this. Bob Hope Estate For...
Willy Santos’ top five
The pride of Mira Mesa, Willy Santos spits of his top five - errr three favorite skate spots in SD thanks to The Hundreds for the quick clip...
He should…
Ayumo Hirano should brush up on his english, he's going to have a lot of interviews at the Olympics next year....
March Logo Madness
Inaugural March Logo Madness is underway, head to March Logo Madness to vote!...
Old Spice
You've probably seen this but Old Spice is bringing it with their new ads. Everyone is scrambling to mimic Old Spice's witty, humorous ads & success. A couple years ago, AXE & their "sex sells" ads owned the marketplace but Old Spice took a big risk betting that humor could win. It worked and now everyone is scrambling to mimic...
Little Caesars
One of the best commercials ever. In the 90s Little Caesars had some of the best commercials going. Everyone knew & loved them, bringing tons people into their restaurants. They were on top when for some unknown reason they decided to drop the great commercials, allowing Pizza Hut & Dominos took charge while their brand dropped off the map. They've...
Mt Baker Banked Slalom
Ride along will you? This looks too fun, I'd really like to do it one day....
DC Shoes AIR.CRAFT
Our friend Jose down at Shilo just directed this video for DC Shoes featuring Robbie Maddison at the airplane graveyard. Pretty good way to waste 10 mins of your day....
Valhallagram
That's right, we finally got on the ball & signed up for Instagram. Follow for a portal into the madness - @valhallaconquers, WRLD pro @andrewcannon666 approves....
Jack whiskey barrel drum
Super rad drum made from Jack Daniel's barrels for the Jack & Zac series. Sent in by Daran Brossard...
Twiz the Season
We tell ourselves that our hard work is what keeps our clients happy but know holiday gifts like this don't hurt. HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE FROM YOUR FRIENDS AT VALHALLA...
Does it get better than this?
We Think not. Tokyo's Aqua City Odaiba shopping mall erected their awesome Godzilla Christmas Tree years ago. Ten years on we've gotta think someone out there has been similarly creative. Thanks Core77...
Grant Brittain slideshow @ UNIV
Grant is the original Skate Photographer and one of the nicest guys we've ever had the pleasure of knowing / working with. Going to do everything in our power to be here. Should be super rad. "Grant will be doing an old-time skateboarding slideshow from 7 to 9pm. Featuring narration as well as Q + A. Space is limited, so get...
Jack Daniels – White Rabbit
This packaging makes me want to go out & track some of it down. Great stuff. Check after the jump for more
Skatepark Build Time Lapse
Pretty interesting time lapse on the Woodward at Tahoe build....
Check out that avi way out there
Oh wait....
Tonight Tonight Tonight
The reasons to be in NYC for this Halloween weekend just bumped up significantly. Well, at least if you're a design nerd. The Great Hall at Cooper Union will be having a Then & Now Symposium on Herb Lubalin tonight, Friday Oct 26th & tomorrow Saturday Oct 27th. For more info, check out here....
File under “Old News”
Atiba Jefferson is an amazing photographer. Worked with / hung out with he & Ako a really long time ago, they were both really nice guys. ...
Road Trip!
Surprised nobody tried to shuttlejack it while it was going through the hood. From Givot...
Plan B Retrospective.
Plan B is a huge reason skateboarding has got to the point it has today. It was my first graphic design job and I'm proud to have worked with them. Can't wait to see more of these....
Red Bull Rampage
The Red Bull Rampage went down last weekend. Backcountry snowboarding on a bike wouldn’t be a bad comparison in our eyes, check out some more of the action after the jump & see if you agree.
Arby’s = Fail
Looks like the folks at Arby’s decided to reinvent themselves, ditching one of the only things the brand had going for it. In Chief Marketing Officer Russ Klein‘s infinite wisdom, he replaced the super-awesome cowboy hat logo with something that looks like a c+ logo project from a community college “Introduction to Graphic Design” course. If you care to read more about our views, follow the jump because there’s a lot to say about this travesty.
ESPN on Larson
Old friend Tony Larson has an interview up on a little site you may have heard of called ESPN, check it out....
Nobody beats the Biz
Some fun for you all today....
