Feel like spring-cleaning? Today we are introducing three shiny new prints from Threadless for your walls: “Clean Monster,” “Let It Flow!” and “Tectonic Wormhole.”

And remember to keep Blik’ing or Nix’ing your favorite Threadless tee shirt designs in the Threadless voting booth. Make your vote count!

Animal Wellness Centers on Main Street in Santa Monica was profiled in Saturday’s Los Angeles Times Home section. And looked what we spotted – Anise wall graphics by Ilan Dei for Blik! The clean, minimalist space was designed with a dog’s perspective in mind, with everything from 3 ft. down appealing to dogs. It’s nice when Blik can make dogs and people happy. Woof!

Manifest Equality Shop graphics

Equality Arrow

Spray-painted mural by Retna, El Mac & Kofie

As Manifest Equality prepares for its VIP opening tonight, we are thrilled to present a sneak peek of the space. Blik proudly transformed the raw space into a massive pop-up art exhibition that goes live tonight with events continuing through Sunday.

We created the exterior banner for the giant sign outside; a quote “with certain unalienable rights, that among these are … liberty and the pursuit of happiness” that wraps around the interior of the space (pictured); interior and exterior graphics for the onsite shop; the logo/entrance wall that proclaims Manifest Equality’s mission statement and an exterior “Equality” arrow on Vine (pictured.)

“Being a part of Manifest Equality has been a tremendous experience for Blik,” said Scott Flora, co-founder of Blik. “The high caliber of artists involved have created an inspiring visual call to action that speak volumes about the fight for equal rights.”

The Manifest Equality gallery will be open to the public, March 3-7. Visit http://www.manifestequality.com/ for more details.

Creepy and cute? No, it’s not an oxymoron; it’s Jeremy Fish for Blik. The San Francisco-based artist and illustrator is the latest in Blik’s growing line of fine art partnerships. Jeremy’s first museum exhibition, Weathering the Storm just wrapped at the Laguna Art Museum to rave reviews.

Jeremy’s elemental designs in “The Last Duel”, “Buck You” and “The Hunter” for Blik serve as a personal narrative on pop culture and society. “The Last Duel” was originally from his “The Ghosts of the Barbary Coast” show based on Jeremy’s collection of true stories from San Francisco in the Barbary Coast days of 1850. While “Buck You” is a refreshingly subversive concept mixed with graffiti humor. “The Hunter” is a humorous take on our basic human needs and the fight for survival.

Stay tuned! There are more Jeremy Fish designs in the works that we’ll be launching throughout the year. Want to know more about the “King of North Beach”, visit Jeremy’s site.

Buck You

The Hunter

The Last Duel

Jeremy Fish

Looking for an instant update to your bedroom? Try Mina Javid for Blik’s headboards. The March issue of Redbook magazine featured a clever headboard hoax with Mina’s Nessa and Wrought Iron Headboards. Minimalist design never looked so good!

Darkest Night

El Arbor de Amor

Horse

Spiderweb

It’s true. We’re smitten with these two LA-based gals, who are the newest additions to the line up of fine-artists for Blik. We love the fresh, perspective each brings to their respective work. And besides being ridiculously talented, they’re both lovely people to work with too. Saelee Oh for Blik is an imaginative collection of fairy tale-like stories told with nature and fantastic creatures of beauty. The colors are soft, evoking a very serene feel. If heavy metal meets the animal kingdom is more your style, then check out Hannah Stouffer’s designs for Blik. Her juxtaposition of bold imagery created with such delicate intricacies are a product of the duality she finds in her own life experiences. No matter your taste, make room for these designs in your space. They’ll look great and these ladies are quickly becoming fixtures in the art world. For more, please visit Saelee’s site and Hannah’s site.

Modern designophiles! If you haven’t gotten yours already, pick up the March 2010 issue of Dwell. Gracing the master bedroom of the “My House” featured home, is a Mina Javid for Blik custom headboard. We think it looks pretty terrific in the Venice, CA home of Eric Grunbaum, an Oregon-raised creative director for an LA ad agency. Besides being our neighbor, transplanted from the Pacific Northwest (like Blik’s Jerinne Neils), Eric selected esteemed architect Barbara Bestor to design his home. Well, it just so happens that Blik co-founder Scott Flora knows Barbara from his UCLA Architecture days. Bestor commissioned the “big red wall project”, a Blik custom installation outside of her office in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles. It’s a small, small world.

Today we trekked to Hollywood and toured the Manifest Equality gallery. Blik will be helping transform the raw space into a pop-up art gallery showcasing over 200 artists. We can’t wait to show you the finished space in a few weeks; below is a sneak peek of the before. Fun fact: the space was formerly used to house Oscar statues.

Lead by the Yosi Sergeant of Taskforce, the gallery will gather an array of the nation’s most talented visual artists under one roof to celebrate and demand full and equal rights for all Americans. Taskforce’s mission is to give voice to the voiceless and to utilize art and creative thinking to engage the country for progressive action. We are proud to support Taskforce in their effort to engage a community of independent artists to make change in America.

The Manifest Equality gallery will be open to the public, March 3rd - March 7th, 2010. Check out http://www.manifestequality.com/ for more details.

Judges Jerinne Neils, Scott Flora + Christina Cody

Our friends and neighbors at the Boys & Girls Club of Venice invited our very own Scott Flora and Jerinne Neils, along with Christina Cody from Storyboards, Inc., to adjudicate at the Fine Arts Exhibit, part of their, “No Strings Attached” Art Show this past January 15th. Winners from this local competition will be submitted to the Pacific Regional Fine Arts Judging & Exhibit in Kennewick, WA and could go on to the National Fine Arts Exhibit, displayed at BGCA’s annual National Conference. The judges were responsible for selecting nominees, based on the age of the member, skill and artistic sensibility expressed in their work. Out of 50 entries, 4 pieces from the exhibit were selected. Jerinne shared, “Scott and I had a great time and were thrilled to participate. There are some very talented artists in the Venice club. We’re hopeful that these winners go all the way!” Good luck artists!

"Italy" x Amaya, 9+Under

"My Guardian" x Sophie, 10-12yrs.

"He Sang to Me" x Laura, 13-15yrs.

"Untitled" x Tara, 16-18yrs.