| Think of something you use everyday. It's probably seen better days. It may be stuffed with business cards of people you don't talk to or stores you visited on vacation. Maybe it's filled with plastic cards and a nickel or $500 and a condom. Mine, for example, has rum and Coke stains on it and of late is filled with loonies for the Marvel versus Capcom machine at Broken City. It's my wallet, and needs a new look for the new year.
In a perfect union of form and function, poketo.com has offered up the artist wallet series. Now on their sixth collection, Poketo has worked with artists and musicians to create a portable piece of art that promotes conversation every time you pay. Ted Vadakan and Angie Myung collaborated with artists to create the vinyl wallets as take-away art at various art events and shows. And at $20 U.S., they won't empty out your old wallet.
Past series have included collaborations between Weezer and Casey Howard, Drama magazine and Brian Roettinger, and a brand new limited edition of The Shins with Keith Andrew Shore. Jillian Tamaki (who also does illustrations for Fast Forward), Deth P Sun and Brendan Monroe have some must-have pieces here, but there are more than 40 other artists to choose from. |
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