Rebellion, in any form, has a few consistent characteristics. The color black, for instance, is a common accomplice, as are hot tempers, cool demeanors, and five o'clock shadows. However, the most important element to rebellion is the one thing that has nothing to do with its surface, and everything to do with its soul.

That thing is energy, and it manifests itself in art, words, sounds, and – we would argue – in the new men's fashion line Public School. Founded by Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne, two Sean John ex-pats, Public School embraces the attitude of young New York, utilizing the creative rebellion of the city's well-cultivated steam as its source of inspiration.

As Public School draws closer to its second season, it has become apparent that the line's expertly directed construction, touchable materials, and lust-worthy lines are here to stay. Join us as we chat with its two designers about their goals, their drive, and what it takes to make it all come together.

Joshspear.com: The way you describe Public School on the website is almost philosophical. Can you tell us a little bit more about the brand's approach to culture, energy, and change?

Public School: Everything we do is a product of the culture we are immersed in. Music, film, art and fashion – its all energy, energy that we use for inspiration and try to put back into the world through our product.

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Whether or not they’ve ever heard of the Spice Girls, adolescent females in developing nations have more or less served as the embodiment for the phrase “Girl Power”, displaying an unparalleled ability to foster drastic socio-economic change in not only their families, but also their communities and countries. Recognizing the power of these individuals and their importance on the global landscape, the Nike Foundation and the NoVo Foundation have donated $100 million and worked in conjunction with Norfolk based Grow Interactive (designers of this site) and Portland ad agency Wieden + Kennedy to bring the world’s attention to The Girl Effect. The organization and site aims at investing resources to ensure that young girls can grow into educated women and don’t fall victim to trappings such as poverty, disease, early marriage, and pregnancy, so that they may instead focus their energies on becoming the leaders of their community and making the world a better place. The site details some startling facts as to what happens when a girl gets a chance and what happens what she doesn’t. We recommend you check it out and help fix this messy world up a bit.

Being a blog that pays a lot of attention to art and design, well, we see a lot of colors. No complaints, but when we first saw the Colorflip website, there was such a nice simplicity about it that instead of writing posts or looking for the next big thing, we just kept turning pages waiting to see what color came next– boy, were we giddy. The site shows one color at a time and uses that flash action script emulating a page turning that was so cutting edge a few years ago. As of now, this wins the website of the day award, based purely on our own personal addiction to color.

We love art, it isn't a secret. But what really gets us going is funny art, the kind that makes us giggle uncontrollably. Which is why the title of Tom Friedman's latest exhibition is so perfect, Monsters and Stuff. Without even seeing one piece of artwork you want to see it right? We did. Monsters and Stuff is a collection of landscape sculptures, small drawings and monster-size paper collages. These materials create things like Monster Fly depicting a man being chased by a fly twice his size. The exhibition is up at Gagosian Gallery till the 25th of July. If you can make it to London, you'll probably end up at King's Cross some point during your stay, the gallery is right near by, check it out.

It looks like Swedish design studio Look Down has created quite the impressive collection of handmade Adidas Stan Smith sneaks. Monochromatic coloring is endemic to the collection, although each of the 7 (I counted) various designs provide individual flair all their own (Small World, Twisted Muscles, and Toontech designs shown here, from left). Ranging in price from 230-300 â‚, it’s debatable whether you’d be committed to an institution for actually wearing a pair of these, but then again, this isn’t the first time we’ve written about footwear that is best suited to come out of the box and go straight to the wall. Have a look at their site to get a better idea for the insane detail that went into these.

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When reading a comic, the speaker is the character with a word bubble above his head. In everyday waking life our words don’t hover above our person to allow everyone within peering distance to catch our conversational content. For that, we employ another kind of speaker, the kind that blares song lyrics or comedy routines, not to mention embarrassing best man speeches we blurt into a microphone. These different definitions of the word speaker are echoed in designer Sherwood Forlee’s design concept for a speaker set. Forlee has created a pair of noiseboxes shaped like the speech surroundings of something said by Superman that just might sing the sounds of Sinatra or The Shins. Pretty awesome.

Brastilo, the contemporary furniture gurus based in Brazil, just revamped their website, giving their products and other company collateral some fresh new cyberspace digs. The updated nav makes it easy to browse by category or designer, and easily whisks you away to other parts of their site where you can learn interesting tidbits about the company, including their impressive eco commitment and astute collection of designers. An authentic company offering unique, culturally inspired home furnishings? Not your everyday Ikea, and definitely worth a look.