Skins

Tech-savvy retailer Urban Outfitters has partnered with artist community Society 6 to release a line of creatively stunning laptop and iPhone skins. Society 6 is an organization for artists to promote their work collaborate with like-minded artists. The curated collection of designs are available as laptop skins, iPhone skins, or prints though the Urban Outfitters website, though orders are processed and shipped through Society 6. Laptop skins are $30 each and iPhone/iPod skins are $15. Society 6 and UO will continue to add to the collection, so look forward to many more beautiful artistic creations. I've included some of my favorites below, but check out all 61 (and counting!) designs at printshop.urbanoutfitters.com.

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First we had the work of Tim Burton, then the great art style of Frank Miller, now we can look forward to sticking Spider-Man, X-Men, Iron Man, and much more to our beloved gadgets.

Today, GelaSkins announced its latest comic-themed skins from Marvel. Choose from 75 templates for your laptops, iPhones, and iPods, some of which were ripped straight from the comics themselves. Personally, I like the comic book cover collage which features new and retro covers alike. Would look pretty sick on your laptop, no? Prices start at $15, so head over and choose your superhero now!

If you're a comics fan, you'll already know who Frank Miller is. But if the name isn't ringing any bells, let me introduce you. Frank Miller is a Marvel, DC, and Dark Horse graphic novelist, and the genius mind behind both Sin City and 300. His distinct noir esthetic inspired a new style of filmmaking, and such, he brings his unique taste to your laptops and iPhones with the new line of skins from GelaSkins.

Although a few of the Sin City skins could be a bit racy by some standards (and possibly by those of you who don't know the graphic novels), however, this image from 300 is probably my favorite. Prices start at $15 for iPhone skins, and up to $30 for laptop skins.

Even if you didn't get to party with Tim Burton himself on Tuesday night for the unveiling of his career-spanning collection of art in NYC, you can still go check out the goods at the MoMA, and now can don your iPhone or laptop in his work as well. GelaSkins is known for their huge selection of artist-inspired gadget skins, and have plucked the artwork right out of Burton's "The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories" and handed it to us in a collection called Tragic Toys for Girls and Boys.

The iPhone skins will set you back $15, and the Laptop skins start at $30, but seems like a deal if you're a Burton fangirl, or just adore his creepy-cute art, like I do.

If the Twilight laptop skin isn't your thing, then maybe this selection of cool and geeky ones will be. I first found this awesome Snow White laptop decal (which reminded me of yet another Twilight-themed decal), which incorporates your Apple logo into the piece. But then I kept browsing the shop and got hooked on all of the totally geeky decals, which can be used on your laptop, your Kindle, your walls, or wherever you want to stick 'em.

Good news is that these decals were made to be attached and then pulled off later, so you won't have any sticky residue after you've outgrown your artsy vinyl. Plus, with prices starting at $13 each, you can't really go wrong. Check out a few more of my faves below!

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As more details emerge about the upcoming New Moon movie, I'm going to channel my Twilight love into my laptop and consider getting one of these New Moon laptop skins ($20) which just so happen to feature our favorite characters including Edward, Jacob, Alice, and Bella.

And for the same price, don't forget to check out the Twilight apple decal too!

If you've ever seen the UK teen series Skins (with Dev Patel!), you know it puts the "scandalous lives" of the Gossip Girl kids to shame with its boundary-pushing scenes and language. Now, somehow MTV will adapt the series for American audiences. Here's more on the US version of the show:

MTV says it will continue the original show's production model using teenagers to help write the series and unknown age-appropriate actors to star. Co-creator Brian Elsley will be writing and executive producing the U.S. version. The producers intend to set the show in Baltimore, Maryland.

Liz Gateley, senior VP, MTV Series Development said, "Having personally pursued the U.K. project for almost two years, I am beyond thrilled to bring it to MTV in the U.S. We intend to preserve the authenticity of the British version and are excited to collaborate with the original team to develop stories that will speak to American youth."

Like so many British shows adapted for American screens, this version will surely be neutered (remember Coupling?) to avoid showing quite so much, well, skin, so it makes me wonder how this series will ultimately differ from other teen shows already on American TV. The idea of using young writers and unknown actors is encouraging, though. Are you a fan of the UK series? Could you see an American version working on MTV?

When I came across the Infectious website (the name is oddly fitting) — which is packed with skins for your iPods, iPhones, and laptops — it took me a while to peel my eyes away from all the cool artist eye candy. I've already covered my laptop with a skin, so I guess it's only appropriate to slap a skin on my iPhone as well. Keeping your gadget safe from scratches, these skins are not only functional but are pretty easy on the eyes, like this Lomo-esque print I wouldn't expect to see on an iPhone.

For about $15 each, your phone will stand out among all the bulky and clunky cases in the crowd. Obviously, I couldn't pick my favorite, so I've rounded up a selection for you to browse through —maybe someday I'll actually settle on one! Check out the rest of the top ten that caught my eye after the break