Swish Swizz Shoe Shop Scheme ..starring Monorex!

While most of the Monorex team were over Secret Wars-ing it in N.Y our man CONZO travelled to BADEN, SWITZERLAND for the opening of Kine EM, a new trendy sneaker store.
The mission was to paint Reebok athletic footwear and we asked local boy Dr. Drax from the One Truth crew to join.
A good day in the sun produced more than 30 happy new customs owners!
Good luck to Kine EM and thanks to One Truth, Reebok and Edding.

SECRET WARS X REEBOK NYC T-SHIRTS FOR SALE

Ok people we have printed 100 in each design (below) - over half the stock has already gone to people stateside and we are now for the first time offering them out to people in the UK and Europe.

This is a very limited and special collaboration between Secret Wars and Reebok - The images were all created by Disco Teck and are part of a 3 t shirt collection.

These will not be released again - once they are gone, they are gone forever!

Buy a piece of SW history

£20 each

Grab one quickly by emailing shop@monorex.com - with your size and colour preference (s, m, l, xl, xxl)

NYC DIARY - Hard at work (Days 4, 5 & 6)

So the story continues....

Some more memories from the ECKO vs MONOREX battle

Quote from Disco Teck regarding the Monorex battle vs Ecko - "Our concept used 'Rex and the city' as the title and had 'ol Henry the 8th sat in the middle holding Carrie Bradshaws severed head on a platter...we added a Roast Rhino to the feast with a big apple shoved in its mouth to wind Mr Ecko up (which it did). It was a fair fight, with team Ecko grassping the 'live illustration battle' idea, and bringing some pretty funny disses (if not obvious social stereotypes). Of course there was no way we could win over the hugeley patriotic crowd, most of which had no idea who Henry the 8th was, or that 'Rex' meant 'king' in latin. So we lost...and raved it up london style till we got thrown out."

Daniel starting to loosen up ;)

JUNE 16TH - MR T's BIRTHDAY AND GALLERY BAR EVENT!

Below is a card Disco Teck designed for me - all the guys signed it and I was really chuffed as you can see..

Elmo from ATG showing me some love

We started off the day nice and slow with a small picnic gathering in Brooklyn Bridge Park - The sun was not really shining but that did not take away the feeling of relaxation and detachment from the city I felt for a couple of hours.

If you have not been down to this park, you are missing out! As this place is a hidden gem that features in many Hollywood films.

Sick views and nice breezy air!

Gallery Bar (Orchard St)

A sick custom fixie we saw on the way back home in the Fixed gear London gallery show

JUNE 17TH - USA vs UK @ PUBLIC ASSEMBLY

After a couple of last minute hiccups we were set for the main event of the tour, thanks to YUME and ELURA for making this all happen.

Even though the venue was not a perfect arena for a Secret Wars of this stature, we dealt with it and both sets of artists put on an amazing show...Thanks to everyone that helped out!

Team USA warming up below

The Last Emperor came down from Philly to perform - check his SECRET WARS track on his myspace - CLICK HERE

The final wall by Team UK - Based on the old skool film "The Warriors"

Quote by Disco Teck - "This time arround we used the classic film 'the Warriors' as our inspiration, putting a twist on the Baseball Furies gang, with our own Cricket Furies, cruising around in a beat up london cab. We had one of the famous lines from the film 'can you dig it?!' on one side, with Obama (characature by the mighty Alfa) popping up on the right responding with his famous line 'yes we can!'. Get it?! clever innit."

The crowd vote was used to judge the 2 teams - Team UK won by a small margin... Thanks to all those that came along for hopefully the first of many Secret Wars events in NYC.

The UK wall was sold to our new friend Sam from giftd - She is originally from England but now lives out there and it was here first Secret Wars.... In my opinion she probably owns one of the best walls in Secret Wars history... Good bargain buy!

Photos by Jay, John Mcgall and Sam

R.I.P MICHAEL JACKSON

We don't usually blog random things but this is different, Michael Jackson was a legend and inspired us all in some shape or form...