Logo History
Too much hustle around here lately, saw this & couldn't resist popping it up on the blog though. It's a little outdated but still interesting to check out. ...
Bonham F12
Our friends over at Bohnam dropped their F12 line video a couple days back. Our favorite is the Bunyan Axe, just what ever fishing skater needs. Keep up the good work, guys....
Save Prentice
Chicago, Illinois has more architectural greatness than most countries. The Prentice Womens Hospital by Bertrand Goldberg is under fire & could be torn down. For more info on the landmark, Check This to sign the petition to save it Go Here...
Go Sal.
Sal's a super cool, down to earth guy & we wish him the best on his latest venture. Read more here:Sal Masekela's next act...
Glow in the dark skatepark
Korean Artist Koo Jeong-A created a glow in the dark skatepark with phosphorescent concrete in Vassivière Island, France.
Wow. more after the jump.
Who owns what?
All our choices get whittled down to a few. Thanks Logo Design Love...
Isle of Man TT
Imagine going as fast as you possibly can on a full race street bike on narrow roads all around a tiny island, then triple the speed and you're close to how fast these guys go....
Drifting Decade by Daniel Blom
Daniel Blom's been at it, documenting the snowboarding lifestyle for the past ten years. We worked with him a few years back on our Ascape project for Armstrong Flooring. He's a great photographer (and nice guy), this book should definitely be worth checking out. Check it out at Drifting Decade...
Planet Rock / 808 Documentary
If you've heard any type of electro or hip hop music, you've heard the 808. Can't wait to see this one by Arthur Baker....
Master of Puppets piano cover
Pretty awesome. Thanks AWSM...
Big Battle Over Small Fruit
Pretty interesting article over on Yahoo about the Cuties brand of clementines. Very interesting read on how much of an impact the branding has had on the tradition-steeped industry in America. The Big War Over a Fruit...
ONE Industries Mammoth report
Got a few photos up in ONE Industries Mammoth Motocross race report. Sleeter, Hoeft, Miller, Falk & a nice Panoramic of the race, check 'em out at the links below. ONE Industries Mammoth Race Report ONE Mammoth Flickr Set...
Come One Come All
HRE Open House this weekend. Come see some work we did & a whole lot of awesome work others did....
Gymkhana Five
Once again, Mr Block got to do what we've all dreamed of doing. Not bag for a guy from Valley Center....
Mammoth MX 2012
The Mammoth Motocross went down a couple weeks ago & we were there hanging out with old friends while trying to get hurt on dirt / mtn bikes & shooting photos. Check after the jump for more photos of the event & good times up there.
I’ve been everywhere
Rad project about one of my favorite songs ever. Check after the jump for a few more. The Everywhere Project by Adrian Walsh
My knees hurt
After watching Jaws X Games real street video....
We’re going downhill
The newest obsession in this joint is riding downhill mtn bikes & we’re ready for the season to start. Thanks to Tyler at Twenty6, John at XFusion Scott & Aaron from Maxxis and Mr Glew for the hookups & an extremely awesome client who offered a translucent copper paint job.
From a hot tub full of scotch
Can. Not. Wait....
Lightning in a bottle.
If it were Monday, we'd say it's Motorsports Monday but it isn't so we can't. After watching this, my subconscious has a new reference point for fast on a motorcycle for when I'm dreaming....
Gymkhana Four bonus edit
This take has less hollywood glam & more focus on Ken's driving skills. Pretty cool deal from the pride of Valley Center....
Patience.
Pretty fantastic stencils. Looks like they print the thresholded portrait on a paper & go to work with the xacto. Having cut a few stencils in my time, I can say that this would take A LOT of patience. Check out more at their Orticanoodle site...
Love it.
So much can be said about this but to sum it up in one word, it's Amazing....
14 tips from Ben Franklin
There’s a reason he’s on the $100 bill. These tips apply to all aspects of life, making the connection to design is pretty simple.
Less Talk, More Action
Don’t Procrastinate
Be Prepared
Don’t Fight Change
Get Moving
Avoid Busywork
Give Yourself Permission to Make Mistakes
Act Quickly on Opportunities
Continue to Grow
Keep Going
Don’t Self Sabotage
Don’t Give Up
Wise Up
Check after the jump for a more in-depth writeup & how we feel they connect to the design world.
