Take a peek at 2 of the new styles that Laidback is rolling with. “Her Cherry”, a distressed graphic allover print. We are also reintroducing “Ol Play” vinyl, this solid gold joint is a stylish conversation piece for any room in the house or even the studio. Watch out because we might even hit you with a platinum take. All feedback is welcome, tell me what you think before they let me have it at BK Design, lol. These 2 styles along with a few others will be available May 11-13 at Brooklyn Design and online May 15. You can preorder now to make sure you get yours. Hit me at orders@laidbackhome.com

I was extrememly excited about the Rapathon and wanted to know how Laidback could get down. Well we will be down. We are working it out so that we can hit some of the sleepy headz who are trying to make the record of an ongoing 24 hr rap a lil cozy as they snooze throughout the night.

The Hip Hop Culture Center in Harlem is hosting it’s first Rapathon, promoting positivity and working on making a Guinness Book World Record. The way it is going down; participating mc’s are going to create one ongoing rhyme, that goes on and on and on past the break of dawn. If you think you have skills they are still looking for artists to rock the mike.

Open Call: Thursday, April 26 at the Hip Hop Culture Center at 2309 Frederick Douglass Blvd (2nd FL of the Magic Johnson Theater) 6pm-9pm Phone: 212-234-7171 or email Director@globalartistscoalition.org

Guess who is the Fly Girl of the Week?!?!? I am a daily reader and huge fan of the Fly Girl Blog and am honored to be the Fly Girl this week. I met Andrea last year at a designsponge meetup, she is a dope illustrator and a great creative spirit (the border is one of Andrea’s funky illustrations”. Thanks Andrea, go over and check out how deep your sistah can get with the Q&A

Always the fan of the little buttons that people rock in a colorful cluster on their tee-shirts, back packs, and lapels, I decided to foray into the first laidback pin pack. I will introduce these as giveaways at the Brooklyn Design Show May 11-13 at the Brooklyn Designs Annex at 81 Ffront Street. Any thoughts?

Helvetica the most widely recognized font in the world and it is turning 50 this year. The Moma has an exhibit going on that chronicles the life of this popular font. Think of the letters on the subway map, they are rocking Helvetica. For those of you who still have no clue what I am talking about, a font is the style of type that you use when you are on a computer. Unfortunately I am not using Helvetica because it is not an option in Blogger. I plan on taking my computer geek behind to check it out, it is running now until March 31, 2008.