A huge loss to everyone but the legend will live on through his music and videos - we all talk about Thriller video but does any one remember the Moonwalker feature film?

Big props to Sway on writing this so quick!

NYC DIARY - Touch down in NYC (Days 1, 2 & 3)

Where do you start... This 10 day tour of NYC was one of the hardest and grueling trips away yet!

Forget the drama on the Don't Sleep European tour - What we went through in the first 3 days in NYC was much worse. Let me try and quickly explain what went down:

So the trip started off on a positive note with all the guys meeting at Monorex HQ, we all then slowly worked our way to Heathrow airport to check in on the lovely Virgin Atlantic. So far so good, everyone was present and on board our 6.5 hours flight!

@ JFK

When we touched down in NYC, we had our first small hiccup as Jay (Secret Wars Southampton) got stuck in customs for 3 hours - basically because he has a Arabic background! Crazy but true...NYC and America in general is not an easy place to be entering these days.

While waiting everyone was slightly panicking as we had 200+ SW t-shirts in our bags, that looked like we were smuggling through customs to sell...

After a couple of coffees and macchiatos, Jay was released on bail (joke) and was told to return to the UK within ten days.

Taxi to Brooklyn

Outside JFK there are lanes and lanes of taxis all trying to hustle tourists into over priced vans, after talking with a few we quickly realised that the price should be $75 rather than the $200 we were originally quoted for a 9 man van. Tip: Use booking desk inside for best price!

After loading up we all jumped in for a hot and sticky ride to Brooklyn, this ride was meant to take 30 mins tops but our luck had truly run out as we were stuck in traffic jams for over 2+ hours...The Secret Wars team were melting faster than ice creams on the beach - Jimi and co all resorted in stripping down to just shorts, due to shortage of cold air in the van.

The Apartment

We finally arrived at the apartments 4+ hours late and then found out our landlord who had the keys for check in decided to go off and have food, leaving us all stranded on the streets for over 4 hours!! The guy would not answer phone calls and explained it was our fault for being late ?!?!?!? So we were patient and all drank 40's on the street hoping he would be back soon...But this was not his plan and after much team talk, we all decided the next best thing was to go leave our bags at our friends (James your a star) and then get wasted in a bar in Williamsburg...It was a fun but tiring night!

DAY 2

Reebok customs on Broadway... We were asked by Reebok USA to host a custom session, people could come and buy the shoes the guys just painted.

Monorex artists Disco and Alfa in the studio

Meet the team

T (Mr Monorex and Secret Wars)

Daniel (Secret Wars Sweden)

Martyn (Camera man)

Disco & Alfa

Session & Sam

Marc Ecko & Reeps (UK Beatbox champion)

Jimi Crayon

Jay (The photographer)

The local bar - Freddies!

DAY 3 - Ecko battle

After a couple of days of drama the Secret Wars crew were finally settled and ready for action, the artists got to work in the studio and created some kick ass canvases...While Daniel (Secret Wars Sweden) and T got to work building the Ecko battle wall.

This event was a RSVP event and went on to be a cracking battle - Marc Ecko was in his element hosting and introducing the Secret Wars show alongside our main boy Reeps 1.

Ecko had invited people from the fashion and creative industry alongside celebrities from Sopranos, Def Jam etc..

Team Ecko was made up of Marcs best 3 designers within Zoo York, Ecko and Complex..While the Monorex team were the usual suspects Disco, Alfa and Jimi Crayon.

The crowd were vibing to the art and music supplied by DJ Session, the eventual winners were Team Ecko - But all in all it was a great night that ended up rolling on till 5am!

Huge thanks to Jason for helping put this all together and Marc for allowing us to use his office.

ECKO (Left) vs MONOREX (Right) @ ECKO HQ

Marc in his office (The venue for the battle) - The other half of his office is a basketball court!

Disco Teck in full flow

Marc explaining "this is not a fix" ;)

One of team Ecko's disses - teabagging and a set of nasty english teeth on our beloved queen.

