Street Art Dealer Logo

The project has just been launched after an opening last week in Bristol.

Street Art Dealer is a C6 project that takes the original concept of street art and combines it with QR code technology to create a tool that allows an increasingly tech savvy public to use their mobile phones to own, interact and locate art in their community. Aiming to promote engagement with the meaning of street art in the context of it’s environment, providing a route outside of the gallery system for artists to engage directly with the viewing public and allowing the public a new and innovative way to interact with art on the street.

Ive been working on the art-working of the new branding and the layout and coding of the new HTML.

There was a very loose feel to the creative brief, the requirement needed the artwork to be used in various places and in various ways, so it was more about the ‘feel’ of the artwork than the final logo.

The typeface came form the glorious and distinguished House Industries font foundries, and was intrinsic in getting the right feel for the graphics.

The fragments below document the various stages we went through whilst exploring the style for the brand;

Iteration 1

The loose concepts gathered together.

Iteration 2

Good and bad refined.

Iteration 3

The final elements developed.

With these idea worked-through, we moved onto the web page layout.

Layout

So, I guess its not really that exciting, but i wanted to document this process and plug the site and project at the same time.

Hope you enjoyed.

Bomb Planet Earth – Dotmasters & Teddy Baden from swinhoe on Vimeo.

and the Flickr set is here.

The last few weeks have been pretty chaotic, the projects at BDP have been going live and new work has been starting. The eCPD site has gone into Release 1 stage, and the Skill Boosters site and Team BDP Site have both been nearing completion.

All this activity work-wise and plenty going on elsewhere too, on Saturday we fly to Geneva for a week in the Alps with the Seventy3 crew – very much looking forward to that, especially with all the snow there has been already. There is the chance this could be the best season for a decade, with meters of snow having fallen already across Europe.

This can only be good

Along with the plentiful snow, there has been the end of the WCT tour to browse over. Slater won his 9th title at Mundaka this year, meaning things were a little dull from then on. However the Pipe Masters and Triple Crown still provided some interesting viewing – despite Slater winning the Pipe contest for the 6th time – yes, another record..

Parko was a highlight at Pipe scoring a perfect 20 in a heat.

More from Billabong Pipeline Masters on Mpora TV >>

On the arts side of things, Dotmasters have been at Mutate Britain for the last week or two, and work has been moving along nicely. The show has gathered high aclaim from various places, open only till the 21st December, go take a look if you can…

Lastly, everyone is willing-on Ben in the last week of his mission around Africa. He plans to be home for Christmas – running the last 26 miles in place of the marathon that was cancelled in Zimbabwe ! Lets hope he gets the visa’s he needs to get out of Egypt and back into Europe for the home stretch.

Well, ive been very busy, as you can imagine. Lost of things to tell you about, but lets start with something fun.

My Day -

My Day 28 October 2008 from swinhoe on Vimeo.

This was a short one-day project shot and edited in 24 hours.

So, apart from that, im currently very busy down at BDP Media, and have been for some time.

Im also still working closely with Leon/C6/Dotmasters crew on the work and site/pubishing of the art theyre producing.

Keeping a hand in with Mad Dog as we love them so much, and they have a new book out, Whistler – its number ten !.

Also, been running around a fair bit, Amsterdam, Prague, Beadnell, Exeter… all good. Even a day out with Steve in London.

My last post being May, its only fair to tell you about the summer – Dads 60th went-off well, and a spent most of July catching decent size wave on the north-east coast. Nothing stupid, but we had it head-high for a week or so…  following that it was back to the grind in the smoke.

Ok, more from me later, i really am going to try and keep this more up-to-date.. should be easier once i pick-up my new toy later today..

Oh yeah, and this happened….

The world became a slightly better place with the election of Barack Obama..

Its now May, and the summer is rushing up to us.

Apart from other things, ive been pulling together a few pictures to print and show. The working set is here.

The last few weeks have been spent chasing goals around to varying degrees of success. My foot and ankle is still in a bad way, and my fitness is waning. Work with Mad Dog saw the end of the season, and a company meeting that was a very interesting experience.

I did manage to get an edit out for the NuArt and C6 peeps, which you can see on this page here.

Just gone this weekend, the Cans Festival, ran for three days showing some amazing work in a disused tunnle under Waterloo station.

Some photos here via Flickr and here, and a nice video here

So that sorted friday night out when i got into the private artists show, had a good look around then ran about in south london with Leon and Toby for most of the night.

