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Hello all,

Just a quick one about the Metric Exhibition taking place in Leeds next month. If you like your art, then check out the detials below. You can follow them on Twitter here, Facebook here and the website is also here. That's my quickest blog ever!

Let us know if we can help you promote something awesome!

Jhon x

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METRIC EXHIBITION

A Celebration of Original Art, Illustration, Print and Design by pioneering British Artists.

Opening Event- Sunday 3rd June: 13.00-23.00
Closing Party- Thursday 5th July 19.00-23.00
Dock Street Market, 28 Dock Street, Leeds, United Kingdom LS10 1JF

Artists Showing:

3 Digits/ Benjamino/ Phill Blake (Philth)/ Noah Brown/ Goo Burr/ Cage One/ C-Bloxx/ Curse273/
Freddie Denton/ Dia57/ Inkie/ JayPee/ Klone/ Kosy/ Garry Milne/ Drew Millward/ Moenipulation/
Pogger/ Pyklops/ Rootz/ Jay Sharples/ Starvin Artist/ Stub Subism/ Sune/ Tank Petrol/ Tasha Whittle (TXLW)/

The Exhibit gathers together 26 pioneering U.K Street and Graffiti Artists, Illustrators, Designers and
Printmakers for a month long show at the Dock St Market Artspace in Leeds. From Banksy cohort
and Bristol legend Inkie to Leeds' own Inky Supervillain Drew Millward the collected works truly represent
the pioneers in contemporary U.K creativity.

Live Art, Live Print, Live Music:

There will be Live Art spaces available for visitors to create in and on and Live Screen printing courtesy of:
www.spincyclecomplete.co.uk

Live Music will be provided by the incredible HomeCut (First Word Records), Love of the Brave (ATA)
and Mr. Scruff favourites the Vinyl Miners

Extra Fresh Food will be available all day from the Dock Street Deli and a wide selection of real/ international
ales and teapot cocktails will be available all day.
Children welcome (daytime), affordable parking is nearby and the venue is located 5 minutes walk from
Leeds Central Train and Bus Stations.

For more on this please visit- www.bestjoinedup.com

Hello all,

How are you? Did you have a good weekend? I sure hope so. I had a hectic one! Went to a gig, band practice, did my radio show and still had time for a few drinks. Success! On Saturday afternoon, I also had the absolute pleasure of going to our nation's capital city (London in England) and attending the Ink & Paper event. A brief synopsis of the event is -  a whole bunch of talented artists display their gig poster work in The Ragfactory just off Brick Lane with the event being organised by the UKPA.

If I'm honest, before I started working for Awesome Merch I didn't know much about the world of art. Sure I knew a bit and could appreciate awesome art but didn't know much about the ethos and the people behind it. On Saturday I got to meet the legendary Drew Millward, Bobby Telegramme, Graham Pilling (Army of Cats) and Luke Drozd. All four of them took part in our Poster Roast series earlier in the year. I have to say all four of them were amazingly friendly and keen to talk to me about the world of art and what the event was about. It's obviously a way to promote their awesome art skills to the people of London but there was a cool sense of community and camaradarie and appreciation of other people's work.

The cool thing about working for Awesome is that I get to go to things like this and meet the rockstars of the art world. I really wanted to buy loads of posters and send the bill to HQ but I don't they would've appreciated it. Or maybe they would have! Hopefully something like this will happen in London next year but Screenadelica is happening in Liverpool this weekend for all you art and music fans! I now must also give a massive shout out to Sean Mort. Sean works for AM but also is a very talented artist. His work is minimalist (not basic - he'll beat you up) and he's also a top chap. He kept me entertained the whole time I was there. One of the highlights of the day was Sean having a conversation with two girls, which started with him trying to sell them his work and ended up with how much he hated Adele and advice on which famous pizza place they shouldn't eat at.

So to sum this all up. I know a lot of people who follow us are knowledgeable about the world of art and the skilled people behinf it. If you're not, then please take a few minutes to click on all the links in this blog and get yourself educated! Please enjoy the Instagram photos below. If you know of any awesome events that Awesome Merch should be at, then let me know. Have an awesome week!

Jhon x

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Conversation nectar.

Found it!

Sean Mort next to his art.

Bobby Telegramme's piece of wall.

The people of London peruse the art whilst artists enjoy a chinwag.

Hello!

