tokidoki on seshn

For those designers out there that work with Pantone colors on a daily basis, Pantone, Inc. has created a website for artists to share their inspiration and reasons for choosing the colors they work with everyday. The website, named My Color, My Idea and features well-known designers and artists as well as the underdogs.
My color idea is listed at Suzanne Akin

and there are plenty of other to peruse, such as one of my faves, Tokidoki
If you’re an artist or designer, log on to submit your Pantone color!

If you are out in the LA area, def check out the August 1st event from http://sneakerpimps.net.  They have Public Enemy, Ghostface Killah, Kids in the Hall and various DJ’s performing on the stage… but what the real show is in my opinion are the live art installation shows that will be going on throughout the concert.
Art will be created live by one of my faves, Tokidoki (tokidoki.it), Peekaboo!monster  peekaboomonster.com), Peabe  pea-be.com) and others.  If you haven’t checked out these guys art before, go take a peek.  All 3 are known for their stylized characters, tokidoki has branched into many arenas, including some sick skate decks; Peekaboo! is starting to do the same; and Peabe is just busy creating some way out there sketches.  Click to see more for some art previews from these three guys.

Simone Legno, Italian graphic designer who started the Tokidoki clothing line, has been one busy bee over the last year. His wildly popular japanimation style characters have donned t-shirts for about 5 years now and he has been a big feature at the Vegas Apparel Pool Show and the Mercedes Benz fashion week decorations. His skate decks are so popular, that they tend to become collectors items that don’t even have the honor of hitting the pavement.
Now he’s branching into new territory with a collaboration with New Era for some hats coming out with his new apparel lines. These hats and about 6 more styles are now available for sale at www.shop.tokidoki.it

His next collaboration was to join with Ride Snowboards for a new tokidoki/ Ride line. This all black and pink spread is jam-packed with his mass-printed character style, complete with limited edition Tokidoki bindings, board and boots. Neither the Ride Snowboards site or Tokidoki has spilled the beans on when these will be released, but I’m sure we will start seeing them hit the shelves when the snow starts to drop again.