ToyCyte sale!
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More giveaway goodness from Upper Playground: First they threw the t-shirt sale to end all t-shirt sales. Now they’re toasting the community who have supported them for ten years with a Sam Flores painting valued at over $10,000. To celebrate their 10th anniversary, UP has planned an exciting year of giveaways, and they’re kicking it [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 12, 2009
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In honor of their tenth anniversary, UP's first ever "thank you" sale begins today. The sale is good for 50% off on everything in stock at their retail stores and website. With shirts, hoodies, hats, socks, books, toys and housewares by Sam Flores, Jeremy Fish, Estevan Oriol, David Choe and Alex Pardee, there's never a better time to stretch your dollar. We're talking mugs for $6, shirts for $12, New Era caps for $22.50 and hoodies for $30.
Continue reading...Thursday, December 18, 2008
Upper Playground keeps knocking it out of the park with their array of housewares and lifestyle goods. Even in an economy where art toys can seem gratuitous, it’s harder to deny the practical application of a shirt, pillow or drinking mug. On that last note, UP has released their new glassware collection, including a stein, [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 10, 2008
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If you’re looking for another way to get a big vinyl Yeti signed by the founders of GAMA-GO and Ningyoushi and Huck Gee’s charity Spike has risen above your means, Ningyoushi is currently hosting two charity auctions. The auctions, which benefit the Make-a-Wish foundation are for the aforementioned signed Yeti and a blank never-before-available Sam [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 25, 2008
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Upper Playground always has these great free catalogs in their shops that are cut more like paperback novels than anything Lillian Vernon. I’ve been saving them because it’s handy to have the artist bios/statements and view each designer’s range and watch how they (and the company) have evolved. To commemorate its upcoming 10-Year Anniversary, Upper [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 23, 2008
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I’m loving the new line of Sam Flores/12 Grain t-shirts for Upper Playground. There’s something for everyone. No matter where you fall on the hipster/anti-hip spectrum, Sam Flores should have an archetype you can relate to. I’m really digging the couple listening to records. There’s also a baller, a lowrider and an Indian with the [...]
Continue reading...Monday, October 20, 2008
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During the week of October 20th, Upper Playground will be running a daily Obama print contest featuring limited edition, signed and numbered prints by Morning Breath, Alex Pardee, Munk One, Justin Bua, David Choe and Sam Flores from their sold-out Obama Print Series. Every day from October 20th through 25th, they will open a [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 25, 2008
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In between the Atlanta and Boston stops on the Ignite What’s Next Tour, Alex Pardee posted some pics on his blog. You could probably alternately title the tour: The Triple D tour (for Drinking, Drawing and Depravity). Looks like total fun, and damn could I use a Sparks right now after getting up early to [...]
Continue reading...Friday, September 12, 2008
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I’ve been covering all of the awesome Upper Playground x Barack Obama prints, which each retailed for $200 and sold out faster than Joe Lieberman. Well get ready to wear your politics and drop a zero off the pricetag, because if you missed out on the prints, they’re back as shirts. Upper Playground and Digital [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 28, 2008
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Remember Jeremy Fish’s Barry the Beaver? Lisa from Upper Playground just sent me this video shot on location with Jeremy Fish at Good Vibrations in San Francisco. How awesome and awkward is it when two women comment to Jeremy that they’ll think of him when they’re using the vibrator? You can still get a Barry [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 26, 2008
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Sparks, Upper Playground, and Juxtapoz are getting together this fall with a follow up to last year’s inaugural Ignite What’s Next Art Tour. Three different events will showcase live painting by three of the top artists from the world of contemporary art: Sam Flores, Alex Pardee and N8 Van Dyke. Each event will also include [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 7, 2008
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Today marks the release of the new Sam Flores Adidas Originals sneaker from Upper Playground. This hi-top is the final sneaker in the four-part series, which also includes kicks from Herbert Baglione, David Choe, and Aesop Rock. Fifteen years after first arriving on the West Coast from New Mexico, Sam Flores, an art school evacuee and [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 31, 2008
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San Francisco’s skyline doesn’t get enough hype. SF-based artist Sam Flores has the remedy in the form of this white tiger print (above left) from Upper Playground for $100 here. The print (shipping the week of August 18th) is a limited edition of 100 signed and hand-numbered by Sam. It features a signature [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 14, 2008
“His own art wasn’t enough anymore. Art itself wasn’t enough anymore. But he knew it was the answer…he needed a little help.” You can hit the jump and watch a stop motion animation primer on The Art Army or you can first read through as I pick Mike Leavitt’s brain. Mike makes art. Interactive art. [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 8, 2008
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Sam Flores has dropped a San Francisco-style New Era 59FIFTY cap at Upper Playground. The 59FIFTY fitted cap requires 22 steps to make it perfect. Finishing touches like the taping, labelling and symbolic New Era flag on the left-wear side makes this a premium way to get hathead. The caps are available at Upper Playground [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 17, 2008
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When it comes to wallets and bags, I believe that you can never have too many of them. My tastes change quickly, and I get a new wallet every six months or so. That’s why I was happy when I saw this Sam Flores wallet from Upper Playground [via Juxtapoz]. The artwork is beautiful and [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, June 11, 2008
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This is the Billy Bronze Pink Book Edition by Sam Flores. The 3″ vinyl figure is part of the Get Small SF Mini Figures by Upper Playground, Fifty24SF and Ningyoushi. The special edition colorway is inspired by his book titled “Samuel Flores” and is packaged on a blister card that features the book’s cover [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 22, 2008
Skid row is cleaning up. San Fran based retail giant Upper Playground along with Estevan Oriol (photographer/director) and Mister Cartoon (artist) will be injecting Los Angeles’s seedy downtown area with four “one of a kind retail establishments”. They’ll be apparel pieces galore as well as the finest of fine art – urban style of course. [...]
Continue reading...Monday, May 12, 2008
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Sam Flores’ Summer 2008 range is now available at The Giant Peach with 21 new designs for men and women. T-shirts are $24. Of course with the DIY attitudes of Web 2.0 comes the propensity for “inspired rip-offs.” Read this post to decide for yourself if imitation is the sincerest form of flattery or easiest [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 24, 2008
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Upper Playground has tons of new Sam Flores gear in stock. The t-shirts feature some of Flores’ familiar masked characters. Here’s your chance to get your own Billy Bronze clothes now that the vinyl figures are sold out. Sam lives in San Francisco, and his art has been exhibited internationally.
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Monday, February 2, 2009
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