Dave Nelson | SecretPenguin Blog

When we opened our studio in our new location, we made a decision to try and support artists in everything we did. We decided this because we value design, and wanted our studio to represent that. We wanted to attract clients that valued design as well.

There’s not really one set way on how to support designers, but one way we decided to do this was to hire an artist to build custom furniture and/or buy authentic. We got Eames molded plastic rocking chairs for the front. And then hired dKISER design.construct to work with us on the desks, shelves and coffee table. And next we plan on bringing back the SecretPenguin label and collaborate with other artists on different products and clothing (hopefully by Fall time).

Doug from dKISER, just finished our custom runners for our Eames Rockers so they match the rest of the wood in our studio. And he also added lights to the bottom of our coffee table. I can’t even begin to tell you how happy I’ve been with Doug’s service and work.

There’s so many things that make this world beautiful, and design plays a big part in the aesthetics. So please keep supporting good design and the arts!

On my way home, I saw that someone added a new “Love” to the Spread The Love piece!

I love it! I’d be psyched if people keep adding to it.

Here’s a sneak peak of the 1st of many artist series boards for BBB, LTD.

REZO, an Omaha-based graffiti artist that’s been a long time part of the local skateboard scene designed the first one. Todd Fink is doing the next one, check out his video part in H-Street Lick from 1993 (his section is at 8:41). This was one of the first skateboard videos I owned.

Anyways, I finished up the the seal that will go on the tail of each board, with room for the artist to sign and number. And the first one should be out this next month.

Scout Dry Goods in Dundee is having a design contest for a limited edition re-usable scout bag. You can vote through March 27 - April 6. So hurry and vote!

There are some really good ones! I really like the ones from Miss Cake.

Here’s ours…

A while back, I put up some characters on a building.

I drove by the other day and noticed “Love” was gone. I thought maybe someone broke it off, but it looks like it got unscrewed and was stolen. Or when they were painting over the graffiti, the workers started to take down the characters and stopped for some reason.

Anyways, I kinda like the idea of people taking artwork home for themselves. I think I’m going to make more and hide them around town and post clues on here. And if anyone finds them and wants to take one home, feel free to unscrew it and steal it.

If you do decide to steal one, you have to send me a photo or a link to a photo of what you did with it