I really love Michael Young’s design, the PXR-5 Watch he designed last year for Dem, Incis simple, useable, and gorgeous. If you’re not familiar with Michael Young’s work– please, check it out. He’s quickly becoming one of the most influential designers around– and from what I can tell, he is staying pretty humble about it. No word on how you can buy the DEM PXR watch, I think it’d be a hit. Anyone know?

The New York Collective for the Arts is holding a great t-shirt competition– and the deadline is quickly approaching– August 13th. The competition is looking for artists to stray away from the boundaries of what traditional t-shirt design has been in the past– and want to see people get crazy–draw, paint, and be inventive on the blank shirt and create a wearable limited edition work of art. The panel, including Adam Glickman– publisher of Tokion Magazine, and Peter Hahn, co-founder of The Turntable Lab in NYC, will choose winners on the 13th. The winning entries will be featured in a temporary exhibition space in the city, or as they’re calling it ‘a NY Collective flash environment’.