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Its Monday and maybe need for a bit of motivation… Umh maybe not this kind, but anyways this made me laugh

I just wanted to say a BIG BIG thank you to both Adam&Sean and Steve for such a great time in Ch ch ch China.
Adam has been with us nearly everyday, being our translator/tour guide/knowledge of everything Chinese and definatley the man about town. He knows just about everything and everyone within the Chinese creative community. And I cannot forget to (extra, extra) thank Sean and his legendary flying a taxi down technique, saving Steve and I from looking like drown rats and getting phenomia and taking us to one of the coolest shops in town!!! Well i guess thats why Adam & Sean run Neocha.com (the leading social networking site and event platform for the discovery of original music, art, events, and goods among Chinese creative communities)

And of course a BIG BIG thank you to Steve at HuntHaggarty for asking me to work on such a great project, it’s been a trip full of hard work, getting in taxi’s and hoping for the best, cute Chinese Illustrators with crazy imaginations, not understanding a word of what anyone says, crazy hotel managers, French dj’s, sex crazed photographers, dog on rice, the art of the bartering war, amazing art&design, and totally dedicated people!!!
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Apart from Havana, I have never been anywhere that has inspired me quite as much as China!!!

798 Art Zone (Chinese: 798???; pinyin: 798 Yìshùq?), or Dashanzi Art District, is a part of Dashanzi in the Chaoyang District of Beijing that houses a thriving artist community, among 50-year old decommissioned military factory buildings of unique architectural style. It is often compared with New York’s Greenwich Village or SoHo, but faces impending destruction from the forces driving Beijing’s urban sprawl.

The area is often called the 798 Art District or Factory 798 although technically, Factory #798 is only one of several structures within a complex formerly known as Joint Factory 718. The buildings are located inside alleys number 2 and 4 on Ji?xi?nqiáo Lù (????), south of the Dàsh?nziqiáo flyover (????).

If i by any chance have inspired you with Chinese culture during my trip to Shanghai and Beijing why not take advantage of the events/exhibitions Tiger beer are putting on with Dazed and Confused magazine, a few of the artists i have been working with out here are taking part. Should be good!!!

Dazed & Confused and Tiger Beer will be getting together to welcome the year of the Tiger and celebrate Chinese New Year 2010 in style. With four special events all happening on Thursday February 11, we will be taking over some of London Chinatown’s most well-known restaurants to showcase a new wave of exciting Chinese creative talent.

We will be exhibiting a mix of post-apocalytic visions, melting landscapes and video installations by artists Gordon Cheung, Gayle Chong Kwan and Suki Chan at the New Loon Fung restaurant. The legendary Chuen Cheung Ku will play host to a trio of Chinese photographers; Kai Z Feng, Madi Ju and Li Wei. At the Prince Charles Cinema, we will be screening the award-winning feature debut She, a Chinese by director and novelist Xiaolu Guo.

Super producer Howie B who has travelled to China regularly will be DJ at our New World party along with a live performance from electronic duo White from Beijing. You can then pop along back to Prince Charles for a midnight screening of the classic A Chinese Ghost Story starring Leslie Cheung.

The Dazed February issue out next week will also come with a supplement with profiles of all participating artists as well as a mini-guide to the different Chinatowns in the UK.

Events Programme for Thursday February 11, 2010

New World (1 Gerrard Place) 9pm-12pm, Live Music and Party: White (Live), Howie B(DJ Set)

New Loon Fung (42-44 Gerrard Street) 7pm-11.30pm, Art Exhibition: Gordon Cheung, SUki Chan, Gayle Chong Kwan

Chuen Cheung Ku (17 Wardour Street) 7pm-11.30pm, Photography Exhibition: Kai Z Feng, Madi Ju, Li Wei

Prince Charles Cinema (7 Leicester Square) 6pm Screening of She, A Chinese (dir. Xiaolu Guo) and a midnight screening of a A Chinese Ghost Story

For my info check this site

I was shocked to see that my new neighbour this week, it just so happens that Busy P (Mr Ed Banger) is staying right here in my hotel!!

Small world huh!!

BLUE SKIES
POODLES
DR MARTENS
GREEN GRASS OF WALES
FRESH FRUIT
LOVE N ROSES
CHINESE PEOPLE EATING DOGS WITH NOODLES

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(Thank you, and thank god Sharma gave me this super warm jacket last year cause it has been -15)
xxx

I am not sure why/how this collab came about? I am pretty sure Fred Perry will be benefitting from it hell of a lot more than Stussy.I guess the biggest connection these 2 brands have are their relationship with music and youth culture.
Fred Perry gained its music relationship in the late 50s when mods picked up the classic white Fred Perry polo and demanded a more varied colour palette. It was the shirt of choice for diverse groups of teenagers throughout the 1960s and 70s, ranging from the skinheads to the Northern Soul scene. Of course Fred Perry has it’s unique heritage, but as they stand today with their marketing/pr/advertising. I think they would of been better off raising their stakes by themselves, rather than tagging onto a street brand that has managed to maintain its street cred for over 20 years???? Ummmmmhhh we’ll see???? Maybe this is the end of “cool” Stussy, who knows with their London store closed they may start stocking in Topman!! Lets hope not.