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Beautiful/Decay is pleased to celebrate the release of Issue X this Saturday, September 6th from 5-7pm at the Mark Moore gallery. They will also unveil the revitalized direction and scope of the magazine. Beautiful/Decay has expanded coverage of international art and design, while maintaining their characteristically fresh and informative approach. By delivering more of the innovative artists and designers that have established Beautiful/Decay’s reputation as an unparalleled contemporary art sourcebook, the magazine will further extend its support to the creative community.

The opening will feature an open bar provided by Grolsch, music from Billy the Kkid, and an artist’s reception for Ultrasonic International III.


About Issue X:
For Issue X, Beautiful/Decay is proud to include a dynamic range of features that loosely address the nature of representation and the ways in which it is replicated, manipulated and transmorphed through the artistic process.

Scott Anderson conflates a dissonant line-up of images derived from his personal vocabulary, whether dream catchers, lunar landscapes or beer bottles, to create science-fiction style landscapes at once familiar and foreign. Mala Iqbal also imagines alien vistas- that cleverly investigate the nature of representation and painting through her unique blend of magic, kitsch and a knack for the unexpected.

Michael Swaney chooses to narrate idiosyncratic, boyish-charmed scenes that reference both childhood nostalgia and adult irony, Jeff Whetstone captures uncanny photographs of graffiti-marked caves. The natural scenes, layered with human scribblings, document the phenomena of anonymous marking and the act of creating itself, referencing everything from the Paleolithic cave paintings of Lascaux, to ribald rants on bathroom stall walls. His re-cast panoramas of disorienting rocks are brought back into the realm of the familiar through banal human traces.

Barnaby Whitfield’s feverishly playful pastel distortions both attract and repulse with their candy-colored depictions of subtly grotesque figures. Beautiful/Decay will also interview duo design team Oh Yeah Studio, who gracefully merge pencil-sketch representational drawings with abstract computer modeled concepts, and explore Oliver Hibert’s hyper-colored images.

As usual, Beautiful/Decay will also feature a stellar line up of recent show reviews, from Los Angeles to New York and in between.

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100% cotton, ultra soft custom body t- shirt. Artist: Sentimental Soy Cheese Artist Bio: Sentimental Soy Cheese is the collective moniker of 2 former regular human beings whose true identities may never be known. Their peculiar pseudonym came about due to a very emotional period of time when, after being lost in the wilderness for several days and having nothing but unusually large amounts of soy cheese as sustenance, the two finally found their way back to civilization where it was discovered they had been missing for several weeks. Over the next few months, both experienced an intense desire for the soy cheese which had presumably saved their lives, as well as regular shared lucid dreams, which revealed what had actually happened to the pair during those ardent lost days. Those events have never been publicly discussed and are shrouded in mystery, however what is known is that soon after, the two underwent a radical transformation and Sentimental Soy Cheese was formed. They then quickly took the design universe by storm with their unique take on the signs and symbols of society and have been virtually unstoppable ever since.

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Beautiful/Decay presents the ultimate t-shirt grab-bag promotion at a bargain basement prices! For the standard $24.95 price of a single shirt, you will instead receive THREE randomly selected shirts, pulled from any of the artist-based designs and brands featured on our website, including the ever-popular Beautiful/Decay artist's series apparel line. That's like $8 a shirt. Of course, at a cut-rate price like this, all sales are final and non-returnable. You might receive two of the same shirt, but quit talking about your feelings and do some living. Get rad, use your mind, eat pizza, and take a gamble on the grab bag.

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Rockett Shirts! “Madness”

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Beautiful/Decay Presents Furni Signature Magazine Rack

Beautiful/Decay recently teamed up with Montreal based design company Furni to create a collaborative, custom-built, hand-made magazine rack. The front features a CNC routered Beautiful/Decay scripted logo on white acrylic. The body of the rack is crafted out of multi layered hand-stained Russian plywood frame—referencing the cross section of a skateboard. This showcase piece allows you to neatly stack and display 6-10 of your favorite magazines in portrait format. This contemporary, stream-lined design is both elegant and clean- a must-have addition to your home.

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Beautiful/Decay recently teamed up with Montreal based design company Furni to create a collaborative, custom-built, hand-made magazine rack. The front features a CNC routered Beautiful/Decay scripted logo on white acrylic. The body of the rack is crafted out of multi layered hand-stained Russian plywood frame—referencing the cross section of a skateboard. This showcase piece allows you to neatly stack and display 6-10 of your favorite magazines in portrait format. This contemporary, stream-lined design is both elegant and clean- a must-have addition to your home.

Available on our online store: www.indiemerchstore.com/beautifuldecay

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Due to popular request, B/D has finally released two of our favorite Artist's Series Apparel designs on custom cut and sew, fitted shirts for girls.  Pictured above is Aya Kato + Beautiful/Decay's ethereal design "Frog Prince," which images a regal and contemplative figure embracing an odalisque-like young woman, whose hair transforms into flowing, curving river-like rivulets and geometric lily pad designs. The second design, "Kaguya" depicts a delicate, elf/sprite woman surrounded in floating cloud masses of pitch-black hair. Beautiful detail of stunning green eyes, giving the figure both a dreamy and slightly surreal appearance. Look out for more B/D women's designs in the near future.

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Due to popular request, B/D has finally released two of our favorite Artist's Series Apparel designs on custom cut and sew, fitted shirts for girls.  Pictured above is Aya Kato + Beautiful/Decay's ethereal design "Frog Prince," which images a regal and contemplative figure embracing an odalisque-like young woman, whose hair transforms into flowing, curving river-like rivulets and geometric lily pad designs. The second design, "Kaguya" depicts a delicate, elf/sprite woman surrounded in floating cloud masses of pitch-black hair. Beautiful detail of stunning green eyes, giving the figure both a dreamy and slightly surreal appearance. Look out for more B/D women's designs in the near future.

