The long week is over and if that’s not enough to get you excited, we’ve got some news that will really get you dancing. One of our most beloved Blik artists, Keith Haring has an exhibit opening today at the Brooklyn Museum. Keith Haring: 1978-1982 is the first large-scale exhibition of his early career tracing the development of Haring’s visual vocabulary. The exhibition includes 155 works on paper, numerous experimental videos and over 150 archival objects.

Can’t make it to NY? Let us bring Haring to you. Launching today are Keith Haring ~ Pattern Wall Tiles. These new, self-adhesive fabric tiles are eco-friendly, non-toxic and free of both PVC and phthalates. Bring a burst of Haring into your home or office with repeating pattern tiles. The wall tiles are available at Blik and at the Brooklyn Museum shop.

Does this pattern look familiar? It’s adapted from Keith Haring’s Pop Shop and a version of this design was the backdrop for a special Pop Shop installation at Pace Prints in New York City last fall.

As you probably know, Blik is based in the normally sunny and always eclectic Venice, CA. Last night was the Venice Canals Holiday Boat Parade and we thought we’d give you a little taste of the flavor of Venice during the Christmas season. We love watching and cheering the creative and crazy boats parading up and down the the canals for the holidays. It is truly Venice at its best – a mix of Venice funk, bohemia, Hollywood and the holidays all in one.

Prizes were handed out for the  “Best Decorated Boat,” “Best Lit Boat,” “and Best Dressed Homes & Bridges.” This year we saw lots of “Occupy North Pole” themes. Here are a few photos we took last night. Check out Yo! Venice for a complete slideshow of the festivities.

Have you heard about the amazing SUPER iam8bit art show opening tonight in LA? It’s going to be awesome! It’s coming to you from our friends at iam8bit, who are a production company, a marketing boutique and an events producer. Just think of them as a jack-of-all-trades. With a mandate of “making awesome things,” you know it will be good.

About the Show. SUPER iam8bit is a celebration of art inspired by 80′s video games. Over 100 artists will re-imagine their 80′s gaming nostalgic fantasies through all sorts of media — painting, sculpture, plush, and even some more interactive experimentation. Highlights include an interactive, “retro-fied” Kinect hack from Double Fine super-artist Drew Skillman (see him below in the green shirt). We’re looking forward to that.

Blik is Proud to Participate. iam8bit asked Blik to bring an exciting gaming energy to the space and transform the entire gallery into an 80′s gaming wonderland. Our designers constructed collages (inside each collage are over 50 games including PAC-MAN, Super Mario Bros, TRON, Qbert and Punch-Out)  that were blown-up and cut into panels and wrapped around the space. In addition to all the graphics inside, we also designed the window glass graphics and iam8bit’s giant logo.

Galaga’s 30th Anniversary! The show will also feature a special tribute to Galaga’s 30th anniversary with the world’s largest “arcade cabinet” that was designed by us. This giant Galaga will have an enormous projection of live gaming going on at the show. And how cool is this? The player with the highest score will win an original Galaga arcade game.

If you’re not already excited about this art show, here is a sneak preview of a few of our installation photos. This show is going to be the LA art show to attend this summer. But don’t just take our word for it, get over there and check it out for yourself! The show runs from August 11 until September 10. For location details, visit iam8bit.

Last Friday, Blik co-founder Scott Flora was the speaker at Creative Mornings Los Angeles. Creative Mornings is a monthly breakfast lecture series of creative types. The event was held in downtown LA in the historic Old Bank Building.

Scott telling the story of Blik

The Creative Mornings crowd

Not to give Scott a big head, but his talk was both inspiring and motivating. He spoke about how he and his business partner, Jerinne Neils (Blik co-founder), began Blik with a simple idea – wall stickers that could transform a room in minutes. During the lecture, Scott visually walked the audience through the evolution of the company from the early stages of manufacturing to design inspirations, collaborating with like-minded brands and defining a new product category.

We’d like to give a big thank you to Jon Setzen for inviting us to speak and organizing everything. Cicilia Teng took some great photos that you can check out here.

The clever name tag

Heather, Scott & Jerinne from Blik

Blik artist Craww, who just debuted three new graphics at Blik (Fox, Bear & Deer), is having his first U.S. exhibition at our neighbor, the C.A.V.E. Gallery in Venice. The show, “Crooked Comfort” opens on December 10 and runs through January 7.

