Jelsen Jargon in LUSSW

noice.

i got a lil snippet in the japanese fashion magazine LUSSW.

internationally semi-known,

- jelsen

Last Week's Interestings // 48

- jelsen

Oroma Therapy

The other night we got a visit from Oroma. She just got back from West Africa and came through to chill for a meal, technical mac support, and creative political banter.

Oroma's the brain [ she'll completely deny this fact, though ] of POP'AFRICANA:

POP'AFRICANA is the pioneering voice redirecting continental thinking and global opinion of the African. A robust and educative guide, re-introducing, re-defining and inspiring all aspects of Art Africano. Serving as more than a cultural report, our all-inclusive perspective aims to educate the globe on African ideas of beauty and style.

Word.

Below are some grabs from the Introductory Issue:

Oh yeah - and she's a great photographer & stylist. Below's a sneak peek of the upcoming issue [ i designed the logo ]:

And check out her heavy blog [ Oroma's Therapy ]. 

AstroBlack,

- jelsen

Sans Tooth Sunday

Good morning!

First thing i did was brush my teeth. The second thing i did was put what was left of my half-ass root canal-ed tooth in a Ziploc bag above my bathroom sink mirror.

I should be shocked but i saw this one coming for weeks - and finally the levee broke. The good news is that im soon to be insured AND im replacing the empty space with gzold!

Figured this a great opportunity to get my Caribbean on.

Ok, so then i headed to Lichiban's to meet with dope photographer [ his work here ] Amir Ebrahimi.

He was shooting me for C L A M magazine. Fuck the missing tooth:
....after the shoot i met up with Chakaras & Steph who were on the other side of Brooklyn just finishing up a shoot of their own.

Hooray, bar food. That's the most Super Bowl i participated in. So?
Somebody owes me money.

- jelsen

Deliciousness. circa November 1968

tom wesselman x herb lubalin. so glad i stumbled on this today [ via boicozine ]. i've been in the vicious cycle of looking at 'current/modern' graphic work for days now and it's nice to refresh the vintage.

inspired,
- jelsen

July 11th 2008 Rocks Because:

Italian Vogue: 'A Black Issue' comes out in US stores today. Thankfully, Fashionista ripped out and scanned each and every page of it for our cyber-viewing pleasure: > HERE <

so delicious. thanks [again] to Jeannie for the links.

- jelsen

TRACE Magazine likes flat-tops

Trace magazine showed me some love last week with a blog interview.

Thanks folks!
- jelsen