c'est "Super Cool"

Here are a couple images (A,B,and C) from a series called "The Alphabet" done by this amazing Parisian design firm called M/M. They have created posters, advertisements, and editorials for brands like Hermes and Balenciaga, I.D. magazine, and more. Though much of their work is commercial, they also borrow from their commercial work to create art that is exhibited and sold in galleries. You can see their catalogue here:

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Ban This

Not that I'm into skateboarding, particularly, but Ray Barbee is totally awesome.

sweet peripheries

I discovered the website of this library based in Brooklyn called "The Reanimation Library." Basically, it houses a collection of out of print and outdated books, and caters to artists, writers, etc. It sounds totally awesome.
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Lagos Calling

Here are some amazing shots taken by photographer Clayton James Cubitt of Nigerian punks. Pretty fucking cool.

dark days

This movie, originally called Une Voyage dans la Lune, was released in 1902, and is one of the first science fiction movies ever. The original movie, narrated in english (with accent AND lisp), can be found here

maps?

Here's an artist, Mark Bradford, who I've come across recently, and whose stuff is kind of cool. He's coming out of LA, and has pieces in the Saatchi and the Whitney. His art is abstract, but has a topographic quality achieved through his use of squares cut from cardboard, billboards, etc. Really collage-y; i bet these look amazing in person.

cover charge

okay so here are some scans of book covers from the 40's, 50's, and 60's. The cover art on the more serious novels tend to be better, but i thought some of these were pretty funny.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jl-incrowd/sets/