This Little Piggy
Amazing work by Taylor McKenzie-Veal, remolding discarded plastic drink containers into piggy banks.
Check the video of how he does it after the jump.
the IT crowd
Just found this a few days ago. Hilarious. Thought we'd share. the IT crowd...
Welcome to the Era of Design
Great article on Forbes a couple days back. Check after the jump for the full article.
All businesses, no matter what they make or sell, should recognize the power and financial value of good design.
Obviously, there are many different types of design: graphic, brand, packaging, product, process, interior, interaction/user experience, Web and service design, to name but a few.
Thank you.
Thank you for making dorky white kids believe it was all possible. Rest in Peace, Adam....
Snowboarding is fun.
A spring trip to Mammoth might be in store here pretty quick...
Happy High Five Day
Since we're general fans of tomfoolery, today we'll take advantage of High Five Day, as should you....
Draplin’s Field Notes Inspiration
Check out fellow hefty designer Aaron Draplin yammering about the inspiration for his Field Notes Brand. Can't wait to check out his catalog of old stuff on the interwebs....
Geometric Origami
In case you have a few hours and a slew of paper plates leftover from your Super Bowl party, Check out this blog and go hog wild with some geometric origami....
EyeSea Polish Poster Collection
Pretty great collection of Polish posters over on Eye Sea Posters. Most are film but there are some others in there, too (like the awesome circus one below). Check after the jump for a few favorites (or just check them out here)
Waiting for Lightning
Can't wait to see this. Worked with / for Danny for a while. Went out to Glamis one time with him because he wanted to build a huge gap & quarter pipe in the dunes to skate on. I thought it was the craziest thing I ever heard, then a couple years later I saw the Mega Ramp. ...
If you’re in NYC this weekend
Hard to Imagine how cool this would be to check out....
Big Daddy Ed Roth
At the bookstore the other night & came across an article on one of my favorite artists of all time, Big Daddy Ed Roth. The stuff he did 50 years ago would fit in today. Whatever style you want to call it, he & Jim Phillips are in a league of their own. Juxtapoz is always good to flip through...
Pancho Barnes
A few years back, my grandfather told me about the first time he went up in an airplane. He had just enlisted in the Army and really wanted to be a pilot. He told me how this famous barnstormer named Pancho Barnes landed at the base for some reason & he asked her for a ride. She told him to...
Happy Birthday Mies
Wonder why the Google logo is a weird looking building today? Click and you'll see it's in celebration of Mies van der Rohe's birthday on March 27, 1886. Mies' work as a designer & architect of awesome included the Barcelona Pavilion (pictured top) & Chair, which no modern house or office is complete without. Happy Birthday Mies, thanks for the...
Sir Jonathan Ive interview
Pretty cool article over at London's Evening Standard with Apple's Jonathan Ive. Definitely worth a read on the thoughts of Apple's new frontman. "What I love about the creative process, and this may sound naive, but it is this idea that one day there is no idea, and no solution, but then the next day there is an idea. I...
Shadow Read Between Shirt
This is another favorite shirt of mine, Shadow's "Read Between the Lines" shirt I did a while back. Glad to see it's still up for sale and a bonafide awesome bmx rider like Ryan Sher likes it, too. Get yers here....
Shadow S-Crow Shirt
I love this design. Maybe because I did it, maybe because my name's Scott, who knows...
Carlsbad goes down for the last time.
The world famous Carlsbad Gap was torn down Thursday, February 23, 2012 to make room for renovations on the campus of Carlsbad High School in Carlsbad, California. Anyone who remotely paid any attention to skateboarding the past 20 years knows of Carlsbad. It was a proving ground. Follow the jump for a retrospective history of the gap from a couple years back.
Valhalla “Bearded Viking” Shirts
Got these a little while back but haven't had a chance to get them up in the shop because of the crazy hustle recently. Enough of the excuses though, everyone that's seen these shirts loves it. Super comfortable / great fitting Royal Blue Heather blank with a 1 color screen print on it, obviously of a bearded viking with a...
I love old cars.