Welcome to part three of the now popular mini series - 'Meet the Staff.' We've been getting hounded by TV bigwigs (and executives with smaller hairpieces) as well as Hollywood to turn this blog into a film. We're just waiting to see if the dude who played Thor in Avengers is available to be cast as Dan, and then we can put ink to paper. If you've missed part 1 or part 2, then click on the links. You'll need to read part 1 to find out about the soup and chips saga. As always, tweet us hard and Facebook us happy about this blog. Hashtag is #soupandchips :)

Have an awesome weekend!

Jhon x

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What's your name? David Martin

What's your role at AM? Wide format and heat press printer.

What do you do outside of AM? Watch football, support Sunderland FC and listen to music.

Favourite band atm? Bon Iver.

Favourite flavour of crisps? Prawn Cocktail.

Favourite city and why? I really like York as it has amazing bars & buildings. I'm going to Rome soon, thanks to Sean Mort promoting its wonders to me!

Diagnosis Murder or Murder She Wrote? Neither. The Apprentice.

Have you ever had soup and chips? No! Maybe in the future, it sounds good!

What's your favourite thing about working for Awesome Merch? The atmosphere and the people, everyone that works here is cool.

What's your favourite Awesome Merchandise product? Custom shaped vinyl stickers.

Would you rather have a barrel of beer or a barrel of laughs? The laughs.

Finally, is there anything awesome you wanna promote about yourself? No.

What's your name? Mark Mallan (Mal).

What's your role at AM? Production assistant.

What do you do outside of AM? I'm a lifeguard, gym instructor, personal trainer and I like sports and films.

Favourite band atm? Pantera and Talking Heads.

Favourite flavour of crisps? Cheese & Onion - no question.

Favourite city and why? Barcelona - because of its culture.

Diagnosis Murder or Murder She Wrote? Diagnosis Murder - I'm a Dick Van Dyke fan.

Have you ever had soup and chips? No but I've been tempted since starting work here.

What's your favourite thing about working for Awesome Merch? The atmosphere and the people. It's fun!

What's your favourite Awesome Merchandise product? 38mm badges because they're the most fun to make.

Would you rather have a barrel of beer or a barrel of laughs? The beer because the laughs will follow.

Finally, is there anything awesome you wanna promote about yourself? Always listen to Paul..

What's your name? Kat Lee.

What's your role at AM? Production.

What do you do outside of AM? I'm a student at Leeds Uni and I do promo work for Club Moustache.

Favourite band atm? Muse, Subtract, and David Guetta.

Favourite flavour of crisps? Salt & Vinegar.

Favourite city and why? New York - went there when I was travelling.

Diagnosis Murder or Murder She Wrote? Don't like either - I like New Girl. Stupid american stuff rules!

Have you ever had soup and chips? No but it might be quite nice!

What's your favourite thing about working for Awesome Merch? Structured work and the people are amazing!

What's your favourite Awesome Merchandise product? The custom moustaches we made for the Moustache club night were great but I love the keyrings!

Would you rather have a barrel of beer or a barrel of laughs? Beer with that comes the laughs (said whilst laughing).

Finally, is there anything awesome you wanna promote about yourself? Nope!

What's your name? Phil Wood

What's your role at AM? Padprinter - I'm in charge of it!

What do you do outside of AM? I used to play in bands but play guitar, games - nothing too exciting! Looking for a new hobby.

Favourite band atm? Thrice for the past 10 years! Converge and Cellos currently.

Favourite flavour of crisps? I'm a crisp fiend - Sea Salt and Black Pepper Kettle Chips!

Favourite city and why? New York or Breckenridge - BR is chilled but NY is incredible. You can do anything you wanna do!

Diagnosis Murder or Murder She Wrote? Diagnosis Murder definitely!

Have you ever had soup and chips? This is such an Awesome Merch theme.. probably when iwas student and couldn't cook!

What's your favourite thing about working for Awesome Merch? Chilled, listen to whatever music I want, the people are cool and the work is good!

What's your favourite Awesome Merchandise product? Brown card heavyweight prints.

Would you rather have a barrel of beer or a barrel of laughs? The beer then laughs! Whiskey? Might be a bit much.

Finally, is there anything awesome you wanna promote about yourself? No. I shy away from any attention or limelight. I think I might become a hermit.

