Alyssa Mees Trautz is a painter, illustrator and graphic designer based in Southern California. Throughout ten years of creating visual art, she has drawn inspiration from her fascination with animals, nature, and street art. She strives to learn, explore, and grow with each piece she creates.

Alyssa Mees' paintings are beautiful and the time lapse videos of her work are just as mesmerizing. Oh! Did I mention each video has some great music choices as well. She just published the making of "Growth", see that one and a few more below!

Created in collaboration with industrial designer Joey Roth, the Grovemade Wooden Speaker System ($599) uses natural materials to its full effect. The speakers are machined out of solid wood and mounted on leather clad stainless steel stands. Each set's enclosures are crafted one at a time using CNC machining and hand forming, leaving the interior without any parallel walls or flat surfaces, eliminating distortion. The 2-inch full-range drivers benefit further from the back-loaded horn, as well as the 2 x 25W amplifier. Each shell is finished with two coats of natural oil and set atop a leather stainless steel stand. Available in either maple or walnut. Get more info here



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The 2016 Rio Olympics have already started and we have been quite enjoying the games. So how about some art to celebrate the Olympics.  Spanish artist Raya Sader Bujana has created this 3D Paper Olympics series. Miniature sculptures of Olympic athletes made out of layers of white paper. If you get a chance as well check out her Etsy page

The aesthetics on this amp are just beautiful. The Billie Amp ($600), which is named after the jazz singer Billie Holiday promises to bring smooth sound into your home no matter the source. It has dual inputs for both analog and digital sources, a dedicated turntable input, and aptX Bluetooth, all of which pass through the custom-built tube preamp before the Class D ICEpower Bang & Olufsen amp sends the signal out to your speakers. There's also a powerful headphone amp with a convenient front connection jack, and to ensure everything looks as good as it sounds, it has wooden volume and source selection knobs that add warmth to the machined aluminum body. Get more info on there Kickstarter page.

Welcome to The Collective Loop Playlist-88.  Summer is in full effect and with hot heat comes some hot tracks. In this installment we have new music by Frenship, Chace, Blood Orange and more...

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Cover Art and Image by: Damion S. 

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