The Monorex team wall based on Henry the VIII and Rex in the city! I loved it when our guys dropped the roasted Ecko rhino, Marc came over to me and said "I cannot believe they picked on my rhino, thats dark but I have the balls to take this!" It caused a small outrage among the crowd.

More reports and photos to follow!

Photos from Jay - More here

Photos also from Suelan Allison-Modrzejewski - More here

Monorex 5th Birthday Exhibition - NYC

While out in NYC, we are kicking it all off with a small group featuring a handful of exciting artists behind the ever growing brand Monorex!

We will also have a couple of guest artists involved from the UK and USA - Come check it out and grab yourself a drink down @ Gallery Bar.

MONOREX 5TH BIRTHDAY WALL @ VU, LONDON

The first of many ideas to celebrate the Monorex 5th Birthday! A complete freestyle piece produced over 3 long days...and created using only shades of purple (the new Monorex brand colour).

Come down and check it out in person, it's huge!

Village Underground
Shoreditch
EC2A 3PQ



Featuring: Disco, Stika, Alfa, C'est Bon and Mr K

SECRET WARS NYC! JUNE 09' 3 GIG SPECIAL

This is probably the biggest news in Monorex's 5 year history! We have seen the lights of Tokyo and Drunk ourselves dizzy in Moscow but nothing will beat conquering the BIG ROTTEN APPLE!

With the help of many of our friends in the USA, we have been able to organise and put on this ten day tour. In those ten days we have so much planned....3 PRIVATE EVENTS AND 3 PUBLIC EVENTS PLUS SOME OTHER BUSINESS COMMITMENTS ON TOP! Gonna be hectic and the body is going to get minimal sleep again, just like THE DON'T SLEEP TOUR in 07'.

Watch this space as there are more details to follow...

For all those bloggers - click on the below images and then right click to save - help spread the word by re blogging and posting else where.

Secret Wars - New York - June 2009 from Joe Hamilton on Vimeo.

GSD X SECRET WARS @ VIBE BAR - JUNE 6TH

Below is a little feature special we have been working on for quite some time..A collbo between GSD X VIBE & SECRET WARS!

Get down there early and enjoy the sun, while munchin on some good BBQ food!

Vote for Monorex!

Just found out The Sun newspaper and Barclays are running a small business competition, so what I want everyone to do is vote for MONOREX / SECRET WARS and tell them why you love what we do here @ Monorex HQ!

Make sure if you vote you add the following details:
MONOREX
NUMBER:
07779082555
ADDRESS:
55B HOLYWELL LANE, SHOREDITCH, EC2A 3PQ

INFO FROM SUN WEBSITE

"BRITAIN has some brilliant local businesses – and now you can see which ones are at the CUTTING PL-EDGE!

The Sun and Barclays have joined forces to encourage readers to show their support for the local businesses that really put the Great into Britain.

As well as the pledges, we also have a fab competition where one local business will win a huge £20,000 of investment thanks to Barclays – and you could scoop a cool £1,000 just for nominating them!"

With this money (if we win), we would invest it into funding new concepts and further international Secret Wars. Hopefully reaching out to more artists within the UK and globally.

NOMINATE US HERE!

SECRET WARS IN WIRED MAGAZINE

There is a 2 page feature in this months Wired Magazine, it's on the recent London finals - Which involved a battle between Hicks and Reeps.

Monorex in Munchen, Germany

Was in Munich last week on a small reccie mission - taking time to see the historical sights while looking into whether this place could possibly hold a Secret Wars...

Saw some amazing graff trackside from the airport, but within the city it was hard to find a single tag or sticker...

Met some really cool people who are making waves in various areas of art and street culture, but I am not 100% sure this is a good place to drop a Secret Wars battle...? Thoughts people? Anyone got different views on this? 

