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Nathan Sawaya is living the dream that all creative kids who have grown up wish they could be doing now: playing with LEGOs every day. But he’s not fooling around, oh no, he’s playing with color, form, aesthetics, contrast and contour as he painstakingly creates one-of-a-kind jumbo-sized works of art out of thousands of mono-chromatic, standard LEGO bricks…

Munny by Kid Robot www.kidrobot.com
KidRobot, the San Francisco-born factory of artistically amplified toys and larger-than-life limited-edition apparel opened in the timeless year of 2002 by Paul Budnitz to specialize in the creation and promotion of the cutest and coolest hyper-visual/vinyl collector items that man’s eyes have ever gandered.

In early June 2008 the librarians at the Howell Township Library needed something special… they needed an artist. The creative challenge they faced: to create a captivating mural on their main lobby wall that would incite and inspire library-goers young and old in the arts and literature. And then walked in life-long library member Amber Opal.
From the onset, Amber came to the project with a wealth of style and experience in her portfolio. Having painted many murals all over New Jersey for private homes and public businesses, she saw this one as a true challenge for both her skillful hands and her creative mind.

Being that NoGoodz is a space where we can exalt and share those things we believe are great and important, it was a definite that we include Todd Schorr as one of our first articles.
The Spectres of Monsters Appeal by Todd Schorr at www.toddschorr.com
Todd Schorr is a contemporary visual social commentator who utilizes a palette of icons from popular culture dating all the way back to the atomic age,

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