I really dig the retro photo collage display of fabric samples from Volksfaden, an online shop specializing in high quality cotton fabric in a stunning array of contemporary prints. An exquisite range of limited edition fabrics feature colorful, bold and unusual designs.

Amy Butler’s Belle Collection

Summer in the City by Urban Chiks

Erin McMorris’s debut collection, “Urban Garden”

Carrie Marill has familiarized herself with various plant and bird species whose status is either threatened, endangered, or extinct. Within her artwork she uniquely navigates and accesses the rich past of natural history illustration thus creating a modern re-interpretation of these threatened and endangered species. By highlighting that the three major contributors to loss of species are habitat destruction, invasive species, and human development, Marill brings delicate attention to this serious problem.

We’re laying low for the rest of our trip here in northern Germany, just enjoying the warm weather, hanging out with family and doing lots of shopping. I can definitely say I won’t be needing to go clothes shopping for a awhile as we’ve been spoiling ourselves plenty.

Thanks to Lars’ profession, we’ve spent a lot of time in different nightclubs in the US and around the world during our travels. T-O 12 is a nightclub that was recently built in Stuttgart, Germany’s notorious “party mile, Theodor Heuss-Strasse. I’d love to visit this club on a future trip simply for the thought, detail and style that went into the sleek design.

Like the street, the club is also named after the late Theodor Heuss, a fun-loving, dashing man and the first person elected for a full term as the President of the Federal Republic of Germany. Clubbers call the joint either Theo (T O sounds just like Theo in German) or Theo Zwölf (=Theo 12 in German).

To create the three-story club, the owners hired two Stuttgart-based firms: Architecture and communications firm Ippolito Fleiz Group, and graphic designers i-d buero. The result is a sleekly mysterious, pitch-dark space with white furnishings and massive black-and-white murals. The all-black walls, ceilings and floors together with the huge mirrors and tiny light spots produce an effect that is vertigo–inducing and fun.

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Lastly, for your listening pleasure, the latest mix for download by Lars Behrenroth from his show Deeper Shades of House. This mix is one of my personal favorites.

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Using LED glowsticks, flashlights, even fireworks, combined with time-lapse photography, light graffiti artists create a unique tagging that wraps around objects dimensionally, allowing them to tag in a way they’d never be able to with spraypaint. Although some street artists and taggers are not too fond of “Light Graffiti” being referred to as a real form of graffiti because it doesn’t have a physical presence or staying power.

Here is a collection of photos and a tutorial on how to make your own light graffiti photos from a crew in Germany who call themselves LICHTFAKTOR (Light Factor).

The Los Angeles street art community is likely aflame with the news that British graffiti phenom Banksy is planning a mid-September warehouse show in Los Angeles. Not entirely surprising as, judging by a recent spate of work, he’s been spending quite a bit of time here on the Left Coast hanging out with fellow artists.

Banksy’s last show, “Turf War,” featured vandalized police vehicles and live, painted farm animals, and caused quite a stir in London. The location for the Los Angeles event, titled “Barely Legal,” will be kept a secret until September 15th, the opening night of the show.

I’m totally excited and looking forward to check out what Banksy has up his sleeves for the LA audience.