It’s the worst possible thing on earth to loose a son. I was moved when I read tonight in the Gothamist that Tats Crew founder Nicer lost his son in a brutal manner last summer.  To quote the Gothamist article: The Tats Cru won’t be doing a mural of Bleu—member Davide Perre told Pavement Pieces, “I couldn’t paint his face,” and Sotero Ortiz said, “Yeah, I think I’d throw up.” Perre added, “We don’t need a memorial wall for Bleu. Every wall we do is for him.”

I had the chance to develop a great creative relationship with Carhartt Europe for the past year. My friends Tim (art director) and Arnaud (creative director) are doing an fantastic job to push the quality of the product every season. They also maintain a strong brand DNA and keep their language simple and straight to the point. I really liked to work with them because they know what they want. It’s rare to have a client that actually gives you amazing feedback that pushes you to go further in your creative process. Here is the first batch of graphics I have done for Spring/Summer 2011. More to come soon.

My cyber friend and journalist Matthew Newton wrote a short essay about his introduction to graffiti in the early 1990s, and what it meant to him growing up. Read it here http://thoughtcatalog.com/2011/when-faith-in-graffiti-reigned-twist-corporate-pigs-barry-mcgee/

I saw Ratos de Porão in 1988 in Geneva back when I was a little punk skating, and just remembered them tonight while listening to compatriot Sepultura and talking to homey Tester One. Good memories!

Back in New York after almost 2 weeks of computer free time. I had a blast in Switzerland where I spent quality time recharging my batteries for the year 2011. A lot of exciting project ahead. In the meantime here is few shot of my morning in Geneva’s famous public bath; “le Bain des Påquis” where I had a great sauna, massage, Turkish steam bath and a swim in the ice cold water. More Swiss snapshots to come.

Interesting technology based off the census data that shows distribution of racial and ethnic group in your city. More in the  New York TImes

Few days ago a saw for the first time the images of the new Tintin Trilogy directed by Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson. I was blown away.

Here is a bunch of spreads of the Destroyer Journal we art directed and designed for Nike with my new company Doubleday & Cartwright. Thanks to my biz partners Aaron and Chris for holding doen the fort on this and to Julien, Emma, Tim and Alldayeveryday for a great collaboration.

Here is a bunch of images of the destroyer journal we art direct and designed for Nike with my new company Doubleday & Cartwright