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WET Magazine – Gourmet Bathing and Beyond

HELLO 2012

It might be 2012, but I’m feelin’ the 80s today. Probably something to do with my 3 1/2 year old wanting to show me his break dancing moves (the Robot included)  and listening to Van Halen II, Malcolm McLaren and Sonic Youth.  I posted a cover of Wet Magazine on my Tumblr last year after finding a few issues for sale on Alan Rosenbergs Books.  They’re too good not to post more.  
WET was an avant-garde Los Angeles – based magazine that revolved around the idea of”gourmet bathing” and later evolved to “gourmet bathing andbeyond.” Its publisher andcreator was Leonard Koren,an architecture school graduate. The magazine covered cultural issues and wasknown for its innovative use of graphic art…
Over theyears, Wet began to reflect a broader expanse ofstories, capturing a kind of smart, artsy Los Angeles attitude that wasemerging at the same time as punk, but had its own distinct aesthetic.
Wet lasted 34 issues, spanning the years1976 to 1981. ~wikipedia.org


In case you didn’t know, well, now you know.
You can check out a couple issues here and here.  Do it.
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Down Time

Things have been a little crazed over here and will be until my husband’s 50th birthday which is next week and Christmas is over.  I’m looking forward to a little down time and hopefully squeezing in a few movies that have been on my list.

Can you recommend any others I should see?
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the best part of waking up

If you like coffee and you haven’t tried Intelligentsia, please do so any chance you get. It’s so incredibly good. It makes life worth living (just kidding, but it is damn good). Love their new bag and thought it lovely enough to share.

BTW – A bag of Intellgentsia makes a damn good gift!

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Collecting Eames, The JF Chen Collection

I’m looking forward to the de LaB tour of Collecting Eames at JF Chen tonight in Hollywood. The collection features 425 objects including furniture, rare posters, toys and graphics designed by Charles and Ray Eames.  
If you can’t make it to tonight’s event, you can go see Collecting Eames at  JF Chen between now and January 14 as part of the “Pacific Standard Time” series of art shows.  The hardcover book “Collecting Eames, The JF Chen Collection,“ is now out and available here.
JF Chen is located: 941 North Highland Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90038
~image via de LaB
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Drinks are on me….

if only I knew where to get it.

Really nice package design by Stockholm Design Lab for Takeshi Akiyama’s Ohmine Sake.

If you are interested in sake, check out this interview with Takeshi Akiyama over at Hitspaper.

A contemporary take on Sake. Takeshi Akiyama is a exclusive sake manufacturer based in southern Japan. For generations, his family has produced sake in three qualities; Junmai, Junmai Ginjo, Junmai Daiginjo. The quality of the sake is determined by the percentage of the original rice grain that is used in the brewing process. The lesser the better. And that is also the core idea of our design ~ Stockholm Design Lab

A bottle of this would definitely make a great gift!
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Eurobus

Super Cool Collection of 80s European Tour Bus graphics from graphic designer, photographer and artist Taylor Holland.
See more here from his site and check out this video to find out about this and other projects.

~thanks itsnicethat!


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CYRK

Woman Rollerskating By Wiktor Gorka 1970


9 Circles By Anonymous 1973

Wozzek By Alban Berg 1964/1979

CYRK…original contemporary/vintage art posters are more than striking images created by the artistic geniuses of the world-famous Polish School of Posters – acclaimed as the best in contemporary poster art. CYRK posters are also the artists’ interpretation and commentary on society, often communicating to the viewer camouflaged political and/or social messages – hidden meanings.

~via Contemporary Posters