Los Angeles based, Korean-American artist, David Choe, aka painter, troublemaker, illustrator, muralist, traveler, performer and host of the DVDASA show, releases his well recognized Munko whale as a plush toy this week.

The Munko whale first appeared in the Los Angeles graffiti scene as a David Choe signature, randomly popping up on pavements, concrete walls, over passes and freeways with quotes and food for thought.

David Choe’s Munkos have evolved and taken on many personas over the years, ranging from skinny long legs, lady friends, polkadotted variations and on and on:

 

Upper Playground, in association with Good Smile Company is happy to produce and release The MUNKO PLUSH TOY for all Choe fans. Click on the photo below and pick up a Munko before they are sold out!

Hawaii, get ready for the #1 Health Podcast: DVDASA LIVE making a surprise landing in Oahu. Show will be at Join the Republik this Thursday, December 19th at 9PM.  David Choe and Asa Akira will record a live podcast for all in attendance.  No tickets are required, show is free if you’re old enough to drink and carry id.  DVDASA’s usual suspects: Critter Fleming, Bobby Trivia Lee, Yaccuzi Boy will also be present.

Exclusive photos from last night’s Disco Ball with Stacey Bendet of Alice +Olivia.  Choe installed the room and models adorned with his signature ‘dirty style’:

NYC Fashion blogs are on fire as Upper Playground’s long time contributor and artist, David Choe reveals his collaboration with Alice + Olivia this week in NYC.

They launched their collaborative designs with a festive disco party including several one-of-a-kind dresses, freshly painted by Choe.

Glow in the dark paint, and models galore:

Beaded ball gowns, shirt dress and skirts will be available in Spring of 2014 at Alice+Olivia by Stacey Bendet boutiques and stores.

The founder and creative genius behind 99centbrains, Franky Aguilar, opened his first solo show this week at Fifty24SF Gallery in Lower Haight, San Francisco. 99centbrains, better known in the mobile world as a popular and  innovative leader in developing sticker apps has produced many of them with our favorite artists such as David Choe (Choebot), Alex Pardee (WayCooler), Sam Flores (JungleFever) and also StickUP App for Upper Playground.   99centbrains is also responsible for producing the world famous Snoopify app in collaboration with Snoop Dogg and art by Munk One, Major Lazer’s Lazergram to name a few and continues to lead in its category with apps like Cat Wang, CyberFM and Emoji World.  Taking a short break away from app development,  Aguilar has produced a show reflecting upon digital aesthetics and its short run history.  Sharing his point of view of mashup mixup digital-mania at his first show, CLICK HERE, we are excited to see how this young artist and entrepreneur will expand his career and ambitions.

Check out some of his works on display at Fifty24SF Gallery: