Our friend and photographer, Ye Rin Mok just sent us her latest photo zine, 28 Pictures. We are huge fans of Ye Rin here at Poketo, so much so she was the art director and photographer for our capsule collection for Target. Ye Rin has a visual aesthetic that is both quiet and strong, seductive and placid, the minimal, soft pink cover hints to the images inside 28 Pictures and the thread that stitches them together.

You can buy the zine here.

I just got a letter…. a zine… a letter that’s a zine! This from the creative overflow of our friend and artist, Nathalie Roland, aka HeadphoneRecord. Nathalie sent me a letter in a magazine format, showcasing all of her silly, fun drawings on the Ipad/Iphone app Draw Something. Draw Something a combination drawing, guessing, and gaming social network. I don’t pretend to know how to draw and I’m afraid to show y’all how bad I am… but, this looks like too much fun not to try.

This one below is for Angie…. Karaoke?

Remember the latest tee design Nathalie did for us? It was to celebrate CicLAvia, the bike event in LA that shuts streets down for people powered peddlers. CicLAvia is happening again on April 15th. There are still some tees left, get them before they are gone forever!

I love seeing playful design objects at Poketo.com in the real world. Here is the Futura mobile hanging in Andreas Samuelsson’s studio in Sweden. You’ve seen the drinking mug he designed for Poketo, right?… Andreas artwork is minimal, colorful, playful… just like these Danish designed mobiles harking back to the 1950s. These mobiles are awesome, timeless, and fun… just like Andreas’ style.

Check out the entire collection of mobiles at Poketo.

Plus more awesome patterns from Andreas Samuelsson below. Those would make pretty killer mobiles too.

You already know Portugal. The Man by now, whether it’s from us, the radio, or the world, no doubt you know them because they are certifiably huge. Sometimes, we get fans emailing us, sending pics, reminiscing about our free concert we hosted with them a couple years back. I remember that night vividly… the hundreds of people, the art show, and how Portugal blew everyone away with their set. It was an epic night.

I hung out with John and Zach from Portugal, just chilled out over wine and caught up on life. They told me about their tour with the Black Keys, their non-stop globe trotting, and their excitement to step into the studio for their next album. The raddest was that John and Zach actually told me, as we finished the second bottle of red, that the show they played at Poketo was a different vibe, a special one, and personally one of their most memorable. True or not, I’ll take that compliment anytime.

Peep their tour dates coming up for April and May. They are coming to LA! Most likely, they’ll be coming to your city too.