Available on our online store: www.indiemerchstore.com/beautifuldecay

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<p>Due to popular request, B/D has finally released two of our favorite Artist's Series Apparel designs on custom cut and sew, fitted shirts for girls.  Pictured above is Aya Kato + Beautiful/Decay's ethereal design "Frog Prince," which images a regal and contemplative figure embracing an odalisque-like young woman, whose hair transforms into flowing, curving river-like rivulets and geometric lily pad designs. The second design, "Kaguya" depicts a delicate, elf/sprite woman surrounded in floating cloud masses of pitch-black hair. Beautiful detail of stunning green eyes, giving the figure both a dreamy and slightly surreal appearance. Look out for more B/D women's designs in the near future.</p>

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Due to popular request, B/D has finally released two of our favorite Artist's Series Apparel designs on custom cut and sew, fitted shirts for girls.  Pictured above is Aya Kato + Beautiful/Decay's ethereal design "Frog Prince," which images a regal and contemplative figure embracing an odalisque-like young woman, whose hair transforms into flowing, curving river-like rivulets and geometric lily pad designs. The second design, "Kaguya" depicts a delicate, elf/sprite woman surrounded in floating cloud masses of pitch-black hair. Beautiful detail of stunning green eyes, giving the figure both a dreamy and slightly surreal appearance. Look out for more B/D women's designs in the near future.

Available on our online store: www.indiemerchstore.com/beautifuldecay

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Due to popular request, B/D has finally released two of our favorite Artist's Series Apparel designs on custom cut and sew, fitted shirts for girls. Pictured above is Aya Kato + Beautiful/Decay's ethereal design "Frog Prince," which images a regal and contemplative figure embracing an odalisque-like young woman, whose hair transforms into flowing, curving river-like rivulets and geometric lily pad designs. The second design, "Kaguya" depicts a delicate, elf/sprite woman surrounded in floating cloud masses of pitch-black hair. Beautiful detail of stunning green eyes, giving the figure both a dreamy and slightly surreal appearance. Look out for more B/D women's designs in the near future.

Available on our online store: www.indiemerchstore.com/beautifuldecay

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The Beautiful/Decay newsletter is a weekly e-mail that provides the latest updates in the world of fashion, design, art, new media and beyond. Featuring artist interviews, reviews, and notifications of events such as gallery openings, B/D magazine release parties, design forums and more, the Beautiful/Decay newsletter keeps the creative community aware of exciting new happenings.

Beautiful/Decay is offering a 10% discount code for our online shop when you subscribe to the e-mail newsletter. Send an e-mail to: intern@beautifuldecay.com and B/D will reply with the code- so you can get your hands on our new Artists Series Apparel line, magazines, or other cool art/design related products.

 

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The Beautiful/Decay newsletter is a weekly e-mail that provides the latest updates in the world of fashion, design, art, new media and beyond. Featuring artist interviews, reviews, and notifications of events such as gallery openings, B/D magazine release parties, design forums and more, the Beautiful/Decay newsletter keeps the creative community aware of exciting new happenings. Beautiful/Decay is offering a 10% discount code for our online shop when you subscribe to the e-mail newsletter. Send an e-mail to: intern@beautifuldecay.com and B/D will reply with the code- so you can get your hands on our new Artists Series Apparel line, magazines, or other cool art/design related products.

The Beautiful/Decay newsletter is a weekly e-mail that provides the latest updates in the world of fashion, design, art, new media and beyond. Featuring artist interviews, reviews, and notifications of events such as gallery openings, B/D magazine release parties, design forums and more, the Beautiful/Decay newsletter keeps the creative community aware of exciting new happenings.

Beautiful/Decay is offering a 10% discount code for our online shop when you subscribe to the e-mail newsletter. Send an e-mail to: intern@beautifuldecay.com and B/D will reply with the code- so you can get your hands on our new Artists Series Apparel line, magazines, or other cool art/design related products.

 

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The Beautiful/Decay newsletter is a weekly e-mail that provides the latest updates in the world of fashion, design, art, new media and beyond. Featuring artist interviews, reviews, and notifications of events such as gallery openings, B/D magazine release parties, design forums and more, the Beautiful/Decay newsletter keeps the creative community aware of exciting new happenings. Beautiful/Decay is offering a 10% discount code for our online shop when you subscribe to the e-mail newsletter. Send an e-mail to: intern@beautifuldecay.com and B/D will reply with the code- so you can get your hands on our new Artists Series Apparel line, magazines, or other cool art/design related products.

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Beautiful/Decay 2008 Spring Collection Preview Party

Please join Beautiful/Decay in celebration of the launch of their 2008 Spring line. Where: Smart House, 1319 Abbot Kinney Blvd. Venice, CA When: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 8:00pm - 11:00pm RSVP to: rsvp@beautifuldecay.com

Please join Beautiful/Decay in celebration of the launch of their 2008 Spring line.

Where: Smart House, 1319 Abbot Kinney Blvd. Venice, CA
When: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 8:00pm - 11:00pm

RSVP to: rsvp@beautifuldecay.com

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B/D vs. Rockett collaborative bricks hoodie!

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Limited Edition collaboration between Rockett and Beautiful/Decay magazine. SIZING! These are a slim fit zip up. Order 1 size up from your regular shirt size. A size small will work well for girls. Only 300 ever made!

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