SECRET WARS HAS ARRIVED IN MOSCOW

Went to Moscow to battle "team Russia" in Secret Wars @ Faces & Laces - We had a great time and made some good friends! cheers to all that helped out and got involved and a huge big up to Reebok Russia for getting us out there.

Moscow is an amazing place and I would recommend it to anyone... Some interesting food and cheap Russian vodka always near by ;)

We had 3 days off where we checked out all parts of the city and made some good connections - we also ended up hanging out with magician Dynamo, who was actually staying in the room next door at the hotel... This guy is seriously talented, check him out on YOUTUBE.

yesterday we went on a little sight seeing visit - below are some of our shots!

The Russian doll shot

Our Russian version of the Abbey Road shot

Spot the sticker - one of a hundred on the streets

THE BATTLE NIGHT!

RUSSIA (Djagarta & Sick Systems) vs. ENGLAND (Teck 1 & Wen)

The rules and info

Kick off - with the Russians on the left and UK on the right

The battle was held on the Reebok stand, over the 90 mins we must have had over 1000 people come and check it out. The reaction from the Russians was great! I am sure we will be back soon.

England and Russia meeting in the middle

Team England - Teck (Left), Wen (Right) - Theme was bear baiting the old and very popular russian cartoon character "Cheburashka"

The Russians all think we are Cockneys ;), so they decided to crunch us up with Vasilly's trademark character.

Watch this space for more action in Russia

Photos by: Medzyun Pavel.

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PRESS - YELLOW MAGAZINE (IN CZECH)

Some recent press on Monorex x Reebok shoe customs in Barcelona

click on the images to read if you know czech!

THE RESET: 2nd - 3rd May at the 1948 Arches.

This will be big! If you like wearing clothes made by some of the most forward thinking people in the Capital, then get yourself down to 'The Reset'. Pretty All City will be there, aswell as A.IN.T, Trapstar and a whole host of other British Brands. Its a unique chance to buy a couple of older garms at discount or be the first to snap up some samples and brand new bits. Admission is free. I do believe that the Brand New Nike Air Yeezy is being launched on the same day. So come down and soak up the sun and the good Vibes!! On a personal note P.A.C will be launching a small exclusive line of Summer tee's, CMYK CMYK!!

Resetlondon.com
Prettyallcity.com

1/10 LOGO FEATURES IN NEW LOS LOGOS V.4

Can you see it?

Logo designed by Koa & Monorex

SECRET WARS GLASGOW: SCOTLAND Vs ENGLAND

The night was booming! The tunes were throbbing with the amazing DJ set!

It was a close battle with both teams flexing different styles, Jimi and Teck flew in just hours before the battle so they were jet lagged but as usual the gents morphed up a beautifully clean, bold and well composed battle piece taking a striking lead from the start. The Scots, Vues and Conzo brought two different styles to the table stirring up a tasty Glasgow flavoured inky broth!

In the end the Scots managed to scoop a win on their home turf

*Crowd Vote (an obvious one!) - Scotland

*Judge 1 (Amy from the Recoat Gallery) - England

*Judge 2 (Australian Graffiti Artist ‘Smug’) – Scotland

Thanks to all those involved and who helped make Scotland’s 1st ever Secret Wars happen!!!

It’s just begun! So keep ears perked up for future battles in Scotland!!

Check out the official Secret Wars Website for updates and other battles happening in a city near you throughout the rest of the world.

Also stay updated with the Scottish Secret Wars blog as pictures and videos from Friday’s battle will be added soon.

Jimi and Tecks Battle:


Conzo and Vues Battle:

100 MINUTES OF HAVANA - UNOFFICIAL VIDEO

Just found this on Youtube - A great example of some of the mess left behind by team intercity...I think the floor is still stained red to this day!

TIGER TRANSLATE - SUMMER 08

A QUICK TRIP TO PRAGUE...

Monorex were asked to fly out to Prague last week by Reebok Czech, the mission was for Alfa and Mr K to paint shoes for the buying public in the Reebok store.

Sounds like a normal day in the office but not this one ;) - As Reebok decided to invite Miss Czech Republic (see below) to get involved and have a go in front of the local press.