Hello everyone,

How are you? I'm gonna keep this nice and succinct today. I promise. No waffle. The only thing I'm gonna tell you is that I've been speaking to Luke Hodson over the weeked and we at Awesome Merch have a lot in store for you. New product launches, new website stuff and a much improved system - so our already awesome customer service will be improved hundredfold. I for one am excited! Anyway, let's get on with this comp! At AM, we like to embrace all Social Media sites. Well not My Space anymore as it sucks but at the moment Instagram* can do wrong! So we're gonna do a little comp on it.

All you have to do is follow us @awesomemerch on Instagram, take an AWESOME photo on Instagram, tag us @awesomemerch in the caption, use the hashtag #awesomephotocomp and if you tweet - then link it into Twitter as it will come up in our feed. There are no guidelines but justify to us why you think the photo is awesome. It can be a picture of your drunk uncle, a cloud that looks like John Lennon and or even a lovely sandwich you've just made. Just justify it to us why it's AWESOME. Please note that no pictures of cats will be accepted. There's already way too many on Instagram.

The prize will be £150 to spend on whatever you want on the Awesome Merch website! The winner will be chosen on Friday 18th of May. How does that sound? We'll even put the best ones up on our shiny new Pinterest page. That's it folks - good luck and get entering! Can you do better than my entry below? Enter as many times as you like!

Jhon x

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*This comp is in no way affiliated with Instagram other than we're using it as awesome pictorial platform. If you don't have it, don't worry - just go and get it.

Here's my awesome photo. Unfortunately I'm disqualified for getting a cat in the picture.

Hello!

Welcome to part two of - 'Meet the Awesome Staff.' Part one was such a success that HQ has been bombarded with marriage requests, flowers and Dan has even been asked to do some sort of naughty calendar. No comment. If you missed it, then just click this link and have yourself a read. It'll also explain the soup and chips question but we basically have our very own savoury Willy Wonka at HQ called Paul who invents culinary catastrophes. This week's blog really shows off some of our very talented staff! More staff next week. If you've liked this or wanna comment then tweet us @awesomemerch with the #soupandchips tag.

Enjoy and have an awesome weekend!

Jhon x

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What's your name? Sam Jarvis

What's your role at AM? Graphics and Print Manager

What do you do outside of AM? A bit of graphic design here and there but my main hobby is 3d art. It's a very technical form a graphics, check out some of my 3D renders.

Favourite band atm? Mogwai.

Favourite flavour of crisps? Canadian Ham.

Favourite city and why? Vancouver City. Because I went once when I was 10 as a lot of my family live there.

Diagnosis Murder or Murder She Wrote? Diagnosis Murder all the way.

Have you ever had soup and chips? Not in the same bowl.

What's your favourite thing about working for Awesome Merch? Getting to print all the fantastic and creative designs we receive every day.

What's your favourite Awesome Merchandise product? Business Cards!!!

Would you rather have a barrel of beer or a barrel of laughs? Beer.

Finally, is there anything awesome you wanna promote about yourself? My website - www.sjdd.co.uk :)

What's your name? Sean Mort

What's your role at AM? Production team and staff jester.

What do you do outside of AM? Graphic designer.

Favourite band atm? The Decembrists

Favourite flavour of crisps? With a sandwich - Cheese and Onion, without a sandwich - Salt & Vinegar.

Favourite city and why? Rome because of the history. I have been there every year for 8 years.

Diagnosis Murder or Murder She Wrote? Homes under the Hammer.

Have you ever had soup and chips? I haven't but I'm going to this week.

What's your favourite thing about working for Awesome Merch? The people by far. So many different people work here and I've got lots in common with them all!

What's your favourite Awesome Merchandise product? The badge packs.

Would you rather have a barrel of beer or a barrel of laughs? Laughs.

Finally, is there anything awesome you wanna promote about yourself? My design website which is right here - www.seanmort.co.uk

What's your name? Kristyna Baczynski

What's your role at AM? Production team - making it quick, making it good!

What do you do outside of AM? I draw pictures and make comics. I'm an image merchant! A penslinger!

Favourite band atm? Talking Heads and Trembling Bells.

Favourite flavour of crisps? Sour cream & chive.

Favourite city and why? Berlin.

Diagnosis Murder or Murder She Wrote? Diagnosis Murder - Dr Sloan all the way. Even though they both have awesome moustaches ;)

Have you ever had soup and chips? I haven't but it is in my top ten list of things to do before I die.

What's your favourite thing about working for Awesome Merch? The people are amazing. They're funny,cool and I get on with them amazingly! They make me laugh!

