SantaMonica at The Brandery

Last 7, 8, 9 of July, SantaMonica was representing at The Brandery, a fashion trade-show that took place in Barcelona and that aims to partially fill up the void that the Bread & Butter left behind.

The Brandery was a very interesting experience for us, a way to show what we do to a broader range of people and to realize that no matter how small we are as a brand, we are out there, for real, and that’s already a payoff for all the effort that a graphic designer and an architect have put in making this idea into something real.

SantaMonica was also mentioned and shown on TV as the example of the emerging brands in Barcelona and our brand/stand was chosen to represent the emerging micro brands during the President’s official visit to our pavilion. We asked him for some more support to small brands like ourselves and we encouraged him to make the next The Brandery even bigger and if possible to make some more noise about it. Let’s hope our words made it through his smiley face.

We also met great people visiting the trade-show and were really fortunate to have very nice and kind “colleagues” in our pavilion such as the guys of La Segunda Planta from Elche and the girls of La Carola from Madrid with their awesome purses.

Until next time…

 

AGVA .01

Here’s a layout we have designed for the record that will stand as a promo item to celebrate SantaMonica’s first year as an Apparel brand. The record is called AGVA .01 (Arkitempura Grotesk Various Artists) and will carry an insert with some blanks to fill up. This coupon will be redeemed at our boutiques and you will get a Limited Edition and exclusively designed Poker Play Cards Set to play some hands while you listen to the electronic downtempo nujazz tunes that we are currently putting together. We have also designed the Promo Poster for the Record that those who live in Barcelona will hopefully be able to see around pretty soon and an also Limited Edition silk-printed promo t-shirts that will be available in the SantaMonica’s website.

 

SantaMonica Stores

We made it. After a big effort and lots of looking around for the right spot, we opened up two stores and we would love to see you there if you ever come to the Born District in Barcelona, or to a small lovely village on the north coast of Catalunya called Cadaqués, where Dalí lived with so much lust and creativity.

The Limited Edition t-shirts and the rest of the SantaMonica collection can also be purchased in our online store. Check them out at www.santamonicabcn.com and click on the Stores button to see where we are.

 

Mint Club +

We just have had such nice and flattering comments about the new Mint Club ID that we just wanted to share some more pieces with you all. We’ve received feedback from quite a few people in Alicante and abroad and we want to thank you all for taking the generous time to let us know your thoughts and get yourselves involved like this. Thank you very much.

 

Sharing Stuff

Yesterday I had the pleasure to give a conference at the Serra i Abella Arts and Design School in Barcelona. It was a great time, a great experience and a great (and bigger than I expected) audience. I would like to thank all of those who attended and kindly listened and delivered such flattering feedback. It was really something to remember.

All the best luck and wishes for all.

Mint Club

This might be the formula against the economic crisis. You scared of your business not doing too good? Then open a second one. This is probably what the owners of Metrodanceclub decided to do because here they come with another enormous club. The Mint Club, located in Alicante, Spain.

A couple of weeks ago we were asked to design the club’s logo and yesterday we developed the flyer and poster for the opening. The club is subdivided in four different environments also called Clubs with mostly electronic music and multimedia art.

We ignore if the upcoming events promotional design will fall in our hands, but one way or another we hope the best for this new electronic endeavor.

Milky Way

Here’s the layout for Maarten Reijnierse’s new record “Milky Way”. Maarten, lead guitar and composer of Melou stopped by Barcelona a few weeks ago and we held a nice chilly photo shoot for the album cover that came out really nice. We used the same camera that took the “mating flies” shot for Melou’s “Battery Park” album. We really hope we can have him back in Barcelona soon playing some tunes of his own.

MoMO Satoru’s Art

It is my pleasure to feature MoMO’s artwork in our Blog. Momo and I have been friends for five years now and he has finally decided to let the world see the art he has to offer. Take a look at this New York City based artist stuff and hang out with him if you have the chance. Won’t regret it.

 

SantaMonica Limited Edition Posters

We recently designed a limited edition vintage looking set of posters featuring Santamonica’s t-shirts art that, a priori, will be inserted in every t-shirt package purchased online.

++ Metrodöme

Let’s just be honest. This project’s been a lot of fun.