As I am sure most of you know I am a huge Angry Woebots fan and this is simply awesome. Would be sick to cleave it into my desk at work!

The Apple media machine is once again in full steam as it touts the latest Hoola-Hoop in its product range, the iPad. I am without doubt that this will become the latest must have gimmick for our product hungry world. At Least the influx of advertising means we get to see some actual creativity, the latest iPad ad leads itself perfectly to some great adbusting from Johannes P Osterhoff in Berlin.

Check after the Hop for detail Shots, Beware possibily NSFW:

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Banksy’s influence seems to be growing and is clearly evident in this piece by Priest. Having said that it doesn’t subtract from the brilliance at all. Great piece. Let’s burn this shit down!

So the time has come and a winner has been selected
in our win a Tee competition.
Congratulations to Martin Du Preez,
we will be contacting you shortly regarding your prize! This was the first of many competitions to come, so keep coming back for more Happy Monday!

I am absolutely swamped at work lately so here is a little something something to hold y’all over

Ah the things I would do to be back in NY. Best I can do is check out its latest Graffiti, this time from WK Interact.

Click through for a detail Shot:

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Using Old Skate Decks for art and as canvases has been around for almost as long as the sport. However this is something completely new. Its fresh and clever, but most of all it looks fantastic! The exhibition is called Harvest by Hiroshi and is currently running in Tokyo until the 27th if you are in that half of the world (I wish).

More after the Hop:

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Old School Video Game Style - Check, Old School Technique - Check,
Rad art - Check

So here is it the first in our local artist profiles, want a little fame and exposure for yourself? Then email us a subs@thegiven.co.za
Tahier Variawa is a talented designer/artist out of Cape Town who specialises in comercial vector artworks. You can check out some info and more of his art after the hop.
My personal favourite is ol JZ!

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