To promote Contributor – a project co-founded by Mike Giles and Annie Lam that aims to serve the needs of disadvantaged city youth through skateboarding – Livestock Vancouver will host the official opening for “Smile On Your Brother” on Monday, August 24, 2009. The show features 60 hand crafted skateboards, based on the shape of the first ones to be mass produced, features designs by some of the world’s most renowned figures working within the skate and street art culture, including: Andy Jenkins, Parra, Don Pendleton, Cody Hudson, Chinatown Soccer Club, and many, many more. The art show will make its way across Canada, with all pieces being auctioned online up until October 25, 2009. For more details on tour dates and to bid on the complete boards, please visit: WeAreContributors.com.

Livestock
239 Abbott St (gastown)
Vancouver, BC V6B 2K7
August 24th – Aug 26th

More looks at the Contributor “Smile On Your Brother” boards after the jump.

Following their stellar collaborations with Coolhunting and Raised by Wolves, Montreal based design firm Furni, cooked up another great set of digital watches with Bob Kronbauer’s Club Mumble. For those of you unaware, Club Mumble is a weblog featuring influences of contemporary art, skateboarding and street culture, that is now over 120 contributors strong.

The white, PVC based watch comes with either a black or grey face and features a gold clasp, buttons and back with an engraved “work smarter, not harder” motto. To top things off, a portion of every watch sale goes to the Contributor campaign, which is focused on giving skateboards to underprivileged youth across Canada. Each watch comes with a badge that you should wear proudly stating “I am a contributor.” Available now at furnicreations.com

Detailed images of the Club Mumble x Furni Digital Watch follow after the jump.