Check out Mr K getting hands on!

SECRET WARS TO FEATURE @ FACES & LACES 2009

Secret Wars has been invited to battle the Russians in Moscow @ the biggest Sneaker trade show in Europe!

Reebok will be hosting this event on the 25th April

ENGLAND (TECK & WEN) vs. RUSSIA (TBC)

See you all there ;)

SECRET WARS LONDON FINAL - TIMELAPSE VIDEO!

SECRET WARS NYC - COMING TO YOU SOON...

DATES TBC - JUNE 09 IS THE TARGET!

Hicks is the new London champion!

Wow - still shocked and hungover from an amazing night...over 1200 came through the door with a one in one out all night!! Thanks for all those who came down and had the patience to chill outside.

This Secret Wars was probably the best so far - everything went perfectly and the venue was a huge step up from Cafe 1001. A very proud moment seeing how far Secret Wars has come in just over 2 years....The USA is next!

With Reeps favourite to win, Hicks came in feeling little pressure - Both guys had a plan and both were well prepared for an intense and exciting SW battle.

The crowd was electric and the atmosphere at times was tense...The battle finally kicked off around 10:30pm and people stood in awe as the guys got to work on the large white walls (12ft wide by 8ft high).

All night DJ Session kept the crowd rocking with a stack of classic tunes, with the crowd screaming with every mix.

When the time came to get the judges on stage, the tension began to mount and I found it hard to get anywhere the stage. First up to judge came Ligaya (Victoria & Albert Museum) who decide to give her vote to Hicks, then Reeps came fighting back with a massive decibel smashing crowd vote 1-1....It came down to the final judge - Brett from MTV / 1/10, after much thought and pacing on stage he finally pulled out his edding board marker and scribbled Hicks on his white board!!

We have a new and very worthy champion....Hicks (54 crew)

Thanks to all those who came down and supported and a huge thanks to the entire team on the night and edding markers for linking us up as usual.

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The set up during the day.

Sketch for the outside banner by Jimi Crayon - Oh and who stole it?? please leave a comment to say it is safe and in a good home....



The HUGE queue of people trying to get in from 8pm - Over 1200 people came through the door and it was one in / one out all night..Sorry to those that did not get in!



Hicks getting interviewed by one of many TV channels in attendance.



Some shots of Hicks celebrating with friends






Final wall - Reeps (Left) & Hicks (Right)



photos taken from - Sandy Danbury & Phil Gabriel

Also check out this amazing full length timelapse from Light and Time - http://www.lightandtime.co.uk/rushes/secret_wars_timelapse.mov

Tailored by England - Commission @ Village Underground, London

Monorex were commissioned to paint the large wall @ Village Underground by Umbro for the new England football kit launch.

It took two 12 hour shifts and four men to get the walls white and completed in time for the official press launch.

Teck and Jimi Crayon had to copy and re create the logo below on a large scale.

With a dodgy scaff tower and freak rain showers hitting us - we battled through the elements but got there in the end!

A fresh panoramic shot by Teck

NEW PRESS - AMATEUR MAGAZINE

Another great feature on Monorex and Secret Wars - Amateur is a Swiss based magazine backed by Carhartt and is full of interesting features / interviews on lifestyle topics....Go cop your copy now!

Thanks to Ian (Cutterskink) for linking this up

To read article please click on image to enlarge

MONOREX IS RECRUITING!

Just like Willy Wonka did - Monorex is un-bolting the locks and opening its doors in a very rare occasion.

Ok so as you know from our last post we have moved into an amazing new studio or some may say luxury penthouse!

Over the last 2 weeks, all of the Monorex team including the artists have been slugging away painting walls and working their magic all over the new 3 floor studio. The empire is slowly growing and now we need to follow back this up with a bigger team...

Who & what we are looking for:

1 x Creative Intern

We see this person wanting to learn the ins and outs of our business while also being a budding and very talented young artist. Keen to help out on all levels, while having the courage to put new ideas forward to the Monorex team.

