The design studio Sawdust has released their first print, Cassette, available for purchase now. Each of the limited-edition prints of the unraveling tape has been hand-printed by K2 Screen with golden ink onto black canvas and sells for £35, which these days is like $200 U.S. or something. If you want it, snap it up soon as they “limited” means there are only 100 of them.

Monsters and socks have one thing in common: both spent a lot of time beneath our bed when we were kids. We’re not saying that’s where Ann Inman came up with the inspiration for Ann’s Monsters (after all she does hail from the Pacific Northwest, the land of Bigfoot) her but it would make a lot of sense. Rather than piece together the old, smelly crew socks balled up under the mattress, Ms. Inman has created her endearing creature collection by hand-stuffing colorfully striped socks with polyester fiberfill and sewing buttons on to make their crazy eyes. Each of her nine adorable abnormalities range in height from 15 to 23-inches tall and have their own backstory — of sorts. None of them involve haunting the bedrooms of small children.

Your favorite cotton tee might make you feel all warm and fuzzy, but it’s secretly plotting to destroy the Earth. Growing cotton produces tons of toxic runoff, and in an effort to fight the effects of farming the fabric of our lives, Knowledge Cotton Fashion Apparel has launched The Earth Count, a new unisex T-shirt line made from 100% certified organic cotton. Across the front is “I Am Person [BLANK]” filled in with a unique number. Plug in that number at TheEarthcount.com to see how much chemical and pesticide waste your simple purchase has saved. Kind of nifty, even if the focus is a little egocentric. The shirts will be available in stores and online beginning on September 15th.

Scottish artist Iain Hetherington has found a way to mix baseball caps and gold chains with abstract art. His paintings explore racial themes amongst the working class, bringing a street savvy edge to the underlying satire by splattering a portrait's facial features and using visual prompts to define his subjects. A collection of Hetherington’s work is on display this Monday in the Upper Gallery of the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London. Be quick, because the show only runs for eight days (August 4th through the 11th).

What did you dream last night? Was it about work? Was it about flying? Maybe it was a girl standing on the opposite subway platform that you only saw for a moment but keep thinking about. This arresting image of a young lady dancing with light comes courtesy of Tony Ariawan’s “Stop Haunt Me Everyday” collection. Ariawan, using a simple vector program (and a little help from Photoshop), turns photos into what we think is either a photon ballet or a very sexy update to Tron.

Each week, JoshSpear.com explores the latest projects by top creative professionals in the Behance Network and highlights a few that are pushing the edge of creative industry. Josh Spear also serves as an Advisor and Guest Curator for the Behance Network.

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