Perhaps three of the most pivotal elements to the artist way of life are cash flow, creativity, and style. This seems to be common knowledge to both the wallet makers at randL Wealth Management Systems and the artist/designers Slow Loris T-shirts. As result the pair have collaborated on a project that covers all the inspirational bases, a new line of wallets and notebook covers that goes by the name Chikabird. The astonishing collection of canvas creations combines randL’s ability to construct a product using a single piece of material that is both slim and light with Slow Loris’ knack for peachy keen pattern design. The result is both eye-catching and cash-securing.

People who know me, know I love my art — and with art, it’s always important not just explore the picture from afar, but examine the excruciating details that make a print, painting or piece exquisite. I recently received a ZoomArt magnifier as a gift from an anonymous sender and I’ve been pleasantly surprised with it. The little doohickey is made with high quality optical lenses, magnification up to 6x, and myriad of other technical specifications I don’t understand — I’m sure it will fill all my detail-in-art seeking needs. It comes in three color combinations and is really quite well done as a gift. Check out their site for more pictures and ordering info.

BIG changes are afoot at Mimoco.Their impossibly adorable, data hungry Mimobot creations just got a little data hungrier for your precious filing. Everyone’s favorite portable USB buddies are now available in 8GB incarnations. That’s twice the size as previously available! Whether you trust Boba Fett or prefer rayD8 to ferry around your files, you’ll be delighted by the sheer amount of info these drives can digest depending on what you want to feed it. The new Mimobots up the input ante by boasting the ability to stuff their faces with nearly 20,000 photos, 2,000 songs, or 2,500 minutes of video. All you have to do is find one you want to make your own.

Fashion and technology can get along. After all, it was a savvy mind that came up with the sewing machine, Nike’s Pump sneaker, and Project Runway. FadMashion has its own ideas on how textiles and technology co-mingle. The goal of their site is the bring the nebulous world of hot, young (but woefully undermarketed) talent into a single online network of fabulousness. Search options allow you to find new threads and accessories by designer, but the key to FadMashion is maintaining an under-the-radar, but well edited collection — and then putting it in front of your face.

The artist collective Modofly is all about creating products that inspire other artists. Their new series of laser-etched Moleskines give beautiful covers to already classic books. We’ve talked a lot about Moleskines and the people who have created some amazing works on the insides. The Modofly covers look good enough to let you write/draw anything and still appear to be carrying around a masterpiece that would make Picasso or Hemingway jealous.

No one expects a hip-hop producer to be a guy named Alfred Darlington, but that’s exactly what long-haired, tuxedo and top hat wearing hipster Daedelus is. Named for the mythological Greek artisan said to have invented images, the L.A.-based beatsmith has been known to dish out refreshingly weird compositions utilizing classic breaks, mismatched melodic samples, and heavily processed analog sounds and effects. A further departure from the forefront of modern abstract beat work, the first single from his tenth major (and cleverly titled) album Love To Make Music To can be heard at Daedelusmusic.com. The record is due out June 8th.

Most of us relish when the Internet is reflected in real world applications. But not banner ads. The HypTV people aren’t exactly recreating a tangible Internet banner with speciously easy games and questions, but they do have access to a skyscraper-sized outdoor screen that shares similar dimensions as a typical web “skyscraper” banner ad. Even better, they are relying on you for the content. The HypTV 2008 Skyscraper Festival is giving users the opportunity to have their videos or animations to go into rotation on their giant screen in the heart of Manchester, England. The videos can be anything awesome, as long as they show off this gargantuan screen. Head over to their site to submit some videos so we don’t end up with some lame Web advert for car insurance.