Friday, December 2, 2011 at 6:30PM ICS Playing Back to Basics 20th Birthday Bash Last Weekend (Sound is not great but enjoy!)
Howard Marks playing some 50's music in Basics!
Pritch (Dirty Sanchez) having a laugh @ Basics
STP and Pritch
Coffee and Christmas trees at Out Of The Woods
Awesome library
More of Lee's toys!
Trip to London!
Awesome print from Thought Bubble
Friday, October 14, 2011 at 1:20PM Monday, June 20, 2011 at 9:25PM Leeds Taylor was held at the amazing Hotel ME in Barcelona. The idea behind the event from our point of view, was to showcase Leeds creative talent to massive audience of international opinion leaders and, more broadly speaking, further develop ties between the two cities. But rather then just go to Barcelona and try to 'sell' we wanted to create an experience that was more of a collaboration, something that was a one-off special project. To do this we teamed up with Marketing Leeds and our good friends LeLook and set about creating a platform where Leeds and Barcelona creatives could be seen together. For the fashion talent involved in the project this was in the form of a photo-shoot and catwalk show.
Photoshoot at Hotel ME
Catwalk featuring Dom Dick & Harry
A piece from the latest James Steward collection
Dom Dick and Harry and Nicholas Deakins
James Steward A/W
The soundtrack for the event was supplied first of all by Barcelona DJ and all round superstar DJ Mustache. Then followed a live performance from Leeds band ICS and they absolutely smashed it! Their performance included material from their new EP mixed up with some really cool covers including Nelly - Ride With Me, and Tinie Tempah - Pass Out. Then the showcase moved up to the 6th floor where the sounds of legendary Leeds club BacktoBasics and more specifically Dave Beer and Tristan Da Cunha kept the 1000 strong crowd entertained for hours more.
ICS left a lasting impression on the Catalan crowd
The showcase attracted more then 1000 people
The reaction to the event in Barcelona was amazing. Loads of people from the Barca creative scene now want to visit Leeds and hook up with designers, artists, bands and DJs here. The directors of the European Institute of Design want to travel here this summer and discuss ways we can collaborate further. Spanish national television will feature the project in a show later this month, introducing millions more to what we created and drive more interest and awareness of Leeds as an interesting international creative city.
Over the coming weeks we will report back on further fallout from the event including some of the next steps people are taking and we will post a copy of the spot on Spanish television. Discussions are taking place involving the talent featured in the project and we are sure that in the immediate and long term, some really cool things are going to emerge from this project.
Monday, June 13, 2011 at 6:56PM Some of our friends have worked with him on videos for Dope Boy and Back Before You Know It but this new video takes things in a different direction and feel (as does the music on his new album) and we think it is cool. Check out another of our posts here, where we have a chat with Adam and look at another video from the new album (Like a Punk!)
Standby for more Tensta / Hebe news coming soon!
Thursday, June 2, 2011 at 11:28AM We are delighted to have Rowan involved in Leeds in Barcelona: A Creative Encounter. She has added another dimension to what we are showcasing and gives something very different to the other brands involved: James Steward Couture, Dom, Dick and Harry and Nicholas Deakins. Somehow brands that start organically have so much more 'cool' then those manufactured by the system or for purely financial gain and Rowan is a great example of that: Working her way from 99p eBay auctions to being stocked in Selfridges!
This is the final video previewing the Leeds in Barcelona project and in the coming days we will begin reporting back on the project and share loads of pictures and videos!
Note: Big "thank you" to Neil at Testspace for hooking us up :)
