DISCO TECK

Shoreditch on sunday

2010-09-27T17:32:00.004+01:00

Addict Artist Series A/W 2010

2010-09-24T12:04:00.003+01:00

Heres my latest tee design for the Addict Artist Series, available to buy online here...

(these T's come up quite small, so buy a size larger!)

Adidas Originals x Pirates - Copenhagen Fashion week

2010-09-17T12:45:00.007+01:00

Another Pirates project, this time for Adidas. A time lapse of the whole piece was shot, but according to Adidas, won't be released until 2011. If you cant wait that long here's a video by Highsnobiety documenting the week...

www.wearepirates.co.uk

Red Bull Cavnas Cooler

2010-08-18T14:18:00.007+01:00

In the words of Red Bull...

"On Thursday, July 22, fifteen of the UK's finest artists from a variety of genres convened at Red Bull's UK headquarters in Tooley Street to create a unique art project entitled Canvas Cooler.

The idea behind the project was to customise a selection of specially canvas wrapped fridges, which once completed will be exhibited in a selection of bars in east London.

The calibre of artists taking part in Canvas Cooler was second to none, with talent from street, spray, design illustrators, sculptors and fine art genres making their way to the specially converted exhibition space in SE1.

The list of participants on the day was as follows: -

Serge Seidlitz, Inkie, Eine, Toaster, Yehrin Tong, Dave White , Mister Batlow, INSA, Discoteck, Alfa, Jethro Haynes, Jennifer Crouch, Miss Led, Mr Gauky, and Riff."

Bulmers Outdoor Campaign, ireland

2010-08-09T16:18:00.003+01:00

MONOBROW - Monorex group show

2010-07-28T17:13:00.002+01:00

Heres some photos from the show opening last week. everything was created live in the space over 2 days.

Huge thanks to Courvoisier for inviting us to do the show at the Future gallery and for supplying all the drinks!

Peace & Love Festival, Borlange, Sweden

2010-07-26T11:16:00.000+01:00

MONOBROW

2010-07-14T16:00:00.003+01:00

Monorex group show open to the public on monday....click image for more info!

Pop-Up Pirates

2010-07-13T10:00:00.005+01:00

Been too busy to blog anything lateley so time for a catch up. Pop-Up Pirates is the latest pirates project. We teamed up with CIA and the mothership group to produce a 'pop up' bar for 3 months in clerkenwell. here's some photos of the interior...

Pop-Up Pirates is open untill the end of august, 27 Clerkenwell Rd.

for more info check out...

http://popuppirates.tumblr.com/

wearepirates.co.uk

heres a little write up...

Bulmers Berry - An Undergrowth Movement

2010-05-13T23:03:00.014+01:00

Another project for Bulmers, this time its a spray-painted stop frame animation featuring Reeps1 (uk Beatbox champion). This is the first stop motion animation i've ever done with aerosol, and it was a great opportunity to experiment with this new technique.

After 3, 17 hour days of shooting at my studio, the Stitch That crew did an amazing job of pulling it all together. It was a pleasure to collaborate with such professionals, and i'd like to give a huge thanks to the director, Martyn Thomas for bringing his expertise and energy to the shoot. Also thanks to Reeps1 for coming up with the soundtrack (you need a sub to really appreciate the range that guys voice has!). Not forgetting Andrew and Terry at Monorex for bringing the job in! Finaly thanks to Bulmers for having faith in our ideas from the start and letting me try something ive never done before on a brand new 20k car!

kicks n Canvas exhibition

2010-04-29T21:01:00.003+01:00

Kicks N Canvas from Rohan Blair-Mangat on Vimeo.

heres a video from the 'kicks n Canvas' exhibition earlier this month at the Gallery In Redchurch street...mine are in there somewhere! The show featured work by 21 artists including Insa, Inkie, Goldie and many more. Hats off to the guys at Sole Heaven for putting on a good show!

write up and photos on sneakerfreaker.com

http://www.kicksncanvas.co.uk/

G-Shock x Secret Wars party bus, Hamburg

2010-04-12T10:34:00.003+01:00

Berlin yesterday...

2010-03-30T20:42:00.005+01:00

Addict Clothing artist series tee now availiable to buy...

2010-03-21T19:04:00.003Z

Click image to go to the Addict online store.

Bulmers Berry Launch partys - Ireland

2010-03-01T17:27:00.009Z

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!

