In celebration of Portugal. The Man’s latest album, Evil Friends, Tumblr hosted an art event and record release party last week. Lines were out the door… Those that got there early had the opportunity to meet the band, and to see the special collaboration between John Gourley and Gif-iti artist, INSA put together. I had a rare opportunity to sit down and interview the both of them… casual, funny and just awesome… Tumblr will be posting that video interview on their music blog.

The album just released on June 4th, produced by Danger Mouse… it’s one of my favorites from Portugal. The Man.

The exhibition also showcased photography from Danger Mouse for the album… John drew over the top making it even more killer.

Here is John right before the interview… he was making things light… I was pretty nervous.

Zach here… always snapping the photos… they are so damn good with their fans. Look at that smile!

Tools of the trade…

Check out the album here…

Met up with Jon Vermilyea and Andy Ristaino… We worked with both of them for the Adventure Time x Poketo wallet series. In my opinion is quite possibly one of the raddest collaborations we’ve done to date. They both honored me with some killer limited zines… nothing to do with Adventure Time, just another outlet for them to do what they love to do… storytell, draw, create, make.

Jon’s zines here he did with the famous Risograph.

Andy’s zines, they are filled with rad characters and creatures…

Okay, okay… I must show you their killer wallets for Adventure Time x Poketo!

More friends, family, and all around awesome faces from the Poketo Grand Opening party last week… so many great pics!

Nathan and Gia of Proxart Magazine.

Ken, Nichole and Charlie of Poketo, and Michael of Handsome Coffee.

Love these girls… Anna and Nathalie Roland of HeadphoneRecord!

Tom Vadakan and the family!

Thanks Mister JT!

Tim and Patria…

Oh to be young again… wondering where she got that Jason Schwartzman Coconut Records bag?

Bri Emery, Jen Gotch, and Bonnie Tsang!

Patrick Hruby of this amazing site.

Angie and Thomas Im…you’ve seen his awesome bags on our site…they are selling like hotcakes at Poketo!

Lovely Sonja Rasula of State of Unique.

Charlie of Poketo here is always snapping away. Your Poketo order, she had her hand in getting it to you on time! She also runs this amazing vintage site.

Cake is Sweet!

Angie and Jocelyn of Clare Vivier!

Leslie and Karl of Rogue Territory. Look out for special things from them in the shop soon!

Sarah Shewey of Pink Clouds!

Ken and Sarah!

One of our interns Lily Sin. She just got nominated as a semi-finalist for Adobe’s designer of the month for IdN!

More of our awesome Poketo crew and interns…Faith, Lehua, Justine, and Sonya!

Elizabeth is interning with us for the summer from MICA!

Lovely Ellen, rocking the backpack she picked up at Poketo!

You guys make me smile…

Last Thursday, we had a special grand opening party for our fans, friends, and family. What an amazing night-good vibes, happy faces-It’s safe to say we knew everyone that came through door. People were chatting, catching up, and having a ball… just as it should be, friends together under one roof. Not only close friends, but, our favorite local business’ came out to support and sponsor the event… Michael Phillips of Handsome Coffee, Sean Brennan of The Piehole LA, Nguyen Tran of Starry Kitchen, Clarke Boyer of Art in the Age spirits and Hudson Whiskey, Kevin of Boxed Water, and our good friend Melissa Acedera offered up some amazing Spanish and Australian wines.

There are so many awesome pics and people that came through… I’m going to break this up and post more pics later. This was the event that has now kicked off the awesomeness of what’s to come for the store. We are constantly getting new products, designers, and things you’ll be hard pressed to find anywhere. As we ramp up, look out for art shows, workshops, and a variety of events. This has been nearly 10 years in the making… we are so stoked for the next 10. xoxoxo, Ted and Angie

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Our pal, Tim Biskup…

Where type and images make out… Bri of Designlovefest.com

Friends and fans from early 2004 days… Mochi, Molly, and Doori.

Clarke prepping the special Poketo Punch using Art in the Age spirits and doing straight tastes of Hudson Whiskey.

Michael of Handsome Coffee, charming it up.

The galettes From The Pie Hole LA were the first to go… so yummy.

Kevin of Boxed Water, Jon Setzen of Media Temple, Nguyen of Starry Kitchen and leather craftswoman, Mitzi.

Jennifer Young of IartU and Dabito

Martin Cendreda, Jenny Suh, Adam Robezzolli, Emily Ho, Gregory Han…. man, all stars.

Angie and writer, Julie Wolfson.

Kevin, Nellie, and BUSC…

Wow! Kyle of Farm Tactics, Jon and Meg of Flux, Genevieve and Charlie Becker…

Angie and 1/2 of Konzydan… beautiful Kozy.

Even an official from the Mayor’s Office came to support! Manuel, you rule!

That’s Phil of Angry Asian Man!

Sweetie, Laure Joliet

Me, Angie, and Gary Baseman!

Lovely Via of letterpress studio, Olive Route… she does all of our art prints!

Our dear pals, Kyle of LAImYours.com and Bobby of TheFoxisBlack.

Poketo designer Lehua Faulkner, Christine of Darling Studio, Angie, and Proof Bakery owner, Na Young.

Our awesome Poketo crew, none of this could have been possible without them… Charlie, Mariel, Joe, Nichole, Sonya, and Lehua… we are just missing Joyce!