24/04/13: Stanley Donald Macleans First Car
Jenny a past Assistant and Jason a Best Friend hooked up and after a few years have a home and a new baby. This is Butty Boy Racing first adventure........
16/04/13: New Project Launched Today Shed of the Year EK X CUPRINOL
We were asked by Cuprinol to find a shed that needed some loving care and attention EK style. In the freezing cold of January and February we settled on this one June's shed that was nearly falling down in a pretty part of Chiswick. A very cute project.
27/03/13: nstitute for Fashion Design Basel and the Academy of Art and Design in Switzerland
Last weekend we were invite by Priska Morger Director of School of Fashion to visit and see their final end of year show. In the world of global fashion education Priska is certainly stamping her authority and produced a show that was tight, unique and of good quality with an impressive invited guest list. The casual hospitality surrounding the guests also helped impress the personality of the school to everyone who was there.
02/03/13: Saturday Paris Sale days
Dressing up in between appointments with Naoki's Badass Hip Hop in the Background: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy_rvFvPu3rmI-J_Etw4ziQ
02/03/13: Paris Showroom Days
We are at Galerie Jean Roch Dard in Paris for the next couple of days with the New Autumn/Winter 13/14 Collection "Portrait Salon" with Anna, Lara and Coffee the Dog. First picture of the Squirrel Seapelt that Mark is wearing, the new collaboration with Vik Prjonsdottir.
26/02/13: Portrait Salon
The new A/W 13/14 starts both here in Paris and in Tokyo if you want to see the new collection we are Galerie Jean Roch Dard 13 Rue Des Arquebusiers 75003 Paris email info@eleykishimoto.com for an appointment.
21/02/13: Centre Point X Eley Kishimoto
We have embarked upon a relationship with Almacantar as from last August and are working in conjunction with other partners taking a close good look at the Iconic building Centre Point in London. Here are some sketches of the prints and fashion ideas we have already completed referencing the building. More to come.
22/01/13: Chevron Stripe Olympic yacht
We were approached by Michael Ross whom I met whilst doing the Gumball a few years back and he asked us to be the first artist to consider helping produce something for his Art Sail Charity in the summer to co-incide with the Olympics. It started at that point only with three coillaborators now it has grown to a flotilla including Eine Julian Opie and Goldie plus more. Please read the following article:
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/01/21/sport/art-sails-london-mainsail/?hpt=hp_c3
21/12/12: Kyoto Urbanguild. Meri Otoshi, Ima Tenko and troupe.
A meeting instigating by our Postman (7 years previous) for our studio and home in London, not just a postman a man of activism. He recognised my desire to see some Butoh and invited me along to a space that he also performs at. Thank you Andy it was a real treat. Too many beautiful pictures...
19/11/12: Narumi x EK
Narumi's showroom recently.
15/11/12: MOORCROFT X ELEY KISHIMOTO LIVING WITH PATTERNS EXHIBIT
Handmade in Stoke on Trent. A combination of two worlds married by surface aesthetics.
30/09/12: Coffee on the Mat in the Paris showroom
Jean Roch Dard's Coffee keep us company during our showroom days in Paris. We have set up a mini install of our exhibition from London.
09/09/12: ELEY KISHIMOTO IN SHAPE S/S13
Launching at LIVING WITH PATTERNS exhibition ARAM gallery Sept 14th.
13/08/12: Our Olympic Entry
The London 2012 Olympics marks the final year of The Star as a competitive class in the Summer Games.
LONDON - Friday 10th August 2012 - An Olympic 'Fine Art on Sail' - was hoisted on an Olympic Star class yacht at 3:15pm yesterday near Tower Bridge, leaving from South Dock Marina, Canary Wharf and skippered by John Gimson and Michael Ross.
The sail was used by Olympics Silver Medal winners Iain Percy and Andrew (Bart) Simpson as part of their training for the Games in Weymouth. It carries the identification number "8371" which is the number used by the sailors at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and their World Title winning races at the Championships in Rio. In addition, the Gold star on the sail indicates that it is from a World Championship winning team.
The sail is part of a charity project and will raise money for the Royal Yacht Association's "Sail for Gold" fund, the RYA's Sailability Trust, and the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
02/08/12: Too Much Too Mention
We are working hard and have already embarked on our 20th year of creative antics. It feels like yesterday that Wakako and I opened the the first studio door and we have only moved once and have enjoyed what the spaces have allowed us to produce.
We are currently developing many interesting things as ever and new relationships being forged. We hope that we have the opportunity to continue to explore the world that we are party to for the next 20 years.
Lots to come and lots to enjoy.....
Mark x
16/06/12: Streatham Park Bowling Club
I have fallen in love with my families game and joined a club won some trophies and playing for both Streatham Park Bowling Club and London Welsh this season. Still in interclub competitions and also in the Wimbledon and District competitions.http://streathamparkbowlingclub.org
18/04/12: KEEPER OF THE FALLEN MANOR A/W 12/13
a sneaky peak...
17/04/12: Noble Macmillan
Still ongoing the collaboration with Noble Macmillan, the most beautiful hand bound notebooks utilising our archive fabrics and a special edition of black flash Leather. It has handprinted endpapers and three different page qualities, lined, graph and plain and two ribbons to keep track of where you are. I am on my third book and I can't imagine writing in anything else. You can go here for more info: http://www.noblemacmillan.com/notebooks/655-limited-edition-eley-kishimoto-fabric-print-journals.html