Last night was the opening of David Choe’s ‘Murderous Hearts’ exhibition at the Lazarides Gallery, Newcastle. We didn’t manage to get there ourselves but Sam from FUSShop gave us this:

“It was the first time I’d made to it the Laz Gallery and it looked great. It’s good to see that things do actaully happen outside of London!! Choe’s work was amazing, some a little disturbing, but on the whole, the detail that goes into these pieces is Nuts!!”

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If you’ve ever wanted to know how to ‘Eat a Banana Like a Monkey’ or ‘Pimp Your USB Drive’ then Instructables is the site for you. A little bit like Blue Peter on acid Instructables has a database filled with some of the most useless information your ever likely to set eyes on, but with a huge community of users updating the site daily, we guarantee it’ll leave you reaching for empty Fairy liquid bottles and PVA glue in no time. Step a side John Leslie!

www.instructables.com.

For years the artwork of Bristol based illustrator Mr Jago has graced its fair share of t-shirts and hoodies, from his work with streetwear giant Addict to projects with smaller labels such as SabreStyle. However 2008 sees the release of the first collection on his very old fashion label ‘Play Nice’ featuring artwork and designs created exclusively for the brand.

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On March 7th Glasgow will host the first hometown solo exhibition of Scotish stencil artist Klingatron. Emerging as one of UK’s the hotest new artists Klingatron has already had the pleasure of group shows in Newcastle, Belfast and Edinburgh not to mention his recent apperiences at the Xynthetic ‘Carbon & Chemicals’ show at the Kitch-en gallery in Middlesbrough and his first solo show at the Workshop store in Bristol.

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After a few months of quite from their HQ, one of our favourite British toy design companies, Amos, has scheduled a new release for the end of March. Their first product drop of 2008, the ‘Bird God’ vinyl toy has made the transition from a sketch in from the last James Jarvis’ book, ‘Selected Drawings’, to the toy world.

More images after the jump.

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On February 1st UK art/skateboarding collective, Xynthetic, kicked off their ‘Carbon & Chemicals’ art-tour at the Kitch-en Gallery, Middlesbrough. A collective of artists, designers, skaters, photographers and videographers Xynthetic’s members include some of the UK’s freshest creative talent, from Richt, Sums the Paw and Mr Jago to Leicester beat-smith Ed209° and Bristol based pixel pusher Jam Factory.

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The Newcastle based, “militant arm of Reluctant Hero Design”, Prefab 77 has just dropped their latest set of limited edition prints. A small release from the art and design collective the prints, titled ‘Robin Hoody’ and ‘Counterfeit’, are limited to just 50 each and available from Electrik Sheep, Newcastle now.

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