New cars can be ok, even pretty nice but, for the most part, they're all standard overproduced crap. This is where it's at, The Derelicts from eGarage. ...
Available anywhere you’d find milk
Happy Valentines Day...
House Rules article on The Scout
Check out this interesting little article on one of the best typographers out there right now, Andy Cruz of House Industries....
Saul Bass’ Bell System Pitch
Video prepared by another branding genius, Saul Bass, for bell systems. It's a bit long with the first half being basic identity design stuff & the second half (around 13 minutes) being the pitch itself. Thanks Under Consideration...
Herb Lubalin’s PBS Logo
A genius talks about a classic logo. Thanks Under Consideration...
A 5-year-old’s logo reviews
Adam Ladd asked his 5-year-old daughter what she thought of a bunch of logos. Her comments are pretty interesting & it's also scary how many she knows....
Great QR Code usage
Scandanavian airlines launches "Couple up to Buckle up" QR campaign which required people to plan a trip together. Pretty creative....
Man this looks fun.
brightcove.createExperiences();Travis basically made a "north shore" snowboard run. Thankfully they chose to do it in the only area in America with snow this season....
Anaheim 1 Supercross
The start of the 2012 supercross seasons started this past weekend in Anaheim. It’s a lot like a fun, one-day, trade show. This year was no different, meeting clients, seeing friends & taking in some racing. Check after the jump for more photos!
Pen & Ink Hustle a la Hydro74
Some pen & ink hustle from our friend Joshua Smith AKA Hydro 74. ...
Eva Zeisel
Sad news in the design world to start the new year, Eva Zeisel passed away last week at the age of 105. Most everyone has seen / admired some of her work sometime in their life. She has quite a story & worked continuously, most recently releasing some amazing salt & paper shakers at the spry age of 103. Read a bit more after the jump.
How’d they do that?
How did the nail get there? There’s no trickery involved. Check after the link for the video showing how they did it.
Jeremy Jones
Pretty cool article / Video on Jeremy Jones (free ride) on National Geographic's site. Check out the full article here....
Happy Holidays
Andy Davis Holiday Animation from Billabong USA on Vimeo.Andy Davis is one of the first guys I met "in the industry" when a couple friends of mine rode for him. That's all blah blah though, he's a rad artist & he just did a really cool holiday card for Billabong....
AvA LOVE in Droid Razr Commercial
Our Angels & Airwaves LOVE cover is featured in the new Motorola Droid Razr commercial. Pretty cool surprise found while watching SNL. Keep a close eye at about 18 seconds in....
Ice Cube. Architect.
Bet you didn't know that Ice Cube (the rapper) studied architecture in Arizona (ASU, I believe) did you? Years ago, a friend I worked with told me that (he had classes with him). Anyways, Pacific Standard Time celebrates the art scene in LA with various celebrities. In this episode, Ice Cube celebrates the Eames' House....
Lettering
Cool little interview with Ken Barber (along with that amazing hair and collection of Ben Sherman shirts of his) from House Industries. They may (or may not) crush it. You decide....
Hand Painted Signs
Dusty Signs. Love the HOLA Amigos. from Hunter Johnson via from WLT...
Chrismukwanzaa Sale
We're sharing the holiday cheer with an chrismukwanzaa special - use the code "xmas" at check out & get 25% off anything in the store! ...
Eames the architect and the painter
The Eames movie premieres in a couple weeks on November 18th in theaters & will be on tv December 18th. Clear your calendar & set your DVR. ...
HAPPY HALLOWEEEEEEN!!!
How about Christoper Walken reading Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven and you can't forget about this gem!...
So, you’re going to be in Taiwan
This is where you should go. Jim Phillips Art Show - The Dreamers 14th to 23th Oct, 2011. At Delta Skateboard Store in Taipei, Taiwan. Blood Sweat Vector...
Some things to fill the day.
Can you guess which group of fans above is for 1) Morrisey 2) Dolly Parton 3) Rod Stewart 4) Marilyn Manson? Disciples by James Mollison is a collection of photos taken from outside concert venues. How about 2 floppy drives programmed to play the Imperial March? Thanks Quips!...
Animoog iPad App – $1!!
