Jake Davis Blog

Studio MJ

Mike Jones is killing it right now... He designed the recent Diplo x Santogold mixtape Top Ranking. Check his portfolio below...

Studio MJ link

Table Tennis x Dunhill

Fresh...

Sybarites link

Kaws x i-D Magazine Interview

I met Kaws in the late '90s. Back then I would get out of film class at NYU and go bug out at Union or Stussy... Talk music, film, art, check the new gear, people watch. One day James Jebbia introduced me to Kaws at Stussy. He had just done a piece with them for the store that was really dope. I paid him a compliment and kept it moving. At the time you could actually walk around and see his street pieces in Soho. I thought the bugged out paintings he was doing over high-end fashion ads were really fresh and new. Cut to ten years later and I wouldn't have imagined the down-to-earth humble dude I had met kind of randomly ten years prior would create some of the most visually iconic imagery of the decade. The moral of the story... Everyday is an opportunity to not only inspire but to meet inspiration. So keep your mind and eyes open at all times because you may have just shook hands with the next Kaws...

Kaws link

h(y)r collective I-3

h(y)r collective magazine just released their third issue. An excellent discovery into their world of things that look, feel, and sound good. It's really dope so check it below...

h(y)r collective link

Art Of The Title

It's sites like this that remind me the internet is a beautiful place. Click below to be amazed...

Art of the Title link

NYC Waterfalls x Olafur Eliasson

"The New York City Waterfalls" is a public art project of four man-made waterfalls rising from New York Harbor, some as high as the Statue of Liberty. The artist Olafur Eliasson's much-publicized initiative will appear from June 26 to Oct. 13 and run from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. I've been inspired by Olafur's previous installations and this one is his grandest yet, definitely not to be slept on. Check the links below for more pics and info...

The New York Times link
The New York City Waterfalls link

Metrofarm DJ Desk

Dope...

Selectism link

Legends Of Rap

Broke out for a late afternoon stroll in the West Village on Sunday after writing music video treatments all weekend. I'll check out a few shops on Bleecker... Ralph Lauren, RRL, and Marc by Marc Jacobs. Those are my spots. Marc Jacobs had the fliest shit I've seen in a minute... Legends of Rap trading cards. This is like the art direction of The Royal Tenenbaums meets Back In The Days. Check the links below for more details. And no I didn't get my usual red velvet cupcake from Magnolia's. Line was way too bizerks. I haven't been able to go there on Sundays since SNL dropped that hilarious digital short.

Legends of Rap Trading Cards link
Turntable Lab link

Kehinde Wiley

My definition of dope... Blending cultures and ideas of what is high and lowbrow... Check the link below for more of Kehinde's work...

Kehinde Wiley link

Street Art At The Tate

Not really a fan of the term "street art" or really anytime a noun is used in front of the word art... To me art is art... But if you have to label it go ahead because these guys deserve just as much shine as fine artists...

The Tate link

h(y)r collective

These guys are killing it right now. Their online magazine and blog are on point with the latest. Clean, fresh, and stylish. As usual not to be slept on. Check the link below...

h(y)r collective link

The Decapitator

Famous London street artist, the Decapitator, struck the Supreme x Kermit x Terry collabo I directed a film for... Hilarious... Click below for a link to more of his pieces...

The Decapitator link