The series of new works featured in “Crooked Comfort” is a story without an end – a stream of consciousness ramble through the woods, populated with skulls, crows and pensive girls with conspicuous hands, individually emanating a melancholy force of beauty.

Join us at the opening night party on Friday, December 10 from 7-10pm, where we’ll have limited-editon, Craww-designed Prayer tees and five of Craww’s new wall graphics to give away. Plus, you can checkout the C.A.V.E. Gallery’s new location on trendy Abbot Kinney.

The Lomography “Diana World Tour” has been traveling all over the globe hosting the world-famous Detrich Collection, as well as custom clone and vignette exhibitions unique to each stop. After a long journey, the collection of over 100 vintage cameras is finally making a visit to the Lomography Gallery Store in Los Angeles starting on Thursday, October 14.

This stop of the tour includes a collection of Diana F+ cameras that have been customized by some of L.A.’s finest artists, illustrators, creative types, Lomographers and philanthropists. And Blik is one of them! All proceeds from the sale of the customized cameras will go to the participant’s charity of choice. Blik has chosen the Boy and Girl’s Club of Venice.

Below is Blik’s customized Diana F+ camera that’s up for bid. To see it in person, join us for opening night on October 14th to kick off the silent auction, plus there will be drinks, live music and free gifts. If you can’t make it, then stop by the gallery anytime by November 14 or place your bid online for this cool one-of-a-kind Blik wall graphic or on any of the tricked out Diana F+ cameras. On November 14th there will be a closing party to finalize any last minute bids for the clones.

For more information visit the Diana World Tour Los Angeles blog and check out all the customized cameras.

UPDATE: The opening party rocked! Good crowd, great music and we had fun checking out all the Custom Clones included in the silent auction. Below are a couple of pics from the event. See more in Blik’s Flickr pool. The exhibit is on display until the closing night on November 14th so there’s still plenty of time to place your bid for a Custom Clone in store or online.

Have you heard? Blik just turned 8 and we’ll be celebrating our birthday with you all month long.

Over the past eight years, we’ve launched so many great products and fantastic designs (even we forget some of them) that for 26 days in August, we’ll be retracing our steps and sharing a few of our favorites from A to Z. On each of the 26 days, we’ll be matching a letter of the alphabet to a featured graphic or in some cases an artist. The featured graphic will be 25% off for that one day only.

Make sure to follow us on Twitter or like us on Facebook to see if your favorite graphic is on sale.

The small print: Blik’s A to Z runs August 2 – August 31, 2010 (excludes Sundays). Discount only applies to online orders with shipping to the U.S. and Canada.

Hey, Threadless, the party was a blast! Thanks for stopping by Blik on your Everywhere Tour this afternoon. And thanks to everyone who came out to meet Threadless! You all impressed us with your bean baggin’ skills. We had a great time hanging out with some familiar faces and making new friends.

It was a gorgeous Venice, CA afternoon and thanks to Lake Street Creamery, we were able to cool off with free scoops. We screamed for flavors like Pancake Breakfast, Black Jack and Donut. And special thanks to Tami and her team at Pardee Properties for letting us use their lot. Location, location, location.

Don’t forget! All Threadless graphics are 15% off off today, July 16, from 12:00am to 11:59pm PST. Prices reflected on the product pages. There’s still time to start shopping!

Don’t let the summer heat get you down. Chill out at the Blik x Threadless Everywhere Tour Party in Venice on Friday, July 16^th from 12-2pm. We’ll have free ice cream from Lake Street Creamery to keep you frosty along with tons of prizes from Blik and Threadless. To get a free scoop of ice cream, print and bring the above party coupon with you. For more details on the event and to RSVP: click here.

NEW LOCATION: The party will be at the SE corner of Abbot Kinney & Venice Blvds in Venice. Look for the Threadless airstream trailer.

15% off: Can’t make it to the party? All Threadless graphics will be 15% off on July 16 from 12:00am to 11:59pm PST. Prices reflected on the product pages.

New Threadless: Need another reason to cool off? Blik to the rescue with three new graphics. Whether it’s the penguins in The Choir of Antarctica, the snow topped mountains in Grandma’s Hot Air Balloon, or the spine chilling ghosts in The Ugly Duckling, these graphics will turn up the A.C. in your space.