This is too cool not to post. Moog, THE sythesiser company just released it's iPad app. For a buck. Well, at least until they bump it up to $30. Check it here Animoog...
Today got a little bit gloomier
Sad day. Thanks for the awesomeness, Steve. Steve Jobs 1955-2011...
DJ P “Hell on Wheels II”
I don't think it's hard to guess that we love halloween here at Valhalla. It's safe to say it's, by far, our favorite holiday. With that context set, DJ P's "Hell on Wheels" CD mix series is one of my favorite parts about halloween. Kind of like a halloween soundtrack if you will. Check out a little interview about them...
THIS IS (val)HALLOWEEN
That's right, the best time of the year is upon us! Use the code "THE WEEN" for a 20% discount in our store!...
Guy on a buffalo
Happy Friday. Thanks, Todd...
Fallingwater is 75.
Pretty cool little piece over at Fast Co about the most iconic home in history. Fallingwater Turns 75....
Some Beastie Boys for your day
Still busy with the hustle but that doesn't mean we don't love you. Some Beasties to brighten your day. It's not necessarily PG (language, breaking into stores, harassing people) but it's so good, even Tobey Maguire can't bring it down. Enjoy....
Beats, Rhymes & Life
Lotsa hustle going on in these parts but I had to post this up real quick. I can't wait to see this, I was just in Vegas & missed Phife & Michael Rappaport there promoting it by a couple days. Tribe is the greatest rap group ever. There's nothing more that needs to be said but there is still dates...
These should be on my wall by now.
A few months back I got a call from the guys at Plan B, wanting a mini-series for the team based on my “Ice & Snow” Viking. 4 boards, one each for Ryan Sheckler, PJ Ladd, Torey Pudwill and Paul Rodriguez. Check after the jump for the story & larger / more detailed images with the glow in the dark hit exposed.
OR Winter 2012
As usual, I’ve had to keep these under wraps for some time. A bunch of beanies / facemask designs for Outdoor Research last summer which recently launched so we can finally blab about them. Check them out or grab one on their site or after the jump!
Postertime!
Gallery 1988 has a pretty amazing show up based on some of the coolest product ever made, Garbage Pail Kids. Prints start around $25 & Originals are pretty inexpensive (until they’re gone). Super fun work.
More by Hydro74 & State of Shock Studios after the jump!
This is how we roll….
Didn't know they were in the kitchen filming that day...
Great animal portrait series
Great animal portrait series by Morten Koldby out of Denmark. Check inside for more portraits or follow this link to see the series.
Nixon Space Jellies
Just realized I never really put this up on my site / blog. My piece “Space Jellies” which I did for Nixon a couple years back. Check inside for the full piece, a bit of a story about it & most of the products they put it on.
Long Island Iced Ts
Ok, so we’ve never actually even been to Long Island but the word play was too fun not to use. Collection of our shirts, most you’ve probably seen before & 1 that’s printing soon. Check inside for the full collection, up above is just a preview.
Gymkhana 4 is out
Ken Block going hog wild in a little, overpowered car....
Remember the “D*FACE” Pool?
Here it is again, painted with "new" skaters in it. If you missed it the first time, check it out here....
Winter’s Coming
Can’t wait. Summer’s working time so we can play all winter.
More inside!
Beastie Boys x Spike Jonze take two
Beastie Boys & Spike Jonze team up for a whole 'nuther round of awesome. Thanks Werd!...
(more) Awesome at the front door
Rolled back from lunch today & saw this sitting outside the shop. Wonder what it could be…. more inside
See LOVE live
The film we're doing the branding / packaging for, LOVE by Angels & Airwaves is playing live around the country this Wednesday night. After the film AvA will play 3 songs & have a question / answer session with Tom DeLonge, director William Eubank and lead actor Gunner Wright. Since I missed the SBIFF premiere due to a tradeshow, I'm...
Great editing + creative idea
Equals = Awesome. Great piece here for your Friday afternoon, have to kill an hour before heading home (come on, we know that's what you're doing). MOVE...
Awesome at the front door.
A whole lot of awesome showed up at the door today. I love it when any surprise package comes in but three in a day is like Christmas to me! GodMachine, Hydro74 & The Shadow Conspiracy all come through with some amazing. Check after the jump for details, stories & links.