What's your favourite Awesome Merchandise product? Posters & T-shirts.

Would you rather have a barrel of beer or a barrel of laughs? Laughs don't give you a hangover.. although really they go hand in hand.

Finally, is there anything awesome you wanna promote about yourself? My pictures and comics on my website - www.kristyna.co.uk

What's your name? Kirsty

What's your role at AM? Production supervisor / dispatch coordinator.

What do you do outside of AM? I'm learning to snowboard and I'm a big fan of ironing.

Favourite band atm? The Story So Far, David Guetta & Beyonce.

Favourite flavour of crisps? Skips.

Favourite city and why? Sydney because I just like it.

Diagnosis Murder or Murder She Wrote? I haven't seen either of them!

Have you ever had soup and chips? No, I'd never eat any of Paul's food inventions.

What's your favourite thing about working for Awesome Merch? The freedom to use your initiative and the people are nice. We can also listen to whatever music we want!

What's your favourite Awesome Merchandise product? Mirrors - they come in very handy!

Would you rather have a barrel of beer or a barrel of laughs? Laughs.

Finally, is there anything awesome you wanna promote about yourself? I've got blonde hair.

Hello all,

I'm gonna keep this as succinct as I can, because I love an internet waffle. Last week, I had the pleasure of being in Leeds for the week. I conducted a short and fairly ridiculous Q & A with all the team who lovingly take your orders, make your orders, answer your questions and work really, really hard. I'm sure they loved a southern fool annoying them with a stupid quiz whilst waving an iPhone in their face. The aim is that you guys will get to know who does what at AMHQ! Check out the links for what they do! Cool? Read on!

Please note, soup and chips is a culinary invention of Paul Brennan - one of the production crew. You'll see his interview soon. If you like soup and chips, tweet us @awesomemerch with the #soupandchips tag. Thank you!

Jhon x

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What's your name? Dan P Towell.

What's your role at AM? Customer Services Manager.

What do you do outside of AM? Rock in a band. Eat, breathe and sleep.

Favourite band atm? Propagandhi and  A Wilhelm Scream. Please don't make me choose between the two.

Favourite flavour of crisps? Canadian Ham (only because I am eating them as I do this).

Favourite city and why? Barrow - In - Furness. It's a town, so again I am not quite adhering to the specifics of the question, but this is my favourite city/town (you should have definitely added a town to the question). It's where I was born. Most people think that it is a dull, boring, end of the line poverty stricken town, but I know that it is where dreams are made.

Diagnosis Murder or Murder She Wrote? Diagnosis Murder of course. I was in a band called 'Diagnosis' in school so I am biased.

Have you ever had soup and chips? Soup yes, chips yes, soup and chips no.

What's your favourite thing about working for Awesome Merch? The money (can I say that?)

What's your favourite Awesome Merchandise product? I would say a sample pack. That has a bit of everything.

Would you rather have a barrel of beer or a barrel of laughs? Beer. The laughs then follow naturally.

Finally, is there anything awesome you wanna promote about yourself? I play in a band called 'The Human Project'. That is all.

What's your name? Warren Lee Smithson.

What's your role at AM? Deputy art-worker / Guillotine operator.

What do you do outside of AM? I'm in two bands - No Mercy for Percy and the The Dookies (Green Day covers band). I also love drawing.

Favourite band atm? Banner Pilot.

Favourite flavour of crisps? Roast Chicken.

Favourite city and why? - Leeds because I've only been to four citites and it's the best of them.

Diagnosis Murder or Murder She Wrote? Poirot.

Have you ever had soup and chips? No but my girlfriend has, so I've watched her eat it.

What's your favourite thing about working for Awesome Merch? Everyone here is sound, so it's fun.

What's your favourite Awesome Merchandise product? Heavyweight prints.

Would you rather have a barrel of beer or a barrel of laughs? The laughs.

Finally, is there anything awesome you wanna promote about yourself? Check out my bands! (Here's the No Mercy For Percy link).

What's your name? Rach.

What's your role at AM? Customer service assistant.

What do you do outside of AM? Spend time with friends.

Favourite band atm? Tallest Man on Earth.

Favourite flavour of crisps? Salt and vinegar.

Favourite city and why? Sydney. It is a lot of fun.

Diagnosis Murder or Murder She Wrote? I have never seen either!

Have you ever had soup and chips? No! It is weird.

What's your favourite thing about working for Awesome Merch? Loads of great people to work with, and loads of great customers!

