Back in '96 the now superstar Web 2.0 politician by the name of Barack Obama ran for State Senate in the 13th District of Illinois, and there's a T-shirt to prove it. Homage clothing is giving a portion of donations…
Continue Reading →Face it, Shepherd Fairey is not going to be turning your likeness into an iconic poster anytime soon. Unless your name is Barack Obama -- in which case, hello Mr. President! But that doesn't mean you're SOL. Paste Magzine and…
Continue Reading →We've written about the music of Daft Punk, Barack Obama action figures and Daft Punk designer toys, but I never imagined I'd have the occasion to write about all three in one post. In the latest mashup of politics and…
Continue Reading →Barack Obama will be the 44th president of the United States of America. To honor and celebrate his historic achievement, Robert Bosch, Faculty at Oberlin went ahead and created a portrait of President-Elect Obama out of 44 complete sets of…
Continue Reading →Would you like a cleaner environment? Ride bike. Would you like a Democrat in the White House? Vote for Barack Obama. Or, mash the two together with this Obama bike that just hit eBay. The bike is designed by activist…
Continue Reading →Jailbreak Toys, makers of the Barack Obama Action Figure, will present ART + ACTION = Obama 08 at Toy Tokyo's gallery: The Showroom NYC on October 17th. Contemporary artists, toy designers and graf writers like Mars-1, Peat Wollaeger, kaNO, Brin…
Continue Reading →Upper Playground and Digital Gravel have partnered to produce a limited edition line of Barack Obama T-shirts featuring artwork from the Upper Playground x Barack Obama sold-out print series. The Obama graphic T-shirts showcase designs by The Date Farmers, Munk…
Continue Reading →Here's the other Shepard Fairey news: three original prints of his iconic Barack Obama "Hope" illustration are being auctioned off for Russell Simmons' performing arts charity, Art for Life. The 4' x 6' prints are the only three in existence,…
Continue Reading →For the past year, the urban vinyl community has relied on Face Your Manga for all our avatar needs. But now one of our own has stepped up with an app that renders our likenesses in Kidrobocolor. That would be…
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