Great Work, Folks!

no, not including the carrot silly! Jordan, Whitney, Emily and i had another fun/productive meeting (yes, those two coexist) yesterday.....about a fun/productive project.

stay tuned
- jelsen

Jelsen Jargon's a FAMILY MAN.

A couple days ago Bahareh and i had Sarah White, Rico [DJ Don Cuco], and their i-just-wanna-bite-your-cheeks-off cute daughter Isabella over for pancakes and grown-up talk.
Oh, something's brewing indeed.
- jelsen

An evening with Jelsen and Stoli vodka

Wednesday night was just another day in the life of Jelsen Jargon. Music was blasting, people were boozing and Jelsen was working. This time around he was working in front of a crowd of over 1000 people who all came out to watch these four awesome designers...design. He teamed up with our buddy Guillo and together they made us "oooh", "aaah" and giggle.
-bahareh

We Are

This collab was a nice Wam-Bam Thankya-Mam. Lichiban's super crafty and we have identical work schedules: ALL DAY/ALL NIGHT.

I'll be in San Diego this wknd (my first time) for the The World at Large//Love Without Borders art show opening. Im more than ready to escape to California......temporarily, of course.


Check out The Love Movement.
- jelsen

Allison + Jelsen // April 17, 2008

Allison's not only entertaining but also a cat person. She's actually more than just a cat person - she's a cat survivor. Her poor paw lost its life and Allison's making sure her legacy lives on.

Godspeed

- jelsen

Lichiban x Jelsen Jargon @ Art Show

Jelsen Jargon has an exciting May ahead. Why? Cuz i'll be collaborating with my uber talented buddy Lichiban for a group show in San Diego, curated by Philly-based The Love Movement, an amazing art collective working the LA art scene. Check out their site for sure.

This'll be my very first art show of any kind. Also my very first piece on canvas. Aaaah, the pressure.

The special sauce is that the show benefits the International Humanity Foundation.

The children should ALWAYS win.
This is a peek-a-boo of the work in progress...and also one of my baby pics. Lichiban was kind enough to omit my sister-matching sailor's outfit.

So benevolent.

- jelsen

Nuggets & Noggins

Last night was yet another productive meeting with friends (im so glad im not an accountant) at my place. Twas some good, clean fun - we even broke out the frozen box of alternative chicken nuggets.

These two deserve it.Sallome & Lichiban have their clever lil fingers in so many projects i dare not try to begin to describe them all. So, instead, check these 3 vitals:

1) Dope Swan
2) Lichiban's Blog
3) The Stoop

Enjoy,
- jelsen

Snail Mail For YOU

Up up and away! Bahareh & i are now obliged to publicly get married - we've sent out the invites. Thanks to Stephanie Land's beautiful handwriting, Amber Favorite's skillfully handmade envelopes and letterpressing finesse, and Gary Mordhorst's sexy-ass foil blocking + letterpress.

A true collaboration of L.O.V.E.

[....vino makes me sappy]

- jelsen

Toot! Toot!

Top-O-Mornin! This is how it all began; we met at 9:30 at a bushwick walgreens to pick up some b&w film. we then jumped on the J Train to JFK.

that in our hands = breakfast. onward ho.
Oooops: "where are we? where's the A Train? oh, down there." fantastic.

We were also hungry again so, since in the neighborhood, we opted on enjoying lunch at the world renowned JFK Food Court. hard palates everywhere envied ours.

.....you're reading it right: Wok&Roll. it's definitely riding that thin line of clever and shut the fuck up. we ultimately decided on McD's cause its always smarter to stick with domestic violence rather than venture abroad for it.

After being spotted by airport security for picture-taking on the premises, the man (who shaves his sideburns up to the very top of his ear) took the polaroid and tore it apart practically inches from steph's face while saying, "sorry guys, 19 idiots had to go ahead and ruin it for everyone else". these 'idiots' he's referring to are the 9/11 plane hijackers....yeah, well put.

Oh - that's a bird IN the airport.Finally getting off the airtran & an A Train transfer to far rockaway, we took the predictable post-lunch bathroom break at a local hospital's gift shop/cafeteria.

We strut into the lobby and the security stops us and asks, "hello, how can i help you?", and i - having experienced "no, bathroom. only for customers" (yes, even at hospitals)lied to him saying, "...yes, my family told me to meet them in the cafeteria"...his reply, "great, you're standing in it"

indeed i was.

Steph threw in a swift, "where are your restrooms?". he then pointed, we then peed. bladder saved x2.
Relieved, we treaded to the grim, seashell sanded northern strip of the atlantic shoreline some people blindly refer to as 'the beach'. after 5hrs....we were finally at the the starting point of our A Train Project.

Inwood, here we come:
Stay tuned.
- jelsen

(A) TRAIN Project

Im excited to announce that early tomorrow morning begins Steph's and i's a-train project. "what is it?", you ask...well, we dont exactly know yet.
We'll be armed with a b&w camera, two cabezas full of imagination, and the longest one-seat ride in the subway system (over 31 miles) we romantically refer to as "The Mutherfucking A Train". we'll be riding it from start to finish.

Cant wait to see what we come up with. Stay tuned!

- jelsen