Job roles: Getting busy in the workshop, blogging, postal duties and running, shadowing in meetings, weekly reports, set up of Secret Wars....PUSHING TO BE PART OF THE MONOREX FAMILY!

Boxes that need ticking:

• A good portfolio is a must in art and illustration!


• Must also be London based and able to travel to East London very easily
  
• 2-3 days a week

The above position is unpaid but expenses and bonus extras will be given.

New Artists

Monorex very rarely opens its books to new artists but we now feel it is about time we did...Over the last 5 years we have built a very good reputation within the street art scene, and we also have a great long list of big name clients. But we now want to step it up 2 gears and search for new artistic talent that bring fresh angles and styles to what we already have, allowing Monorex to expand and get involved in new types of creative briefs.

Creative disciplines and styles of interest:

• Fine art


• Photography


• Illustration (Both digital and organic)
  
• 3D & Interior design


• Abstract and contemporary


• Animation & Video


• Fashion & Shoe design

If you feel you have what it takes then please read the application steps below:

Please email the following:

• CV & Covering letter explaining why you would fit in at Monorex and what skills you can bring to the team
  
• 10 current examples (JPG) of your portfolio

Email jobs@monorex.com

Goodluck and speak soon

THE MISSION IS ON...

Yo people the mission is on...Monorex has moved into another new London HQ!

We started in a converted train carriage (2007) and then expanded to a disused Victorian warehouse in Commercial Road (2008) - But we have now decided to step it up 2 gears and take over a slick 4 floor building...Its called "The Mission" and it is the perfect new home for the Monorex Family!

Features include:

• Large busy workshop (where we get messy and creative)
• Kitchen
• 2 x bathrooms
• Creative studio suite - (We call this the brain)
• Roof terrace with American BBQ
• HUGE boardroom
• Interactive lounge / bedroom with Sky and Xbox 360 Elite

A long shot of the whole building - you can't see it but there is an amazing roof terrace as well.




Watch this space as exciting things are bubbling!

SECRET WARS LONDON FINAL @ VILLAGE UNDERGROUND - 21ST MARCH

The end is really blooming nigh!

Hicks vs Reeps 1, who will win the £1000 and the right to call themselves a champion!

This, the Series 3 Final will be held in the biggest and best venue to date!

click flyer below for details...

Secret Wars

Village Underground

SECRET WARS X HAVANA CLUB - REPORT

Things got messy last week down at Village Underground! In a Secret Wars special in collaboration with Havana club and edding UK - Monorex took on Intercity collective on the biggest Secret Wars wall ever built (40ft wide by 16ft high)!

The Monorex team was made up of Stika, Teck, Jimi Crayon, Mr K and Alfa - They came with a loose plan in mind, easiest way to explain would be to say they drew a Cuban party in a old skool Cadillac.

Not only was this event the biggest wall on record but the guys at Secret Wars hq also allowed a small amount of colour to help express the Cuban vibes! Probably never to be seen again at any Secret Wars event....

For all those that were lucky enough to get in and sip on free Havana cocktails (big up), and a HUGE sorry to those peeps that did not get in (RSVP AND GET THERE SOONER NEXT TIME).

Thanks to everyone that helped out and a massive thanks to WIGHT PRESERVATION for building the wall.

Big up to Havana for backing this crazy concept and edding uk for supplying us our battle markers!

Photos by Philip Gabriel - http://www.phiga.de/

100 MINUTES OF HAVANA - TRAIN MURAL

Cuban vibe mural for Havana Club Rum, in preparation for their '100 minutes of Havana' party on the 4th March @ the village underground, where we will be staging a huge secretwars battle (first colour version). email havana@balancepr.com for guest list.

Panoramic stich shot - click for large image

Read more about the project here - creativereview

MR T IS IN NYC ON A SECRET WARS MISSION...

In NYC for a long weekend setting up the mechanics of our first Secret Wars - I got 15 or so meetings in 4 days and am running round like a mad shopper..

