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THE NEW 2008 HIPPYTREE TIDE CALENDAR IS OUT NOW! FILLED WITH BEAUTIFUL HAND-MADE PHOTO COLLAGES OF FAMOUS SURF BREAKS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER AND PACKAGED WITH A 2008 MINI TIDEBOOK. BE A CHAMP THIS YEAR AND BUY ONE FOR YOUR MOM!

TO FIND A HIPPYTREE DEALER NEAR YOU, PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR MYSPACE BLOG SECTION OR VISIT THE RETAILERS SECTION ON OUR WEBSITE. HIPPYTREE.COM

HIPPYTREE PRODUCTS CAN BE PURCHASED ONLINE AT THESE SELECT RETAILERS:
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CHECK OUT THE NEW HIPPYTREE CLOTHING LINE!
OUR SPRING 2008 LINE HAS ARRIVED AND IS NOW SHIPPING!!! WE OFFER A LIMITED LINE OF ORGANIC TEES, REGULAR TEES, HOODIES, HATS, AND ACCESSORIES. CHECK OUT OUR MYSPACE BLOG TO VIEW THE COMPLETE LINE. AND DON'T FORGET TO VISIT OUR WEBSITE TO FIND A RETAILER NEAR YOU. HIPPYTREE.COM


SEND $3 DOLLARS FOR A KILLER STICKER PACK!!!!!!! COMES WITH STICKERS, OUR LATEST TIDEBOOK/CATALOG, AND SOME BUTTONS.
SEND TO: HIPPYTREE, PO BOX 1137, HERMOSA BEACH, CA 90254



ANIMATION BY OUR FRIEND GARRET QUON!!!


DROP TREES NOT BOMBS!!!!!!! POST A PHOTO OF A HIPPYTREE STICKER HANGING FROM SOME WIRES IN OUR COMMENTS, AND WE WILL SEND YOU A FREE HIPPYTREE T-SHIRT. EASY AS PIE... ALL IT TAKES IS A LITTLE MOTIVATION, A COUPLE WATTER BOTTLES, SOME HIPPYTREE STICKERS, AND A LITTLE ROPE. DON'T BE LAZY!!!


DROPPIN' TREES, BOTTLES, PINECONES... ITS ALL ABOUT "CHANGING PERCEPTIONS OF NATURE." CHECK OUT MORE PHOTOS AND AN ESSAY ABOUT OUR DROP TREES PROJECT IN THE HIPPYTREE BLOG SECTION.



THIS WAS OUR FIRST OFFICIAL MAGAZINE AD! WE RAN IT IN SURFSHOT MAGAZINE. CREATED PHOTOSHOP FREE. THAT'S RIGHT, THIS IS NOT A DIGITALLY MANIPULATED PHOTO. OUR FRIEND JOHN HO HELPED US SHOOT IT ON THE HERMOSA BEACH PIER. NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED IN THE MAKING OF THIS PHOTO.


CREATIVITY IS WHERE IT'S AT!!!!!!! CHECK THE HIPPYTREE MYSPACE BLOG FOR MORE ART.

HIPPYTREE BORE OUT OF AN INTEREST IN HOW THE EVOLUTION OF OUR ENVIRONMENT HAS AFFECTED PERCEPTIONS OF NATURE AND NATIVE HABITAT. URBANIZATION, AND THE CONSEQUENT HUMAN ESTRANGEMENT FROM PURE AND TRADITIONAL FORMS OF NATURE, HAS DRIVEN SOCIETY TO COMPENSATE FOR ITS LOSS BY INTRODUCING NEW AND ULTIMATELY BIZARRE FORMS OF ‘NATURE’ INTO THE CONTEMPORARY MILIEU. BACKYARDS FULL OF GRASS, WINDOWS BRIMMING WITH FLOWERS, FREEWAYS DIVIDED BY FLOWERBEDS AND RESTAURANTS COMPLETE WITH FISHPONDS, ALL ARE EXAMPLES OF MODERN ADDITIONS TO THE URBAN LANDSCAPE. ONE MUST KEEP IN MIND THAT THESE ITEMS ARE APPROPRIATE ONLY AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY; AN INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERING THESE OBJECTS IN PRE-INDUSTRIAL CIVILIZATION (OR PARTS OF THE THIRD WORLD FOR THAT MATTER) WOULD FIND THE REPLICATION OF A POND IRRATIONAL. AS SOCIETY EVOLVES FURTHER AWAY FROM ITS ORGANIC ORIGINS, ARTIFICIAL SURROGATES GROW MORE RELEVANT TO A POPULACE INCREASINGLY WILLING TO REDEFINE ITS PERCEPTION OF NATURE.

HIPPYTREE - AS ART, URBAN INSTALLATIONS AND APPAREL – AROSE OUT OF THESE OBSERVATIONS WITH TWO CHIEF CONCERNS: TO WHAT EXTENT HAS SOCIETY ALTERED ITS PERCEPTIONS TO COINCIDE WITH MAN-MADE COMPOSITIONS OF NATURE? AND HOW FAR CAN WE EXPAND ON THIS PHENOMENON THROUGH AN ARTISTIC AND MAINSTREAM MEDIUM? HIPPYTREE’S ARTWORK AND APPAREL MARK AN INCIPIENT PROJECT TO COMMENT ON NATURE’S SHIFTING PARAMETERS, OR MORE PRECISELY, TO ARTICULATE THROUGH IMAGERY HOW THIS PHENOMENON CONTINUES TO CHANGE HUMAN PERCEPTIONS OF NATURE. WE JUXTAPOSE REPRESENTATIONS OF NATURE, BOTH TRADITIONAL AND ABSURD, AGAINST THE CONTEMPORARY LANDSCAPE IN ORDER TO DISTORT TRADITIONAL NOTIONS OF OUR ENVIRONMENT AND TO EXPLORE BY WHAT MEANS NATURE’S NEW AESTHETIC IS COMING INTO OUR LIVES. THERE IS A THINNING LINE BETWEEN NATURE AND THE HUMAN CONSTRUCTS INTRODUCED INTO OUR ENVIRONMENT THAT ASSUME NATURE’S ROLE. TAKE A LOOK AT OUR STREETS - NATURE IS COMING…

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