These prints go to 11
Busy with the hustle recently but it doesn't mean awesome isn't out there to find. Pop Chart Lab's Periodic Table of Heavy Metals is pretty amazing. A table of 303 heavy metals--from AC/DC to Zyklon--charted according to genre in an edition of 1000 for $20....
Attention to detail
Great work here by Ragna ReuschKlinkenberg for The Craft magazine. The campaign was made in cooperation with the German artist Ragna ReuschKlinkenberg. Who carved the face of world’s most important politicians on the pencils. Amazing detail work, check after the jump for more!
Carmageddon awaits
For anyone who hasn’t bolted out of the office yet, got a good one for your Friday with Steve Cabellero, Omar Hassan & Lizzie Armanto skating pools at night. I met Cab once, super nice guy. It’s no wonder why he’s so well respected & liked in the sport. Throw Miller in the mix & you pretty much have the Pool Dream Team. Interesting video. A bit more after the jump
If only Rube was around to see all this
If only Rube Goldberg was around to see this & so many other contraptions that his drawings inspired. Melvin The Magical Mixed Media Machine from HEYHEYHEY Thanks, Todd...
Brittain’s Vault with Chris Miller
mobilerider.embedVideo(2438, 47143 ,'', 600, 330, 'osmf', {extras:'skin:skateboardmag,muteOn:,autoplay:0,autohide:1'});Worked with both Grant & Chris a few times in my career. They're both amazingly nice with unbelievable talent & knowledge stored up that they're not afraid to share. Two of the coolest guys out there in all reality. Anyways, enough of the love-fest. This shot is amazing & hearing the story of it...
Skateboard + Pool + Paint
Back to the hustle after the long weekend but we do have this pretty cool video we saw over on AWSM, D*Face made a spray paint rig for skateboards. Add that with some legendary pool skaters, a freshly painted pool & watch the fun ensue.
Free Fatboy mixes for your holiday bash
This might come as a surprise to some, but the iTunes around the shop is filled with just about every genre-music imaginable. For the electronic DJ genre, Fatboy Slim can't be touched. His mixes are incredible & he's even better live but what's better than that are the bunch of really good mixes available for download over on his site...
Your Friday is now booked.
Metal Shirt Collection. Staring down 600+ metal shirts. Oh man. Like this one, right when Pushead started to do Metallica's shirts or any of the Iron Maiden shirts. Take some time, there's some pretty amazing work in there...
Not another random post.
Oh hell no. Love snakes, super cool creatures. But see how these have diamond shaped heads? That means they’re not nice snakes. Pretty amazing collection of snake photos over this way.
Great font called Crescendo by Canadatype, featured in this post over on Quipsologies
More snake photos & fun after the jump!
29 ways to get down.
Spookshows has a really cool collection of vintage poison labels. Worth checking out for sure, they even have a download link for the zip file. More after the jump!
Go Skateboarding Day!
Not only is today the day that every store in Barcelona is closed (don't plan on buying stuff to bring home that day, we learned the hard way), it's also Go Skateboarding Day! Even if you only get out & push around for a couple minutes once a year, this is the day to do it. Legendary artist (& super...
Award Tour for our Viking friend
Just got notification from the FPO (For Print Only) awards, seems like our little postercard won an award for the letterpress division. Pretty Excited about it, in with some pretty good company. Check out all the winners at FPO Awards & of course you can see photos of the piece here....
Andy Wright – Open Shutter
Andy’s not only one of the best snow photographers out there, he’s also a cool person. Fun walking through his snow photo history with him, I remember wayyy too many of these photos.
Hanging out at E3 twenty-eleven
A couple days back we made the trek up to LA for the E3 show. Pretty amazing stuff there, the new PSVita & Nintendo WiiU were there, along with the huge, marked out, lines that went along with wanting to play on them. New games, new consoles, new technology, everything & then some was there. Check after the jump for more pics & a little writeup.
Land of the Ice & Snow iPhone 4 Case
Hot off the presses is our "Land of the Ice & Snow" Viking Head iPhone 4 case. $25 shipped anywhere in the world. Check it out in our shop....