Also viewing office spaces as Monorex is going stateside!

Watch this space as we will be dropping more details soon

All interested artists please get in touch if you would like to take part...email studio@secretwars.co.uk




Manhattan Bridge

Grand theft auto commission - spray painted!

Another Banksy ??


Cash for guns people - this was my main source of income..

Chinatown

Downtown

A crazy electric cop car - reminds me of demolition man

Our friend Elmo (ATG) up in Williamsburg

My new friend @ JFK

JIMI & ALFA IN A SOHO BAR: called err Soho Bar

Jimi & Alfa dropped some crispy nuggets all over Soho Bar, go down and check it out for yourself: 12-13 Greek Street, daaaan the West End..

SECRET WARS GRAND FINAL

The end is really blooming nigh!

Hicks vs Reeps 1, who will win the £1000 and the right to call themselves a champion!

This, the Series 3 Final will be held in the biggest and best venue to date!

click flyer below for details...

Secret Wars

Village Underground

Tiger Beer Chinese New Year Party, Dubai

Just got back from Dubai, where i was flown out to paint a life size Ox for the Tiger Beer Chinese Lunar New Year party, held at the Chill Rooftop, Royal Ascot Hotel.


Tried to mix traditional chinese colors and patterns, with some more stylised elements in the Tiger Beer color scheme.


while i was in town i dropped this on the wall at the 9714 office...


thanks to Simone, Ben, and Saadia @ 9714 for making it happen.

VOLUME MAGAZINE WANTS YOU!!

I want you to submit some work to the new issue of the magazine I work on called volume. you may have heard of it. Its on its 6th issue now and is doing really well. Its a culture magazine that promotes young creatives and up and comers. I'd really like you to get involved?You can submit anything you like. It can be a photo, illustration, poster design, painting, sculpture.....??? Just so long as it is submitted following the a4 portait guidlines.You can check the earlier mags out on the link below to see what kind of thing other people have submitted and if you are selected for the final print your work will be published in a run of 5000 for all the world to see. What I need you to do if you are interested is submit between 1 and 5 images. High resolution a4 portrait by the end of feb.I will email a reminder closer to that time.Let me know if your interested...Here is the email address for you to send your submissions tojoshsutterby@gmail.comI hope to here from you soonJoshContributing Art Editor, Volume Magazinewww.volume-magazine.com

KANYE WEST BLOGS SECRET WARS...

Our friend Kanye has showed us some love stateside and blogged about the last Secret Wars battle...BIG!

See you in NYC!

LINK - www.kanyeuniversecity.com/blog/

SECRET WARS X HAVANA CLUB

Head to the one off art battle at Village Underground for a fast and furious creative experience like no other. Sponsored by Havana Club, the live art battle will last for 100 minutes and pitch two teams of acclaimed artists against each other in a bid to produce the freshest and most exciting wall mural.

Art battle at Village Underground
Celebrating street art and Cuban culture in a creative and original style, the art battle at Village Underground is a combined effort between the Secret War crew and Cuban rum giant Havana Club. Using only coloured (first coloured SW battle) acrylics and edding special markers on a 200 foot white wall, two teams of artists will compete against each other to produce the most creative and cutting edge wall mural.

Audience participation
The results of the art battle at Village Underground will be judged by a panel of experts. The audience will also have a big say in which team emerges as victorious, as the crowd vote will be measured using a decibel reader. The wall mural will then be displayed at Village Underground from Thursday 5th March - Tuesday 10th March alongside key pieces from the 100 Pieces of Havana exhibition.



WANNA COME ALONG?
The art battle at Village Underground takes place on Wednesday 4th March 2009. Entrance is free but space is limited. For more information and to get a place on the guest list.

contact Emma Buxton on - 0207 426 0616

Markers supplied by

SECRET WARS BRUM X EDDING VIRAL!

Loving this video made by the boys up in Brum - Edited and produced by Trav and Theo (Insequence media)..


