The Hebe Week In Pics

Always good to start a blog with cupcakes (by Sugar Rose)More shots from Lee's favourite place in LeedsGraffiti around LeedsMore scary decapitation GraffitiNice to open the paper to this. Leeds In Barcelona articleShang Ting's new supply from the Chinese SupermarketThe Hebe office photo wallLee has been playing this song all week! Prince rules!Finishing off with a pic of my new gym/Race For Life kicks!

Leeds in Barcelona: Spotlight on Rowan Grant

One of the designers who will feature during the Leeds in Barcelona project is Rowan Grant and her jewellery brand Kitschen Sink. We checked in with Rowan to get a bit of her back-story and her take on the Leeds creative scene.

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 :)

The Hebe Week In Pics: Leeds In Barcelona

On the metro in BarcelonaDom @ San josé market on La RamblaDave trying all the smoothies in San josé Market on La RamblaOur hotel Vincci MaritimoMatt getting papped for a change ;)Deaks ready to board the plane!Deaks has a pre-flight drinkMore Deaks travels coming next week!IED Classroom'Angel' Pizza, Gracia. BarcelonaChoosing toppings!Before the conference, Can you guess who Mr Lego is on th projector?Freaky hand in Angel PizzaLee's new skins!ICS after the conference

Leeds in Barcelona: Spotlight on James Steward

As regular readers of our site will already know, we are big fans of James Steward. We see him as the foremost couture designer in Leeds and think he is destined for great things in the future. We are delighted to have him on board for Leeds in Barcelona: A Creative Encounter and know that he will go down a storm with both the crowd and the design students at IED.

The last 12 months have been a crazy ride for James. It was around 12 months ago we worked together on the first Leeds in Barcelona project when James showcased some of his stuff in a photo-shoot at Temple Works. Since then he has shown at Vancouver Fashion Week, featured in OK magazine and will by the time you read this smashed the Baftas with his piece for Katherine Kelly (post edit: James made front page of Daily Mirror with that!)

As part of the line-up for this project we wanted to show one of our designers who has real craftsmanship and can stand along side other designers of great pedigree who will be on the Barcelona side of this collaboration... James give us that. He is a supremely talented pattern-maker who seems to advance his body of work to new levels with every collection he produces.

As one part of the project is at the European Institute of Design we know James will provide a great example for the fashion design students who will attend and read about the event. Like many of them he went to study abroad at a foreign design institute and returned home to make a brand and business for himself. He will provide a great example and case study for some of the IED students.

We are looking forward to seeing the reaction to James in Barcelona and can't wait to see the photos after the big showcase event.

Leeds in Barcelona: Spotlight on ICS

Tonight will be the feature showcase of Leeds in Barcelona: A Creative Encounter. A main part of this showcase will be a performance from Leeds band ICS. This is the first time we are working directly with the boys on a project and we are really excited to see how there sound goes down in Barcelona.

We first met ICS at a Harvey Nichols fashion show. Immediately we knew they were the type of people we like to work with. They are fresh, innovative and heavily influenced by the underground of the city and the fashion scene. 

We think for a showcase of what is really interesting in Leeds, ICS are perfect. Last year they attracted a lot of media attention and airplay on Radio 1 and with some of the world's biggest bloggers. They have been working away on a new EP since then and they will perform their new stuff tonight for the Barcelona crowd.

Check out the video above and listen to a teaser of the new album below!

  I C S - (Release To Be Announced) by ICS.