The Eley Kishimoto Blog

Very nice weekend with MEG who adopted Flash in the past for WEAR I AM collaboration as well as this MEG fan. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_KJtse_LGo

The Design Room catching up on past seasons swatches to be put on archive rails. Much the same as the blog lots of catching up required. Please look at twitter: https://twitter.com/EleyKishimoto and instagram: http://instagram.com/eleykishimoto1 for more regular updates but things will get busier here as the staff and Wakako will be all helping from here onwards.

Jason Kim and Mark post shed of the year winner meeting.

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........

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.

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.

Dressing up in between appointments with Naoki's Badass Hip Hop in the Background: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy_rvFvPu3rmI-J_Etw4ziQ

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.

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.

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.

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

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...

Narumi's showroom recently.

Handmade in Stoke on Trent. A combination of two worlds married by surface aesthetics.

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.

Launching at LIVING WITH PATTERNS exhibition ARAM gallery Sept 14th.

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.