Heres a short video of the job...

Head Snowboards x Edding @ ISPO - Munich

2010-02-15T23:33:00.007Z

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.

check out the Jaysus blog for more photos...

Addict Clothing artist series preview online

2010-02-12T23:03:00.004Z

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

Kids Club Illustration

2010-01-28T14:10:00.003Z

Album artwork illustration for Kpm Music House

Virgin Active - Barbican

2010-01-27T14:59:00.008Z

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

55DSL Pic+Mix - Photos

2010-01-20T12:35:00.006Z

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

read more...

THE 2010 SECRET WARS EURO LEAGUE

2010-01-13T16:31:00.004Z

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

2009-12-02T21:11:00.001Z

Tomorrow night!

Secret Wars @ Hoxton pony

2009-11-13T09:21:00.003Z

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

2009-10-30T00:27:00.005Z

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

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

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

2009-09-30T12:29:00.009+01:00

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

2009-09-17T13:04:00.005+01:00

Something for the music students @ Solent SU

Monorex 5th Anniversary Party

2009-09-02T20:33:00.007+01:00

Photos by Ldn-mode.com

Belvedere 1X launch partys, Dubai & Abu Dhabi

2009-08-06T10:48:00.006+01:00

Flew out to dubai last week with Alfa to paint at the launch of Belvedere 1X, at club 400. Haven't got any decent photos yet, so untill i get my hands on them, heres some pics of my phone.

It was a fun brief, and we had to paint the ceilings deface old paintings with flourescent paint for the party, which later on would be illuminated with UV lights.

Thanks to Brag Limited for bringing us in. Dropped this on the wall of their new office while we were in town...
http://www.belvedereix.com

Addict X Disco Teck

2009-08-05T12:52:00.006+01:00

Heres my T-shirt design for the the Addict Clothing Artist Series, coming SS 2010. Catalogue available now.

www.addict.co.uk

Lisboa

2009-07-13T20:59:00.009+01:00

keeping it brief due to internet problems! Drove to Lisbon in Portugal last week with 4 other guys in a tiny car. was a nightmare.

Got there eventually and painted with the LEG crew. heres a few snaps off my phone...

My tribute to MJ...looks more like Garry Glitter though.

more photos here...

Independance Day Streetwear Sample Sale

2009-06-30T14:04:00.003+01:00

I recently designed this flyer for Out of Step Distributions "Independance Day Streetwear Sample Sale!". Theres going to be some hot shit up for grabs at rock bottom prices, so dust off them wallets and get your shabby selves down there.

New York City!

2009-06-25T03:13:00.010+01:00

The 10 day Monorex invasion of New York is over, it was so much fun, i might even attempt a full on write up...

On arrival, Jimi Crayon, Alfa, and myself headed to our new studio (thanks Elura!) and started work on our canvasses for the Monorex group show. we had 2 days to produce the work.

The day before the exhibition, we were invited to throw a Secret Wars party in Marc Eckos office, where team Monorex would battle team Ecko.

Party in full swing @ Marc Eckos office...yep, hes got a basketball court in there.
First lines...
DJ Session
Monorex piece - by Disco Teck, Jimi Crayon & Alfa

my favourite insult from the yanks...

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.

Next up was 'LDNYC' the Monorex group show, held at Gallery Bar, Orchard st in the lower east side.
Thanks to all who came down to see the work and meet us, its nice to know what we do over here gets noticed accross the pond! oh, and also a big thank you to the coach load of 18 year old cheerleaders that turned up around 11pm...you made it look a lot busier than it actually was!
Jimi Crayon
Disco Teck
Alfa

After a day off, we had the main London Vs New York battle, held at Public Assembly in Brooklyn.

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.

Our 'Warriors' inspired piece...

New Yorks effort...

badda boom, badda bing. we won.

The last 2 events we were supposed to do got cancelled due to unforseen circumstances. Which was fine by me, after all that i just wanted to chill for a bit and go see the city!

And thats all you need to know!

Huge thanks to Monorex, Reebok, Elura, and Yumi for the hard work behind the scenes

Photography by Jaysus - www.flickr.com/jaysusphotography

Monorex 5th Anniversary Production

2009-06-08T13:43:00.004+01:00

Its big!

spot the lampost...

'Dont Hate'

2009-05-11T12:07:00.011+01:00

Took out the big one once again this weekend with the RT gang. alfa and myself painted different style hands interacting with each piece.

