Sure, Shepard Fairey doesn't allow birds to defecate on blank canvases. And no, he doesn't spreads his seamen on old newspaper clippings. But he's the most important and well-respected artist right now, nonetheless.

After creating what is being coined the image of the election, Fairey's mixed media collage poster of Barack Obama will now forever be housed in the Smithsonian for all to see. As the HuffingtonPost reports, "Art collectors Heather and Tony Podesta of Washington donated money for the Smithsonian to purchase the work."

Those wanting to take home their own Fairey poster listen-up:

Obama's Presidential Inaugural Committee unveiled another print last Wednesday created by Fairey, which is to be sold on the committee's Web site. Most will sell for $100, but 1,000 prints signed by the artist are priced at $500. Proceeds will help fund official inaugural events.

Meanwhile, Fairey has created t-shirts that have the same post image plastered on the front of them. They can be purchased here. Just eight more days...

Really, after the Obama election what's a true and tried hipster suppose to do now?

In fifteen days, Bush will be out of office so all of those wearing bush bashing Urban Outfitters t-shirt or sporting an equally righteous anti-Bush bumper sticker on their Prious will appear somewhat dated. And the guy picked to replace Bush? Well, he likes comics, uses a Mac, and knows how to correctly enunciate the word 'nuclear'.

So, what's a Ray-Ban loving acid washed jeans wearing CobraSnake wannabe star suppose to do? Watch Welcome to the Dollhouse and other awesome indie flicks? Drink much more coffee than usual? Twitter?

Sure, but then one would overlook the up-and-coming label, I hate fashion. After doing a little intense research (Google search), I couldn't find the company's site or bio but from the looks of it they are t-shirt and t-shirt dress only label.

All of their pieces look hand made (slightly torn edhes) and come covered with juvenile handwriting and ironic sayings. See? And you thought this so-called post-racial millenial generation would crumble.

I hate fashion can be found at 80s Purple. Those interested can get

Surprise, surprise. Time announced yesterday that President-Elect Barack Obama is its Person of the Year.

The AP reports:

"NEW YORK — President-elect Barack Obama has won another contest: He's been named Time magazine's "Person of the Year" for 2008.

The magazine has named Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Gov. Sarah Palin and Chinese director Zhang Yimou as runners-up.

Last year's winner was Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Previous individual winners have included Bono, President George W. Bush and Amazon.com CEO and founder Jeff Bezos."

Shepard Fairey, iconic graffiti writer and founder of OBEY clothing, did the art work for the cover. If you want a t-shirt with a similar Fairey graphic, click here.

"WASHINGTON - Sorry, Mr. President. Please surrender your BlackBerry.

Those are seven words President-elect Barack Obama is dreading but expecting to hear, friends and advisers say, when he takes office in 65 days.

For years, like legions of other professionals, Mr. Obama has been all but addicted to his BlackBerry. The device has rarely been far from his side — on most days, it was fastened to his belt — to provide a singular conduit to the outside world as the bubble around him grew tighter and tighter throughout his campaign.

“How about that?” Mr. Obama replied to a friend’s congratulatory e-mail message on the night of his victory.

But before he arrives at the White House, he will probably be forced to sign off. In addition to concerns about e-mail security, he faces the Presidential Records Act, which puts his correspondence in the official record and ultimately up for public review, and the threat of subpoenas. A decision has not been made on whether he could become the first e-mailing president, but aides said that seemed doubtful." [MSNBC]