We've talked about Alexandre Orion when he released his first book about his concept of Metabiotics — interaction between his street paintings and the photographs taken of them. A year and a half later the Wooster Special Edition project is releasing a new book, giving Alexandre the attention and space to define his artistic vision, and also display his work on both the street and in galleries. Aside from being a beautifully designed book, it comes with a hand cut stencil, so you can spend your summer outside tagging buildings in promotion of Orion. Copies of the book and stencil are limited to 200 … that means hurry.

There is something really fun about describing things as French. Of course, it depends on the context; on JoshSpear.com we usually mean eloquent design mixed with some street art — mixed with awesome. So what if I told you there is a new site that focuses on the emergent French design and art print market and it is in English? L'affiche Moderne is something along the lines of threadless, in the sense that artist are invited to submit works. In great French fashion there isn't a user community to vote on what's cool. The owners of the site deciding if they like it or not. If they do, 300 limited edition prints are made on some nice paper and they go on sale. It's that easy, and that judgmental. Fortunately, they have great taste and prices — prints are 29€ or 59€. Go impress your Francophile friends.

Ada Pinkston at Current TV just sent over a video they just posted featuring their Brazilian host Rico (no last name) of the Globe Patrol show getting reacquainted with Sao Paulo after being away for a decade. You know we’ve always got the best coming from Brazil covered, but watching what’s going down will give you a different angle of how I see this awesome city. Rico jumps around town to the Munny exhibit at toy store/ art gallery Plastik, goes to venue Studio SP to catch up with long-lost friends and interviews the Brazilian Larry Flynt, aka the sleazy Oscar Maroni, who was arrested last year for running a brothel. More fun with Brazil here.

“I am not a number! I am a free man!” Or, at least that’s what The Prisoner wanted you to believe. We Are Numbers is a worldwide community experiment / tracking system / T-shirt pitch that wants you to be an individual — in a completely hive-mentality sort of way. The mysterious Number One (aka Dutch designer Twan Verdonck) was tired of the disposable nature of couture fashion — what with its “one minute you’re in, the next you’re out” Heidi Klumisms — so, he decided to make just one style; a handmade T-shirt with your own unique number. Dozens of new members have already posted their YouTube videos, and the first 1000 customers will appear in a book. We just hope the guy who gets 69 isn’t a complete a-hole.

If the terms “progressive” and “eco-friendly” were in third grade, they’d walk around holding hands and spend their entire recess period together talking about alternative fuel sources. Even though they’re not school aged-children they still go hand-in-hand, as they relate perfectly to Organic Stereo, the new apparel brand from Brighton-based designer Marie Rendina. After spending the last 12 years honing her craft across the English Channel, freelancing for the likes of Mambo, Fat Face, and Criminal, Rendina struck out on her own to create clothing that reflected the quirky yet relaxed lifestyle of her adoptive British backdrop that was also environmentally conscious. Her collection utilizes components such as chemical free dyes, organic cotton and buttons made of recycled paper, to assemble attire that maintains an amicable relationship with mother nature. Organic Stereo also deserves extra ethics points for belonging to 1% for The Planet, an organization that donates a percent of their gross revenue before tax to charitable causes around the world.

If you took a listen to Jessie Baylin’s new record Firesight without glancing at the album cover, you’d probably guess she was older than her 24 years. Based in Los Angeles by way of New Jersey, Baylin has a voice that is comforting, but not defenseless. There is a noticeable fight in the folk/jazz singer’s tone. Working with an all-star cast of producers and songwriters, and featuring guest appearances by Hotel Cafe alumni Cary Brothers and Brett Dennen, Firesight is easy listening at its finest. Baylin has been featured on the forth-annual Hotel Cafe Tour, sharing the bill with other singer/songwriters such as Ingrid Michelson, Greg Laswell, and the aforementioned Brothers. Her album drops June 24th. You can listen to a stream of her single “See How I Run” here.