RT HACKNEY from rteam on Vimeo.

Secret Wars NYC

2009-05-08T15:06:00.008+01:00

Click image to view larger!

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

video by Joe Hamilton, NY

Page in Daydream issue 6

2009-05-07T11:03:00.006+01:00

"This sleek and sexy 6th edition of Daydream is jam packed with 80 pages of uninterrupted creative offerings, featuring photographers, writers, illustrators and designers. This is also the debut of Inua Ellams as literature editor for word-art submissions, so you are sure to find some surprise and solace in the wise, weird and wonderful words within the pages of one of the finest editions yet!

Daydream is produced independently in London and is a guaranteed fix of inspiration featuring established names and hidden gems from across the globe."

Click cover image to buy your copy!

Face & Laces - Moscow

2009-04-28T12:32:00.009+01:00

Flew out to moscow last week to paint in an England Vs Russia Secret Wars battle on the Reebok stand at the Faces & Laces tradeshow.

The tradeshow was held in a huge old soviet building that was originally used to comemorate the Russian space programme.

The Russian Piece, painted by Aske (Sicksystems), and Djagarta.

The UK piece, painted by myself and Wen. Our concept was to have two hairy russian chaps, bear baiting 'Cheburashka'. For those who dont know, that little bear character is a well known national icon and loved by pretty much all russians. we left drawing him to the last minuite, and managed to get a few laughs out of the tough crowd.

Did plenty of sightseeing and vodka drinking while i was there too...

more photos coming soon...

http://www.sicksystems.ru/
http://www.myspace.com/facesandlaces

'Tailored by England' - Umbro commission

2009-03-26T16:39:00.007Z

took 13 hours, a sketchy scaff tower and 4 guys just to get this wall white.

script logo painted by the crayon and myself.

100 Minutes of Havana x Secretwars - Monorex Vs Intercity

2009-03-13T22:38:00.004Z

Old news now, but heres some photos from 100 minutes of havana party where we painted a 40ft x 20ft wall in 100 minutes. For a much better write up than i could ever give it, go check these...

Creative Review blog

weheartstuff

Photography by www.watchlooksee.com

Logo Design

2009-03-11T21:41:00.008Z

Various clients. All created in Adobe Illustrator

Represent London

2009-03-02T13:24:00.010Z

Ball-Dog

Spent my weekend painting this epic wall with the RT family.

some nice night shots here...

Havanna Club Commission

2009-02-25T17:19:00.008Z

L to R: Stika, Jimi C, Alfa, Mr K, Teck (click to view larger)

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. email havana@balancepr.com for guest list.

Psychedelic Synth

2009-02-18T13:44:00.003Z

New print design

Tiger Beer Chinese New Year Party, Dubai

2009-02-16T10:41:00.007Z

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.

Bread and Butter, Barcelona - Reebok Shoe customisation

2009-01-27T13:25:00.012Z

Spent the last week in barcelona at the Bread and Butter tradeshow drawing on trainers for Reebok. 'Work hard, play hard' was the usual B&B ethic, and we customised over 150 pairs of trainers in 3 days. Huge thanks to all the monorex crew for making it a week to remember!

Heres some i did for the loveley people at Wear Magazine

www.breadandbutter.com

www.wear-magazine.com

EDTN issue 4 cover

2009-01-14T15:47:00.003Z

Recent cover illustration for EDTN magazine. go get your copy from www.editionmagazine.com

Illustrated Ape -Monorex Edition

2008-11-21T08:45:00.006Z

Illustrated Ape magazine asked Monorex to put together an entire issue. Go get your copy now!

http://www.theillustratedape.com/

'Forced Perspective' @ Reebok Lounge

2008-11-04T11:53:00.008Z

Thanks to all who made it down to the private view.

The show runs untill 15th November.
To arrange a viewing call the reebok lounge on 02073778601

6-8 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3NT

continuous looping video of the installation which was projected at the show.

click here for more photos from the private view.

some shots from my studio...

Normann party @ Magasin, Copenhagen

2008-10-20T10:27:00.007+01:00

Norman is a product design company based in Copenhagen. last friday saw the launch of their latest product, a very minimal toy plane. To celebrate this they threw a massive party in the car park of 'Magasin' (a danish equivalent of selfridges). I was commissioned to paint some canvasses and customise some Reeboks for their VIP guests.

