dead like me

sooooo, rumor has it that graffiti artist dalek (not to be confused with the equally artsy dalek) is about as exhausted as i am.

through the (incredibly dorky) grapevine of design geeks like me, i got the scoop: apparently, after his venture (albeit a brief one) into product design (or rather, adding his designs to already created products), dalek is OUT. i guess it just wasn't his thing, or maybe it wasn't edgy enough. either way, word is that cereal art, who distributes his skateboard deck designs, toys and shower curtains (yes, shower curtains), pushed him to put his crazy little space monkeys onto everything. now, this is clearly a rumor-mill by-product, but to me, it seems pretty possible. street artist turned hip product designer isn't really a huge stretch, but the few times i've seem him (at an art show and in person, creating a wall mural in brooklyn), he seems pretty dedicated to himself, and only himself. and i don't think that's necessarily a bad thing. maybe having his mug (or at least his recognizable designs) on a nationally distributed product was a little too un-cool. who knows. either way, could be the end to space monkey shower curtains. me? i think he should stick to graffiti murals, weird kid robot-type figurines and bein well, street.

if you ARE interested in an artist that didn't have a problem selling out street for the biz, check out stephen sprouse's collection for knolltextiles. there's no doubt he was a genius, but something about his work with diesel just pissed me off. it's so NOT street culture. he WAS street culture (albeit glam punk street culture). but in the end he sorta sold out for faux street and faux punk. oh well...i'd still upholster my chairs in graffiti camo if i could get my hands on enough (you'd think the day job would have more perks....)

have a great weekend you guys, back on monday with the much talked about interview with gourmet dish goddess herself, lorena barrenzeuta, a piece about flat-pack design and well, the rest will have to be a surprise.

MONKEY SEE... [space monkey*dalek]

MORE [more space monkeys*dalek] too cool for product design?

THE MAN HIMSELF [hard at work*dalek] workin for no one but himself. yeah, son.

INK [drawRing*dalek] sans color, still cool