DEADLY SERIOUS SPRING SUMMER 2010 LOOK BOOK

We are getting our arse into gear this new year and coming up with a comprehensive look book for Spring Summer 2010. Outlining everything that we have going on @ Deadly Serious Distribution. Stay tuned....

THE QUIET LIFE OFFICE

We had the opportunity to hang out with Andy mueller (the man behind The Quiet Life), @ his Lakaii/The Quiet Life Office in Torrence L.A. Andy is such an enthusiastic guy and you can really see where his imagination comes from. In between creating the new Quiet Life collection, Andy had already produced the new Lakaii footwear catalogue, and was finishing off the cd/album sleeve and cover for Weezer's new album. This guy never stops! Then Andy proceeded to tell me how well he had been selling images of his friend Spike Jonze. "'Where the wild things are' has been blowing up, and every man and his dog found out I know Spike. So e mails have been coming from all over Europe requesting photos of him" nice work if you can get it!

Heres the set of prints of Spike, amongst Andy's other work.

Some of Andy's graphics on some Girl skate decks.

A small collection of some of Andy's camera's and artwork, needless to say he likes Holga's!

It was the end of the day on the friday before Christmas, everone else in the Girl/Chocolate offices had long gone, yet Andy was more than happy to hang around to talk about The Quiet Life. One thing I have learnt in the short time I have known Andy is to make sure you have enough time to talk. Unfortunately I had been running late and only spent a couple of hours chatting colours for The Quiet Life, Hollywood friends, music, cameras and hard drives! Andy has so many good ideas and so much to say, I will make sure that I save at least a day for our next meeting. One thing I am sure of from our meeting is that the new Quiet Life Winter 10 collection is going to be amazing!

www.thequietlife.com

WE ARE BACK!!

Hopefully you have all eaten and drunken your way through a merry Christmas. Bring on new years eve and 2010.

Here is a sneak peak @ what we have been up to through most of December. Meeting with the designers, producers, managers and founders of the great brands that we distribute: Gentle Fawn, COMUNE, The Quiet Life.

Sneak look @ COMUNE Spring 10

Drop City art @ COMUNE HQ.

A view into Andy Mueller aka The Quiet Life office.

And a bit of Vegas thrown in for good measure!

MUSIC MONDAY!

So we have missed a week again, to counter act that here are 2 tunes shaking the windows in our office!
First up has to be the super hot dance floor filler from the Yeah Yeah Yeah's - Heads will roll (Atrak remix).

Second up is one of our new favorite bands at the moment, all the way from Sweden (you know i am doing the accent when I say Sweden!) Ospada - Time

COMUNE DROP CITY

COMUNE has an amazing collective of artists under their Drop City label.
Here is an insight into one of the Drop City artists Shelby Menzel.


IN THE EARLY 1960’S A MAN BY THE NAME OF BUCKMINSTER FULLER (1895_1983) WAS KNOWN FOR DESIGNING GEODESIC DOMES, WHICH USED MINIMAL RESOURCES WHILE CREATING A MAXIMUM INTERIOR SPACE. HE WAS AN INVENTOR, POET, PHILOSOPHER, MATHEMATICIAN, ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER. FULLER URGED PEOPLE TO THINK GLOBALLY AND ACT CONSCIENTIOUSLY TO BETTER MANKIND THROUGH A “DESIGN REVOLUTION”. HIS LEGACY HAS INSPIRED ARTISTS, ENGINEERS AND THINKERS AROUND THE WORLD.
IN 1965 AN ARTIST COMMUNE IN COLORADO KNOWN AS DROP CITY WAS CREATED USING MANY OF BUCKMINSTER FULLER’S ARCHITECTURAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL IDEALS. DROP CITY WAS TO FUNCTION IN A “SYNERGETIC” INTERACTION BETWEEN PEERS TO CREATE EXPERIMENTAL ARTISTIC INNOVATION.


COMUNE HAS LAUNCHED ITS’ OWN “DROP CITY” GALLERY. HOUSED IN A STRUCTURE OF RECYCLED STEEL SHIPPING CONTAINERS, THE SPACE IS INSPIRED BY THE ORIGINAL DROP CITY ARTIST COMMUNE IN THE EARLY 60’S, AND BRAINCHILD OF COMUNE ART DIRECTOR, COREY SMITH.
DROP CITY WAS INTRODUCED TO ATTRACT LIKE–MINDED CREATIVE PEOPLE TO THE COMUNE ARTIST COMMUNITY AND COLLABOARTE ON SPECIAL PROJECTS THROUGH COMUNE’S CLOTHING BRAND. WITH PARTICIPATING ARTISTS INCLUDING HUNTER LONGE, JASON LEE PARRY, NOAH AND NATHAN RICE, SHELBY MENZEL, JIMMY FONTAINE AND GARETH STEHR OVER TIME DROP CITY WILL CONTINUE TO EVOLVE ITS’ COMMUNITY, CREATIVE PLATFORM AND INFLUENCE.

GENTLE FAWN X CHRISTMAS PARTY SEASON

So the Christmas party season is almost upon us, I didn't even realise there was such a season! Anyway Gentle Fawn have some amazing winter fashion tops and dresses in their collection. Go on treat yourself I am sure you will good in it.





You can purchase direct now in time for your party:
http://tinyurl.com/yd7vrhs

COMUNE DROP CITY T SHIRT RE STOCK

We have just received word that we will be shipping a re stock on the super fast selling COMUNE Drop City t shirts - JLEE1 t (just want my childhood back) & RGOR1 t (bear photo t). Check your nearest stockists very soon.

SKATER JAMIE THOMAS JOINS INSIGHT

Insight proudly welcomes Jamie Thomas to the team.

As a skateboarding icon with over 15 years as a professional skateboarder Insight is proud to have Jamie along for the ride.

Thomas will work closely with Insight designers to develop a personally inspired and tailored capsule collection to be released early 2010.

Look for footage of Jamie in the Insight short film, Repeat After Me; I am Free, launching this Friday November 13th, 2009 via www.insight51.com

Jamie can also be seen wearing Insight in Chris Cole's Battle Commander currently featured on the Berrics as well as Zero's soon to be released video 'Strange World'.

He is also sponsored by; ZERO skateboards, FALLEN footwear, THUNDER trucks and MOB griptape.

Go to http://www.insight51.com/content/skate-riders/jamie-thomas/ to see more on Jamie and a teaser for 'Repeat After Me; I Am Free.