My section from the Wall of canvasses, which will be auctioned off for charity.

"f*#k you, pay me!" custom reeboks

shouts to Daniel 'the sweede' wakeham, Code26, Alfa and Lars

Marc Ecko Clothing Commission

2008-10-19T11:39:00.002+01:00

Immagery taken from the new Ecko collection.

Alfa on the left teck on the right.

'Forced Perspective'

2008-10-09T17:01:00.007+01:00

'Forced Perspective' by Teck1
@ The Reebok Lounge
30th October - 15th November
Private View 30th october by invitation only.
6-8 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3NT
+4420 73778601

The Warehouse Project, Manchester

2008-09-26T16:46:00.002+01:00

Mural commissioned by Budweiser for The Warehouse Project in Manchester. Painted by Jamie Jongo, Jimi Crayon and Disco Teck. They've got some great nights on over the next 3 months, so go check it out.

www.thewarehouseproject.com

Secret wars Malmo, Sweden VIDEO

2008-09-23T12:36:00.002+01:00

Our guys in sweeden put this little video together documenting our visit back in May this year.

Secret Wars - Sweden vs England from Secret Wars Scandinavia on Vimeo.

click here to see photos

Reebok Pump Dual Illustration

2008-09-18T14:58:00.000+01:00

No4 in a series of 6 ltd edition product DVD's showcasing Reeboks latest collection. Other artists to collaborate include Jimi Crayon, Stika, Odisie, Mr K, Alfa. Embossed silver print on cardboard. This is one serious dvd case.

Cans Festival 2 - 'Gin & Juice'

2008-08-27T15:04:00.001+01:00

The Banksy currated tunnel at Leake st, Waterloo, has had a new layer of paint added to it. Asure and myself painted this interpretation of William Hogarths 'gin lane'

Huge thanks go to the organisers who really looked after the artists well! it was a good 2 days.

the tunnel is now open to the public, go have a look.

Secret Wars @ Fashion V Sport, V&A

2008-08-26T15:28:00.001+01:00

Secret Wars took over the V&A Event space in conjunction with the current 'Fashion V Sport' Exhibition last friday. Click here for more pics from the opening night.

Finished wall painted live on opening night:
left side: Mr K & Jimi Crayon
Right side: Inkie & Teck

Write 4 Gold World Final - RT 5th Place

2008-07-18T08:41:00.002+01:00

We came 5th in the Write 4 Gold world finals. the topic for the concept wall this time was 'make it funky'. Congrats have to go to TMD crew from New zealand, clear winners for the 2nd year running. We'll be back next year for another shot at the title!

www.write4gold.info

Write4Gold Finals 2008 from Write4Gold on Vimeo.

Write 4 Gold European Final - RT 2nd Place

2008-07-17T10:59:00.001+01:00

We came second in the write 4 gold European final, held at the Splash Festival, in Leipzig, last week. The top 4 from the Euro final qualified for the world final the day after.

Click image to see larger...

The topic given for the concept painting this time round was 'science fiction'. We came up with the idea of painting a Science Fiction convention, with the main letters filling the centre of the wall and the characters either side being sci fi nerds dressed up. made me laugh anyway.

Bigup RT Crew!!

http://www.splash-festival.de/

Reebok x Secret Wars @ Bread & Butter

2008-07-16T08:14:00.000+01:00

Reebok asked Secret wars to once again collaborate with them at the July Bread and Butter tradeshow in Barcelona. The format was slightly different from Januarys event, with the main focus being an ice cream van which was customised by Jimi C, mr K, Alfa and myself over the 3 days. more photos on the Monorex blog...

Thats us lot in the bottom left...

My design for the Secretwars x Reebok T-shirt. they come in black or white and theres only 100, so if you've got one, pat yourself on the back.

We did a lot of customised trainers for Reeboks main buyers and guests. Thierry didnt show this time though.

Shoelace font by myself, and bonnet by alfa.

Press photos can be found at
www.breadandbutter.com

Write 4 Gold Germany - through to european finals!

2008-06-18T14:51:00.001+01:00

This is our winning concept wall. Everyone was given the word 'legends' and a box of paint to come up with something. we came up with a ghetto version of the old legend of robin hood, replacing sherwood forest with an overgrown city, and the 'rich' being a pinstriped city boy getting pickpocketed by a hooded yout. turned out good for an 8 hour freestyle!

huge props to RT - Town, Choe, Vibe, Intro, Dazer, & Der.

