Bulmers Berry Launch partys - Ireland

Designed and built this set for the launch of the new 'Bulmers Berry' Cider in Ireland last week. The theme was 'An undergrowth movement' and we built an oversized cartoon undergrowth environment out of mdf cutouts. First stop was the Academy in Dublin and after de-rigging it was a 3 hour drive to the Savoy in Cork where we set up the party for the following night . It was a massive operation and probably the hardest week and a halfs work ive ever done but well worth it. really happy with how it all turned out...big shouts to Matt and Stika for putting in the long hours!

Head Snowboards x Edding @ ISPO - Munich

I was in Munich last week for the ISPO tradeshow...Its pretty much like Bread & Butter but for extreme sports. We were working on the Head Snowboards stand customising boards and boots 'secret wars' style.





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Addict Clothing artist series preview online

Click the image to see Addict clothings spring/summer 2010 artist series preview.

Kids Club Illustration

Album artwork illustration for Kpm Music House

Virgin Active - Barbican

Just finished this 80's vibe commission for Virgin Active at the Barbican.

55DSL Pic+Mix - Photos

Heres some pics from my section of the Pic+Mix show @ studio 55 in december last year...bit late but anyway...



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THE 2010 SECRET WARS EURO LEAGUE

Get your hype hats on, the Secret Wars Euro League has arrived. The format has evolved this year from the previous 3 series...i still haven't got my head round how it all works but basicly instead of individuals going head to head each participating city has a team of artists.

Anyway I will be representing london alongside Mr Gauky, Alfa, Wen, Flawn, and Tony Riff.

Here are the 4 groups....

Group 1
Glasgow
Bristol
Malmo
Warsaw


Group 2
Bournemouth
Birmingham
Berlin
Lisbon

Group 3
Southampton
Dublin
Copenhagen
Paris

Group 4
Cardiff
London
Hamburg
Amsterdam

Heres how it all works according to mr Terry Guy...

"The rules are the same but the structure of the competition and dynamics of the battle are slightly different - see below for details. How the competition will work & when There will be 8-10 teams/cities involved in next years competition, and each city will select 6 artists to part of a squad. Each team will select 2-3 wildcard entries consisting of previous champs and general bad boys! The remaining members will be picked at the local qualifiers. City selection events - November / December 09 (Check Secret Wars website for dates)

• Each city will call out and actively invite people down to jam and show off their skills
• Draw will take place to decide what team is which group (A or B)

1st Round - Group league qualifiers

• Two groups of 4-5 teams with the top two teams qualifying
• Rather than a knockout cup comp, we have decided to make this a little more interesting and maybe fairer - Each game will be a league match with each judge vote and crowd vote worth a point!
• Each team will play home and away against the others in their group

Semi finals

With the top two teams going through from each group, we will be left with 4 teams.

The winner of GROUP A will play the 2nd place of GROUP B and the winner of GROUP B will play the runners up of GROUP A.

GROUP A WINNER vs. GROUP B RUNNER UP

GROUP B WINNER vs. GROUP A RUNNER UP

These will also be home and away ties - with the winning team decided on total points earned over the two games. If the points are level than it will be decided by the team who gets the most away points.

GRAND FINAL

This will be hosted at a neutral venue, TBC nearer the time"

It all sounds a bit too football if u ask me!

pic + mix 2 - Chu x Disco Teck

Tomorrow night!

Secret Wars @ Hoxton pony

Experimented with symetry and mirrors at the Hoxton pony last week in a collaborative effort with Mr Hicks.

photograhy by Jaysus www.jaysusphotograhy.com

New video production by the Pirates

'Pirates' are a new collective specialising in 'creative direction and excecution'

Founded by Jimi Crayon and represented by CIA, Artists included are...

• ALFA
• DISCO TECK
• JAMIE BROWN
• JIGGERY POKERY
• JIMI CRAYON
• JOSH HOWARD
• MR P

i didnt have the time to paint in this production, but im gonna post the video just because its amazing.

'We Like Colour' Time Lapse Film from alicja mccarthy on Vimeo.

look out for more pirates productions coming soon!

www.wearepirates.co.uk

www.centralillustration.com

Swatch MTV Playground - Athens

Flew out to athens with Mr Gauky last week for an England Vs Greece Secret Wars Battle, held at the Swatch MTV Playground event.

there was a 1000 euro cash prize up for grabs, and with the crowd being the judge, it was obvious from the start we weren't going to see that cash!

the greek artists...yellowish and some other guy

we needed a biger wall

this is the winning (unfinished?) piece from the greeks...

this is our piece...our concept was based on greek mythology with a play on words and depicted hades and cereberus the 3 headed dog, guardians of the 'london underworld'

fake smiles all around...

Anyway! we drowned our sorrows in raki, ouzo and some dodgy caribean import lager, danced like idiots and stole their girlfriends... ;)

Southampton Solent Student Union

Something for the music students @ Solent SU

Monorex 5th Anniversary Party

Photos by Ldn-mode.com