Edding pen promotional video from Trav on Vimeo.

FATSARAZZI PORTRAITS AT MONOREX STUDIO

Fats shot a beutiful set of portraits down at the Monorex HQ... Check THIS to see the rest, BO!!

SECRET WARS SEMI FINALS!

Massive night, packed to the rafters with anxious revelers waiting to see another set of artists get beat down and slung out!

Close contests and controversial outcomes as Hicks pulled the rug from under Drunk Park.

Reeps pulled out a good'un against the tournament favourite Mr K, which was enough to sway 1 judge and the crowd to vote for the mechanoid...

Session banged out tune after tune of goodness, and Jimi C gave the T4 presenters a run for their money with another impeccable performance... HA!!!

So, there we have it, the final is upon us (date tbc).... REEPS Vs HICKS, who will join Alfa and Wen in the winners circle and take the £1000 cash prize...

Dont forget to check the SECRET WARS website to stay tuned....

S S SUDIO!!! (STUDIO)

The Monorex studios, a place where dreams come true...

SECRET WARS IN NYLON GUYS MAGAZINE

A small interview / feature on Secret Wars with Mr T and Jimi Crayon....

Click on the images to read (if your cheap), or go buy a copy to show some love!

The magazine is filled with some good features and is worth grabbing while you still can.

SECRET WARS X EDTN MAGAZINE

The newest issue of EDTN is a collab with the Secret Wars crew - Featuring artists Teck 1, Jimi Crayon, Miss LED, Mr K and more....

There are only 500 copies available so grab yours while you can!

BUY FROM HERE - WWW.EDITIONMAGAZINE.COM

Monorex x Reebok @ BBB, Barcelona

Currently away on duty in Barcelona - 6 Monorex artists working on the Reebok stand over the 3day show.

Artists involved: Stika, Teck 1, Jimi Crayon, Mr K, Miss LED and Alfa.

More info and photos to follow

Edding design brief - Calling all artists!

So here is the brief for the new edding ‘Art Series’ Design Competition…

Task: Creation of an edding art series label and packaging design
edding wants to launch a new product line with label designs based on illustration/graffiti – the new line will be called edding “art” series

In total 6 label designs are needed for a new (slim retractable) permanent marker art line and a new slim retractable highlighter art line. Additionally a packaging imprint design is needed for a pencil case (see pictures).

Final hand in date for designs: January 25th, 2009 (Digital files preferred!)

Price for Awarded Design(s)

Artist: 1000 € per design: To include a permanent marker and/or highlighter label and a pencil case label

Organisation: 500€ (per design) in edding products (products of organisations choice)

The Products: Slim Retractable Marker and Highlighter

• Retractable Permanent Marker(4 colours of ink planed: black, dark blue, red, green)
  
• Retractable Highlighter(4 colours of ink planed: yellow, green, orange, light blue)

Here are the PDF’s…Thanks to Very Nearly Almost magazine for the links! :)

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art5_highlighter

and here is the brief in full…

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Get to it!

Remembering the 80's!

The following video basically sums up my childhood life - these legendary cartoons are what gave me the inspiration and love for animation and design today.

Queensbury (German pop band) x Secret Wars x Reebok

This is a weird but funny post.. Queensbury the pop band (German version of Girls Aloud), used the Secret Wars x Reebok ice cream van in their new video.

Its hard to see as the editing is so quick but Teck 1, Alfa, Jimi Crayon and Mr K all collaborated and painted the van back in July @ BBB.

Apparently this is all over German TV etc.

Please note: we did not plan this and was a suprise to us. BUT I must admit that these girls have made the van look even better....;)

Check the video below:

Ubisoft Commission @ Trumans Brewery

Below is the video produced by the boys @ Stitchthat...This is a one minute viral, documenting the 3 commissions we did in the summer for Ubisoft @ Eurogamer.

NEW VIDEO FROM SECRET WARS GERMANY

Trailer SecretWars 2009 from snagly on Vimeo.