Hit a local hall of fame the day after with all the paint we won, need to get a joiner of the whole wall...

WWW.WRITE4GOLD.INFO

'Roots & Culture' Daydream network group show @ M&C Saatchi

2008-06-05T17:48:00.000+01:00

Ive got 2 pieces in the 'Roots & Culture' Daydream network group show @ M&C Saatchi, which opened yesterday. The show runs till 25th July. click flyer below for more info. here are some photos from the private view...

click here for more photos...

GRL @ Tate Modern

2008-05-27T19:15:00.000+01:00

Coinciding with Tate Moderns first ever street art exhibition, Graffiti Research Lab and myself were asked to do our thing at 'Raw Canvas', a Tate Studio event.

We (Chu, Jimi Crayon, Alfa, Teck) kicked off with some live drawing on the black glass walls of cafe 2, and once the crowds were inspired, they were let loose with a massive box of Edding pens in the annex. The turn out was impressive, with 700 people going through the doors, and many having to queue in the rain for ages to get in.

The highlight of the evening was GRL's Laser Tag display. Due to the wet weather we could only work in the turbine hall, but managed to get a few 50 ft wide reaches! I could have played on that thing all night.

Teck, Chu, Jimi C

Chu's 'your mum rang' went down a treat...

For those who have no idea what GRL are all about, check this...

Secret Wars x Youtube x Google

2008-05-22T12:11:00.000+01:00

Secret Wars were asked to paint at the Zeitgeist Europe 2008 Gala Dinner @ The Grove, Watford. The show included the most popular acts on Youtube including Beardyman, Mia Rose and the Vagabonds breakdance crew to name a few. Jimi Crayon, Stika, Mr k and the Disco Teck warmed things up with a display of live illustration. Due to security at the party (with Gordon Brown and the Queen of Jordan in attendance) we were not allowed to enjoy the open bar and other live acts, so the crew headed to the hotel bar for an evening of overpriced drinks and unacceptable behavior.

Jimi C, Teck, Mr k, Stika

Our piece was a dig at this popular youtube video

Click here for more videos of the whole event.

Secret wars Malmo, Sweden

2008-05-15T01:03:00.000+01:00

Sweden rules. I want to go back.

in our 3 day stay we managed a 2 hour interview on 100.6 din gata, an in store @ impala (the finest street wear retailer in Malmo) which also made the local paper, Hit a local hall of fame in central Malmo, and threw an exclusive secret wars party at a secret location which bought in over 500 Swedish heads. All this thanks to Daniel, our new Scandinavian Representative.
hats off to you sir, it was a pleasure.

DAY 1:
went on the radio. took the piss. went to Impala, drew on walls, made front page news.

Pillar freestyle -Teck + Jimi crayon

'Spontankonst'

DAY 2:
Woke up hung over. spent £100 on 20 tins of paint. hit local HOF.
Disco Malmo

DAY 3:
Woke up hungover, Set up, throw big party, draw (along side luke lyxxx and finsta. top boys!), win battle, get on plane home drunk.

Preparation...

Judge 1: Adam Blomgren, Artist for 30 year old comic "Bamse" - THE comic book for Swedish kids between 3 and 8 years old...everyone there has grown up with it.
http://www.bamse.net/

Judge 2: Tor Billgren, Art Critic and Art Journalist well known in the swedish fine art scene. He writes regularly for Sweden's second largest morning paper and a Swedish time out-ish type
of magazine.

It was a mad Hectic few days, and i loved every minuite. Shouts to Daniel, Marcus, Dick, luke lyxx, finsta and all the other swedes.

I'LL BE BACK

CLICK HERE for sexy slideshow
thanks to sonny.
click play in bottom right.

Virgin Radio Block Party, Dubai

2008-04-21T12:29:00.000+01:00

Teck

Stika
Mr k

Just got back from a short but very sweet trip to Dubai. Mr K, Stika, and myself were comissioned to paint a 2m x 3m canvas each live at the Virgin Radio Dubai launch party.
It was nice to catch a few rays, drink margaritas by the pool and pretend we were rockstars.

