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.

THE QUIET LIFE CAMERA CLUB, PHOTO OF THE MOMENT

The Quiet Life camera club is growing from strength to strength, surely there will be a new issue of the Camera Club book due soon?! Here is the photo of the moment by SCHNEIDER NICOLAS, be sure to check out more on the Quiet Lifes Camera Club web site.

And some more.......

                             

CLUB MEMBER: CAMERON PETERS

CLUB MEMBER: JAMES WESTON

www.thequietlife.com/camera_club/

GENTLE FAWN WINTER 09 - GET THE LOOK

Online @ gentlefawn.co.uk, you can now view current trends in the 'get the look' page. Currently featuring several new key styles available in a cotton mix plaid fabric.

www.gentlefawn.co.uk/partners/19/getthelook.php