The Bread & Butter Report...

Just touched down in grey old London and am already reflecting on what we got upto out in Barcelona....Met some amazing contacts in the industry (Marc Ecko, 10 Deep, Staple etc) - I also feel fully inspired by the show as a whole, as there was so much going on creatively, it was mind blowing...

There were some funny times out there asides from the free drink and hot sun, with me and Andrew (Simple Genius) trying to conquer the whole city map in 4 days.... I came to the conclusion that the older spanish people seem a little strange, as where ever we went they just stared and mumbled at us....weird! Andrew thought it was a racist thing (Black man/White man hanging out together) - But i reckon it was probably the neon garms we were repping!

My main mission for going was to try and get the ball rolling on a Secret Wars / Daydream magazine European tour, and with the contacts made it was mission accomplished.. Off to Berlin next to go and sort the same thing (Venue, sponsors and logistics), so should be another fun trip.

I stickered up the whole of Barcelona and dished out a good 60 business cards, hopefully we will be getting some calls in the next couple of weeks :)

Here are some flicks of the trip:

THE SHOT OF THE TRIP - MARC ECKO, ME AND ANDREW TALKING BUSINESS - He said "Secret Wars was a fantastic idea and looked forward for it to hit NYC" Hopefully this will turn true in November....

@ The Vice party on the last night

Not sure what the face was for? Andrew (Simple Genius) decided to sticker people

Andrew "One eyed willy" and his crazy mate

Tagged a couple of arms....guerilla marketing at its best!

Avue (Daydream) & Leon our host in Barcelona

Chrissy (Addict) popping off with Jasper (Rogue Status) looking on in shock

Dulla (Daydream) and me

Our crew - taking over! Hugo multi-tasking, snapping while drinking

Jasper (Rogue Status) and Duller (Daydream)

Ricoloop ripping it up, this dude was the sickest live act I have ever seen...He basically sampled random sounds live while beatboxing over the top..Hopefully we can link with this guy in Berlin.

The view of Bread and Butter from the palace

Heidi.com doing there thing...another interesting way of getting out there!

Rocking the spexs

Live art at B&B - The famous 7th letter crew, these guys smashed it!

The streetwear section - HUGE & SUPER HOT!

An aerial view of the RBK stand, showing off the ice creams and the new Voltron collection

Avue, Lin-Lin, Sammy (from Jelly Mon) and me

Marc Ecko purpose built apartment smack bang in the centre of the court yard.

Wranglers slightly funkier attempt - They had live art going on and the Japanese clothes conveyor belt...sick!

More 7th letter action

Barcelona's futuristic rik shaws

Bread and Butter

In Barcelona at the moment, visiting B&B with the crew and the Daydream boys....It is 28 degree´s out here and is to hot for a white boy like me...lol

So far so good - the show is amazing as expected! some great local graffitti heads painting on the walls and many interesting/creative peeps to chat with...Met 10 deep, crooks and castles, staple, addict, jellymon, rogue status, reebok and more

Hopefully I will also confirm a bar for Secret Wars as I have spotted a couple of potential targets for the battle ground....watch this space!

Gonna hit the show again tomorrow and then roll down the beach to cool off in the sea ;)

Photos will be added soon

A train update...

Our train carriage is getting close to completion - we have internet and furniture but there are still some external building work going on....So while the inside is still being finished the outside got a lick of spray...

A crew from Italy - Truly Design

The Secret Wars network..

So you might be asking where I have been for the past week or so....well I have been busy running around the country starting up regular Secret Wars nights - The plan being we do mini championship knockouts in each major UK city with the winner coming to London for the grand final.

So far I have set-up Southampton and Birmingham with the help of some local help (Ian, Jay), these two will start up as an 8 player knockout in September and will finish the same time as the London version. Hopefully I can get Bristol and Cardiff on board to - but we won't know that until we get down there for the Tag team battles......as we need to scope the local interest!

If there is anybody reading this thinking "I would love to set one up in my area" than please give me a shout on the email, explaining your ideas and contacts....email = studio@monorex.com

Ta

Tel

Monorex @ Adobe Live London

I was asked to talk about design collectives alongside some other great creatives - This was my first talk to such a large crowd since my university days...very nerve racking!

But after getting there 10 mins late (would of been longer but thanks to some crazy driving by my mate Avue we got there a lot quicker) - I stormed into the lecture theatre No1 and sat up front with my bottle of half drunk water..

I had to explain our recent front cover design by Koa, Samuel Casal and Ezzik - which seemed to be quite easy to explain - I then got asked a couple of questions about how we work together in harmony and "are we really as cool as we look or is this just a front"....lol

It felt like being a football star on a table full of mics answering to the press.

Secret Wars Series 2

The original draw - this was how we recorded it! Super raw....Excuse the spelling mistakes - Skunkboys errors :)

All kicks off on June 30th @ Juno

SECRET WARS - ENGLAND vs WALES - JULY 19th @ Glo Bar

Don't miss the first international stand off!!! Gonna be large

www.secretwars.co.uk

Secret Wars - BIRMINGHAM @ The Rainbow!

Monorex vs The Graffiti Bastards went off like a rocket!

As usual we (Monorex) lost on away soil, but the venue was packed with fresh faces and it had a real nice summer vibe to the place...The outdoor area is an open roofed warehouse - scattered with deck chairs..and big speakers!

Reeps and Skunkboy smashed it up on the decks with an unplanned collaboration, and Teck and the boys done a great job on the wall.

The journey home was jokes with Teck and Shannon tagging the streets and me falling in a thorne bush..

Thanks to Chu, Energy, Little bastard, Teck, Agent, Cutterskink, Shannon, Reeps, Obi, Skunkboy, Adam, Lee, Kent, Two pence, Edding, Ecko and Tiger Beer....

Thanks to Andreas from Cromatics for the photos!