Huge thanks to Simone @ 9714 for the hook up

Reebok T-shirt for Thierry Henry / Dazed and Confused

2008-04-19T18:58:00.001+01:00

I recently designed a one off t-shirt for Reebok to be worn by Thierry Henry in the May edition of Dazed and Confused. Photo shoot by Rankin.

www.dazeddigital.com

Marc Ecko party, Basel, Switzerland

2008-04-08T11:19:00.001+01:00

We went to basel, switzerland on the weekend to paint in an England Vs Switzerland Secret wars battle, held at a a Marc Ecko watches party. it was part of the basel world watch and jewelry fair. It was one of the largest walls seen in secret wars, and there was a lot of free alcohol. im surprised the only dammage i did was to the wall. Check the use of rollers for the outlines of the characters on the far right. big and bashy!
We won the battle, and marc ecko himself bought the whole wall afterwards :)

Drum roll please...

The following day whitey took us to a nice HOF in Bern to hit before we got our flights home. painted with reeps1, but havn't got a photo of the full wall yet.

Secret wars x Reebok x Daydream Euro Championship video, Barcelona

2008-04-07T16:36:00.000+01:00

heres a video documenting the secret wars x reebok x daydream euro champs held in january this year @ bread and butter, barcelona. i won a massive shiny trophy. check it out...

click here for photos

Online Videos by Veoh.com

8 ARTISTS, 2 DAYS... 1 WINNER
Bread and Butter Kingsize 08 was host to Europe's first Secret Wars Championship. Featuring; Odisy / Jimi Crayon / Alfa Male / Mr ShreW / Wayne Horse / Wany1 / Flan / Teck

This is the official edit - a big thanks to Stitch That productions and everyone involved!

www.daydreamnetwork.blogsp

ot.com
www.secretwars.co.uk

Relentless Billboard

2008-03-28T13:52:00.001Z

Relentless energy drink (coca cola schweppes) billboard painted over 2 days by chu and myself. The whole piece was a freestyle with just the can artwork as inspiration. The site is located on cromwell road near earls court and is up for 2 weeks.

Click images to view larger

photos by chu

www.schudio.co.uk

www.morningistheretobebroken.com

Computer Arts magazine feature

2008-02-29T16:30:00.000Z

Check out the feature on the Dont Sleep tour in this months Computer arts magazine...

www.dontsleeptour.blogspot.com

http://www.computerarts.co.uk/

New Sticker

2008-02-14T10:46:00.001Z

The main idea behind the design is that it tiles, so you can cover large surfaces. a 'teckstyle pattern' if you like.

Thanks to Andreas @ cromatics

Cafe 1001 mural

2008-02-12T20:31:00.000Z

Painted with stika for the secret wars final on 29th feb.

www.secretwars.co.uk

"Untitled" exhibition, Barcelona

2008-02-08T16:32:00.000Z

view through keyhole in the top of the box...

Thanks to Reebok for getting us involved in the Untitled exhibition.

Odisy, Jimi Crayon, Alfa and myself were asked to each customise a shoe, which was then put into some pretty nice looking display units.

Check out the website, The whole show will be touring Europe. Definitely worth a look.

http://www.untitled-documents.com/exhibition/13/

Secretwars x Reebok x Daydream @ Bread & Butter, Barcelona

2008-01-23T16:48:00.002Z

Secretwars and the Daydream network collaborated with Reebok at the 2008 Bread and butter tradeshow in Barcelona. We were asked to stage a complete secretwars championship over 2 days on their stand using international artists. The line up was Wany1, Jimi Crayon, Alfa, Wayne Horse, Odisy, Mister Shrew, Flan and Teck.

Before the event, I was also asked to design this 3 page fold out advert for the Reebok ERS shoe and graphics for the stand.

Secret Wars...
some photos of my battles.

The stage is set...60mins per battle, 2mx2m canvas, 1 pen, winner goes through...

Quater final - Teck Vs Wany...

Semi-Final - Teck Vs Alpha

Final - Teck Vs Jimi Crayon...

somehow i won.

