Last week I mentioned that you’d be able to become an El Bar V.I.P. and not have to pay a cover during 2009. All you have to do is pre-purchase a $20 ticket to El Bar’s New Years Eve event. There are also many more benefits listed below.

Your $20 Ticket includes:
-Name on Guest List
-El Bar “V.I.P./No Cover” for 2009
-Champagne at Midnight
-New El Bar Tee by PROCESS
-Bag of goodies from sponsors such as StreetLocal, PROCESS, The Joneses, and more…
-Also, there will be a Mariachi band, hopefully playing crazy crunk covers…

The presale starts Thursday the 18th of December.

Contact for more information, or come out Thursday night and pay Colleen or Rosa over the bar.

The folks at CMYK love our resident photographer Jorge Menes. His portrait of Bruce Turkel and his harmonica has been published in CMYK magazine issue #42. Nice job!

Here are some photos from the past month showcasing the murals we did for the Standard Lenox Square store interior. It’s interesting to look back at the store without all the grass, racks, and clothes. There are some different photos over on their blog as well.

Check out the photos after the jump.
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About 2 months ago, Georgios and I participated in the Atlanta version of a speaker series called Pecha Kucha. The funny name is derived from a Japanese term for the sound of conversation (”chit-chat”).

The key to Pecha Kucha is the simple formula: 20 slides for 20 seconds each. Each invited speaker has the spotlight for 6 minutes 40 seconds to share and show off their work before the program moves on to the next presentation.

This was the first time I had done any public speaking since I presented my design school portfolio upon graduation, so it might be a little shaky, but it’s worth a listen if you are interested in how our house brand, PROCESS, came to life.

Download from iTunes: PROCESS Pecha Kucha Podcast

Thanks to Fredo and Sabir from Atlanta Pecha Kucha for inviting us to tell our story!

This might be the only reason to wake up early on Black Friday. Sneakerhead extraordinaire, DJ Clark Kent, collaborated with Nike on this Air Force 1 sneaker that comes out this Friday.

“So I went to the fabric library, picked the prime suspects and went to work on the design,” said Clark Kent. “The end result…Something Black, Luxurious & Fly, and FRESH!!!! What better way to start the holiday shopping season?!?!”

Now I understand that you can’t tell what they look like from the teaser photo above, but word on the street is that they’re the best-looking pair to drop this year. We’ll see…

If you happen to be near 21 Mercer in NYC, Concepts in Boston, or Shoe Gallery in Miami, you’ll have a chance to grab a pair. Apparently the launch will begin at 4am at the 21 Mercer store. Clark will then travel to Boston and deliver the 10am launch at Concepts. He will then fly to Miami for the 8pm delivery at Shoe Gallery. What a day! I hope he packs his “day-after-Thanksgiving” sandwiches.

No word on an Atlanta release just yet, but let’s keep our fingers-crossed.

The cat’s out of the bag! The hush-hush project we’ve been working on for the past month is revealed. We’ve been helping Standard get their store ready for their big opening which is today. EC was enlisted to hand-paint their wall murals (inspired by Lichtenstein) on the store’s interior and we’ve also spent time helping with odds and ends to get the store up and running. This is one of my favorite projects we’ve done this past year and definitely another great 3D space to add to the portfolio. Thanks to the Standard family for choosing EC for their top-notch project.

Last night Standard Lenox Square had a special store preview for friends and family. Check out those photos after the jump. Oh, and we’ll post some “making of” photos in the next few days. For now, let’s enjoy the finished product…

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This Saturday, I taught the last class of a 3 session program called Push for Essential2life. Push was started by E2L to to instill marketable skills in youth from low-income areas. These skills will enable these youth to pursue careers in fields that they would not have been exposed to due to the lack of opportunities present. I was lucky enough to have a great group of kids from Douglass High that were excited to learn Photoshop and InDesign. I plan to work with the PUSH program some more in the future, so keep a lookout for more updates.

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Seeing as how I love to criticize music and the music business, the Standard family invited me to be a guest writer/music editor on their new music blog, Listen Up! Check the site for constant updates, leaks, and reviews. We are going to focus on bringing you stuff that we like, whether it be major or an unsigned artist. And don’t worry. We’ll still be posting music here on Epidemik Coalition just as often.

What an amazing evening! Thanks to Ross, Stefan, Ben, Georgios, and Ted for helping to capture the images from last night. Check out all the photos from last night after the jump. There are a lot of them, so be patient as they load-in.
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It’s 3am, and Atlanta is still celebrating the results of the presidential election.
On my way home from the El Bar Election Night event, I ran across an exuberant impromptu block party on historic Auburn Avenue, downtown. Cars blockaded the intersection and filled it with music as people danced in the streets. It was an amazing sight to see. See more photos by clicking ‘Read More’
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