Saturday was all about surfing, and, more difficulty, getting there.
After wrestling with the north circular for 2 hours i hit the M4 and was finally on the way. I arrived at Jamie’s place in Braunton and went to check the surf, of which there was none.

So with a heavy heart, and having been driving for 5 hours already, i got in the car and headed off to Dartmoor for the free-party where i was meeting Alan and Lucy… it would only get messier from here on.

So after spending most of the night dancing in a barn, or in a field or helping push some cars out of the field.. or trying to sleep in the drivers seat of my car… i got my head together at 10am and headed back to the beach for a surf with the boys.

It was shoulder-to-waist high, onshore and grey..  i was done after ab hour, a shadow of my former self. I must start surfing more..

So, now it was on again, more eating more drinking and a night on the tiles with Dan, Jamie, Al and Lucy… and the dangers of Timepiece.. decently pissed, i remember getting into a taxi at a kebab shop on Sidwell street, and then i woke up on the floor of a kitchen hugging a radiator. The lovely girl who awoke me made me tea, whilst the Dan and Jamie appeared from various bedrooms…

One fry-up later and i was back on the M4, feeling the heat and wishing i was already back in london.

Gotta love Bank Holiday weekends.

tonight is the beginning of a two rollercoaster… – cant wait.

im VJing with the C6 crew and Longrange at SE1 from 11pm till 3am tonight, then, i head home, get a few hours sleep, then drag myself to Kings Cross for a train to Newcastle. Steve is picking me up there, where we’ll drive up the coast to the beach and relative serenity.

Saturday, we have 20ft waves forecast with 20MPH wind…  so we’ll see if the sea is worth a surf about… if not, diving with the seals could be on.
Sunday is more of the same, waves look better, wind lighter.. some good spots will open up .. looking forward to it. Of course friday, saturday and sunday will be punctuated with large amounts of drinking, catching up with old mates and talking story.

I think we have some time slotted in for a meal with the folks on saturday, so that could work well, really good to see them again.

Monday, will be a quick surf in tht morning, taking in the views and air, then heading for a train at Newcastle for 5pm. Landing back in London about 8pm.

Tuesday morning is 7am up and to Gatwick – flying to Innsbruck, then on to Mayrhofen for the JibVid team talk and build-up.
Wednesday is riding, shooting and learning the park… might even get a few hits in – lets see how the ankle feels..
Thursday is the start of the event, lots of shooting and coverage. Evenings are party’s all through the week.. and somehow im working… till 2am.
Friday is 3 hours of filming, then the close down. Afternoon is best trick in the park – guess where im going to be – then its a 6pm start for the judging and prize-giving. Afterparty ? – yeah, im sure.. go on then.

Saturday, we hope to get some decent hill time… ride some powder, learn the pistes – Mayrhofen is quite a short resort, so should be easy and quick.

Sunday last day of riding and researching, hit some pubs, hit some hills, then ge the car packed for the drive to Laax and the Brits..  Contest evening party arranged… would be rude not to turn up… ?

Monday, we’ll have the contest to cover and meet with contacts..  then its the work on Flims we’re producing… and maybe some snowbaording. Contest evening party…

Tuesday – reseach, riding and shooting at the contest. Hard life. Contest evening party…

Wednesday – last day of trip – run around madly, go riding, grab last shots not shot already, cover anyhting weather disallowed… head for the airport.

Land back in the UK, then off to Croyde for the weekend to see Jamie, get some surf, and maybe chill out a little…

This photo is my desktop at the moment – it arrived through Desklickr – sorry if its your photo

Bless them, they had only the best intentions.. however this diagram will now become an icon for each child-tagger-wannabe across the State.

http://www.ci.santa-ana.ca.us/pd/Graffiti.asp

Last night saw Head over Heels happen at The Paradise, up Kensal Green way, and what a night it was.

Along with a host of other attractions was the fabulous Roxy Velvet, who brought the evening to a luscious and dramatic climax… as ever.

If your into burlesque, these guys are a must-see, and even if your not, go along and have your eyes opened..  you’ll thank me.

Visit Roxy Velvet online – http://web.mac.com/roxyvelvet/iWeb/www.roxyvelvet.mac.com/HOME.html

Loose Fit, our friendly style obsessed surf shop in Braunton, North Devon, have launched a new website, and a new shop in Bristol, plenty of shiney things in there to get your hands on..

Santas Ghetto is back this year, though with a very geographical twist. Banksy, Blu and many more are causing trouble over in the middle-east…  Check them out.

And the C6 fellas are mixing things up abit, a new server, a new site, and a Shoreditch exhibition, oh, and a new online shop so you too can own a piece of street-art history…