Daydream blog

Websites to check...

www.secretwars.co.uk
www.daydreamnetwork.com
www.waynehorse.com
www.wanyone.com
www.mistershrew.co.uk
www.jimicrayon.com

Dont sleep: secretwars x daydream network european tour - photos

2008-01-21T10:23:00.001Z

"During November and December 2007, the creative network and art publication Daydream (watch out for volume 3, out now) hooked up with Secret Wars, the UK’s infamous street art battle for the Don’t Sleep European tour. Together they hopped on a Winnebago and traveled across Europe for 21 days, covering 3,500 miles stopping off in Paris, Milan, Barcelona, Amsterdam and Berlin before returning back home to London. At each stop off their UK artist team (Jimi Crayon, Teck 1, Inkie and more) battled local artists whilst working on building up intercontinental cultural-relations in the most universally recognized way poss. Throwing a huge, messy, drunken party in each city. Hell yes." - one week to live magazine

Amsterdam 21/11/07 @ Melkweg
Friendly with wayne horse and jimi crayon

front page of the amsterdam metro

Chas from TLP, wayne horse, morky

Inkie, jimi C, Teck

Berlin 24/11/07 @ Tacheles

Jimi C, teck

Milan 28/11/07 @ Connie Douglas

Jimi C, Teck

Bros, Wany

Barcelona 01/12/07 @ Rojo

TVboy, inocuo, royal

Inkie, teck, jimi

Fore more photos check www.dontsleeptour.blogspot.com

buy your tour t-shirt here!

Dont Sleep - Daydream x Secretwars European Tour

2007-11-09T10:47:00.001Z

Click on image to enlarge

more info www.dontsleeptour.blogspot.com

100% Design, Tokyo design week - Secretwars x designersblock

2007-11-06T19:00:00.001Z

Painted with Zadok at 100% design, part of tokyo design week, invited by designers block.

100% Design

Festival of Creativity, Florence, October 25 to 28

2007-11-06T18:38:00.000Z

Painted at the Festival of Creativity, Florence, October 25 to 28. More photos here

thanks to tel, ian, reeps, ninja and the esibisco guys

http://www.esibisco.com

http://www.festivaldellacreativita.it

Halloween Train with RT

2007-10-22T17:50:00.001+01:00

I was on character and background duty at the Halloween jam at the trains. Shouts to Intro, Daze and Town.

Full joiner coming soon!

Secretwars @ Stylus, Leeds, with Skinnyman

2007-10-16T16:34:00.001+01:00

Heres a few snaps from Skinnyman live in leeds a few weeks ago. The show was part of his 'Smoking Ban Tour' and we were asked to do a London Vs Leeds secretwars battle at the gig. Check the skinnyman characature dropped in there for good measure. The man himself wasn't too offended. massive props to my boy debug for bringing it with the letters.

octopus ink

secretwars.co.uk

skinnyman.co.uk

listen to skinnyman!

Thanks to Scott Akoz for the photos

Dont Sleep - Daydream x Secretwars European Tour

2007-10-15T20:24:00.000+01:00

I'll be joining Secretwars and the Daydream Network in the Dont Sleep European tour coming soon.

Dates, venues and other artists involved...

Paris on the 17^th Nov - @ TBC

Amsterdam 21^stNov - @ Canvas - Feat LONDON POLICE + MORKY + WAYNE HORSE

Berlin 24^th Nov - @ Tachelles - Feat TBC

Milan 28^th Nov - @ Connie Douglas - Feat WANY

Barcelona 1^stDec - @ Rojo - Feat TVBOY

London 8^th Dec - @ Corby House – Feat ODISY + ALFA + TIZER AND MORE

Check out dontsleeptour.blogspot.com for more info and updates

And on these blogs...

Sneaker Freaker

Kung-Fu London

Cut & Paste

2007-10-09T10:22:00.000+01:00

Shutter painted on Curtain Road for Cut & Paste, a digital design tournament held at the truman brewery on 20th October. The piece was filmed for a viral to be projected at the event.

more info...
www.cutandpaste.com

Secretwars @ plan b, Brixton

2007-10-02T18:32:00.000+01:00

A one off event with monorex going head to head with SD crew.

Jimi Mackay and myself represented monorex, Alfa and MN on the SD side.

Hats off to the guys that managed to steal the boards towards the end of the night without anyone noticing.

www.secretwars.co.uk

Skitz x Puma t-shirt

2007-10-02T18:22:00.001+01:00

I recently designed a T-shirt for Skitz to be manufactured by his sponsor Puma. The brief was to create an ambigram, or a word that reads the same once flipped 180 degrees. Getting the s and the z to work is harder than it sounds.

www.silentsoundz.com

Custom Marc Ecko Rhino

2007-09-11T12:56:00.002+01:00

Commission to customise an Ecko Rhino in any way i wanted. Good enough to eat!

