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Original art for you or the kiddos. Maybe both. At the same time.

Our love of Minted goes way back to their inception. A card shop that’s all about supporting indie artists? Right up our alley. Of course their roster of artists is so talented, it was only a matter of time before customers started asking for their art…

The Web’s Best: Superhero Prints

With The Avengers dominating the box office and the new Dark Knight Rises trailer on loop in our office, we figured it was time we went all-in on our inner fanboy. Making the decision [...]Visit Cool Material for the full post.

Featured Seller: Sandra Dieckmann

Photo by Sandra DieckmannTell us a bit about yourself.
My story is 29 years young and started in a rural setting in the north of Germany. There, I walked across the rainbow, lived in the tops of evergreen trees and flew with the birds. I slept under a …

Rocco Malatesta Posters

If we had to guess Rocco Malatesta’s  greatest passions in life, we’d go with: Smart design, macho cinema and human hands. We’re all on board for two of those three, but the hand thing is a little disconcerting and [...]Visit Cool Material for the…

Rocco Malatesta Posters

If we had to guess Rocco Malatesta’s  greatest passions in life, we’d go with: Smart design, macho cinema and human hands. We’re all on board for two of those three, but the hand thing is a little disconcerting and [...]Visit Cool Material for the…

Noted: Defining Success as an Artist

Photo by Caraluna Studio
A recent article in Salon cites some nasty figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In the past seven years, jobs in the arts have suffered sharp falls: architecture by 29.8%; performing arts by 21.9%; musical groups and ar…

Poster Inspired Prints

Tossing actual movie posters on your wall may have been cool when you were sleeping in a race car bed, but as a grown ass man, your decor should lean a bit more in the [...]Visit Cool Material for the full post.

Noted: The Original Instagram

Photo by MarcoSuarez
The story of Instagram is nothing short of epic. With only a dozen employees, the humble photography app gained millions of users in a few short years before it was acquired by Facebook for an unbelievable $1 billion. What the soci…

He Wears It Prints

Men love movies. Men also care about the way that they look. Band of Outsiders, Maison Martin Margiela and Junya Watanabe are designers you recognize and not monikers you would immediately assume were indie Pitchfork [...]Visit Cool Material for the fu…

8-bitscapes

Combining reality and fantasy is nothing new, but it’s generally more Tumblr and not so much fine art. 8-bitscapes flips that convention on its head with their series of eight prints. Originally created by artist/illustrator [...]Visit Cool Material fo…

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