On May 2nd Go Go Plastic, Birmingham is hosting the launch party for the release of the Jam Factory x Crazy Label vinyl toy, ‘Droplet’.

The show will be the first official vinyl release from designer Jam Factory on Wookieweb’s Crazy Label, a toy manufacturer made famous by their Treeson vinyl toy. In addition to the 4 exclusive colourways the show will also feature customised versions of the toy from Mr Jago, 45RPM, China Mike, Richt, Klingatron and Doktor A. to name a few.

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Last month we posted an article on UK skate/art collective Xynthetic’s country wide mini-art tour and with the Middlesbrough leg well and truly over the tour is now making its way to Nottingham for the second installment and main event in the trilogy.
The Xynthetic website had this to say; “Not only are we displaying the work we’ve already created, we’re busy adding more things for you to peruse… more boards, more prints, more photos!…”

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On the 3rd April those fine folks at Electrik Sheep, Newcastle will be hosting an exhibition of original artwork and limited edition prints from UK graffiti artist PURE EVIL. On show will be butterflies, bunnies, babes and situationist propaganda inspired by the 40th anniversary of the May 1968 student riots. In addition to this on the night there will also be an exclusive print release which will be available to purchase in store and online the next day at 12.

For more information check out www.electriksheep.co.uk.

Tipped by the Sunday Times as two people who are “shaping the success of the North East”, Dan Ziglam & Elliot Brook are the designers and masterminds behind UK firm Deadgood. Based in Newcastle, Deadgood’s range of high design furniture products have featured in countless publications and design journals for their innovation and sheer style, and their latest projects include a range designed exclusively for national retailer Barker and Stonehouse.

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On Friday night we were lucky enough to head over to The Arches on Glasgow’s Argyle Street to catch the opening of stencil artist Klingatron’s first hometown solo show ‘Making the Cut’ and as you can probably tell from the photos, he killed it.

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One of Glasgow’s hidden gems, The Recoat Gallery is currently hosting an exhibition by London based graff supremo Insa. If you haven’t come across his work before, here is what SlamxHype had to say back in January:

“Insa is a major player in the London Graffiti scene, well known worldwide for his technical spray-can abilities as well as his iconic posters of abstract ladies’ legs in fetish heels…”

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If you’re like us then your probably sick to the back teeth of hearing “Banksy this, Banksy that”. However the hot story of the moment is the recently revealing of Banksy’s commissions at the Swiss Embassy in London. Done some time ago up until now these pieces have been kept under wraps and to be honest we’re really not all that bother, but if you head on over to the Art & Culture section of the Guardian website they’ve posted a little video explaining all. Woop woop!