More info coming soon...

Daydream exhibition @ M&C Saatchi

2007-08-21T11:35:00.000+01:00

I took part in the Daydream exhibition at M&C Saatchi a few months back but didn't get round to blogging it. This video taken from MTV base just popped up...

Heres the piece painted by Odisie and myself. see if you can spot it in the vid...

Look out for my page coming soon in Daydream issue 3.

Dont sleep!
http://www.daydreamnetwork.com/

seatbeat exhibition Berlin

2007-08-20T12:03:00.000+01:00

Just got some photos back from the BMX seat exhibition held at the rebel jam in Berlin. Heres a few of my favorites from the show.

Nash
London, England

André Nossek aka Viagrafic

Wiesbaden, Germany

www.vgrfk.com

Dface

London, England

Www.dface.co.uk

Octopus_Ink

London, England

Ronzo

London, England

www.ronjonzo.com

Teck

Wen
London, England

The exhibition will be touring europe, for more info go to www.wethepeople.de

Lovebox Festival Production

2007-07-30T11:48:00.000+01:00

I painted a piece for the love box festival last week. the production took 4 days to complete, involving 15 top artists, and an 80m long wall. The brief was 'the regeneration of London'. We loosely planned the piece to flow from west London to east, with the west being run down and dark, and the east being developed and futuristic.

(click image to see full size.)
L to R: Jae, Miss Pink, Homus, Zadok, Shine, Sickboy, Hicks, Chu, Nash, Busk, Bleach, Teck, Fors, Astek, Probz.

Heres some details of my section, a futuristic vision of Bethnal Green and the 'L.C.P.D'

More photos here...

Secret Wars On Tour - England Vs Wales

2007-07-30T11:37:00.000+01:00

Secret wars hit Cardiff last week for the first ever ' international' battle.

England, represented by myself Debug and max, took the win for the first time on away turf.

England on the left, Wales on the right

Shouts to Mister Shrew for organising the event.

Secret Wars Series 1 videos

2007-07-30T11:29:00.000+01:00

heres a video from secretwars series 1 in 2 parts

thanks to www.thekerning.com

Marc Ecko Watches promo vid

2007-07-24T15:55:00.002+01:00

Heres a link to a video of me and Dbug. Done for a promotion for Marc Ecko Watches.

'We The People' BMX Seat

2007-07-04T15:28:00.000+01:00

The robots are back in my submission to the 'we the people' bmx seat exhibition.
Click here for more info...

My design also got a mention in the August edition of Ride BMX magazine

This is where the magic happens.

2007-07-03T14:12:00.000+01:00

Yep, my studio is in an old tube train!

some more great photos here...

WAX @ The Shoreditch Warehouse, 30th June

2007-06-28T09:41:00.001+01:00

I spent the last week painting this mural for a party called Wax on the 30th June @ the shoreditch warehouse, Worship st. click the image to view larger.

It even made time out magazine! Shame they spelt my name wrong.

Secret wars - London Vs Birmingham

2007-06-17T22:14:00.000+01:00

Birminghams piece

Londons piece

Secret wars hit Birmingham last weekend with a 3 Vs 3 battle.

The artist line up...

London: Teck, Agent, Juice
Birmingham: Chu, Energie, Ouch

Congrats to Brum for taking the win.

www.secretwars.co.uk

Photos by Andreas
more here...

Marc Ecko T-shirt

2007-06-05T09:44:00.001+01:00

Marc Ecko recently commissioned me to design a t-shirt to celebrate their new line of puff daddy style watches. bling bling.
www.eckounltd.com

HHC mag + Silent Soundz

2007-06-05T09:10:00.000+01:00

Just finished the artwork for the next Hip Hop Connection magazine free CD. Its a Silent Soundz showcase mixed by the last skeptik. Go get it, the tracklist looks heavy.
www.silentsoundz.com
www.hhcmagazine.com

Herbal listings mag

2007-06-05T08:57:00.000+01:00

Check out the latest Herbal listings mag. Front and back cover designed by myself, plus theres 2 inside illustrations.
www.herbaluk.com

The story so far...

2007-06-04T13:41:00.000+01:00

Ive just decided to start using this blog service. You can check out some of my past few years work on my old myspace blog at http://blog.myspace.com/richiestyle