What's your favourite Awesome Merchandise product? Everything!

Would you rather have a barrel of beer or a barrel of laughs? A barrel of beer would usually cause a barrel of laughs.

Finally, is there anything awesome you wanna promote about yourself? No.

What's your name? James Vincent Lyall

What's your role at AM? Production Manager

What do you do outside of AM? I run a promotions company called 'Dirty Otter' with a friend, we put on gigs in Leeds. We have been working with all sorts of bands from around the world since 2006 and it has been a great way to meet new like-minded people. We have been lucky enough to get involved with some brilliant projects, such as this years Beacons Festival. I also DJ at various gigs / clubnights etc..

Favourite band atm? It would have to be between Cloud Nothings, and Big Kids. Cloud Nothings would probably pinch it as they have the added bonus of an album engineered by Steve Albini.

Favourite flavour of crisps? Cream Cheese & Chive Seabrooks.

Favourite city and why? Barcelona. Great climate, amazing architecture, Primavera Sound.

Diagnosis Murder or Murder She Wrote? Criminal Minds?

Have you ever had soup and chips? Paul is a heathen!

What's your favourite thing about working for Awesome Merch? Working alongside a bunch of mates and learning new things everyday. It's always a challenge and always keeps me on my toes.

What's your favourite Awesome Merchandise product? Custom shaped vinyl stickers.

Would you rather have a barrel of beer or a barrel of laughs? Beer.

Finally, is there anything awesome you wanna promote about yourself?
www.dirtyotter.com / www.greetingsfrombeacons.com / www.anationofshopkeepers.com

Hello,

Well we did it! Thanks very much to everyone that helped us get to 5000 followers on Twitter. It's much appreciated! Next stop - 10,000! To celebrate this milestone, we're gonna have a Twitter competition. The winner of the comp will win 250 x custom shaped vinyl stickers, 100 x 25mm badges, 10 x pocket mirrors and 20 x bottle opener keyrings. A hefty haul I'm sure you'll agree and a useful (awesome) prize for bands, brands and individuals alike. We'll send out goody bags to some runners up. We're awesome like that.

As always I've punned TERRIBLY on the title and for this I apologise. A while back I was a contestant on the TV show - Come Dine With Me. If you want proof, click on this link or this one. Warning, I did get naked. So don't watch if you're having your lunch. So what relevance does this have to the competition?

I didn't get to choose my guests when I went on the show but you can! Who would your three ideal dinner guests be? They can be dead, alive, fictional, a friend, cartoon character, pet or whoever you want. It can even be me, if you want a naked clown ruining your night with his albino Twiglet. Tweet us your answer, with maybe a reason and use the hashtag #awesomedinewithme.

If you wanna know how to get more involved with Awesome Merch, then read this. Okay, that's it. I've now lost what little dignity I had left and I'm off to bow my head in shame. Winners announced a week today! Good luck :)

Jhon x

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Here are my guests, who would yours be?

The winners are as follows...The winner is @MikeG_Design who claims the main prize. Well done Mike! Runners-up @lisajanephoto @Millie_Dollar @tomstuttdesign @eject_ep @slackerspeloton Mail address/shirt size to Jhon@awesomemerchandise.com

Thanks to everyone who took part! You're all AWESOME!

Hello Awesome people.

How are you all? I'm full of cold and when you have a nose this big, it's a serious business. There'll be no hosepipe ban in my house. I'll just stand in the garden sneezing. ANYWAY! I used that intro on a Facebook update this morning and one person out of 11,193 liked it - so I thought it was worth using again. That was some good feedback! So you may be asking where is this blog going? What is the point of it? Why is this strange man rambling on? Well all will become apparent in the next paragraph.

Here's the next paragraph. If you haven't read one of my blogs then hello, my name is Jhon and I'm in charge of all things social, promotional and online for Awesome Merch. I've been working for AM for over three years now and remember when My Space was our main focus of promotion! Before that I did screenprinting for three years, so I've been involved in the world of merch for a quite a while now. I'm not trying to blow my own trumpet here but merely sounding the horn that I'm now going to be working full-time for Awesome Merchandise - which means more competitions, more fun and more of all the awesome things we've been doing over the last year. Last week I spent the week at HQ in Leeds and got to meet all the new staff (and my old favourites) and they're all awesome and individual people! I'll be blogging about them later in the week.

The most important thing I wanna get across is our Awesome Community and the following things we as a company can do online to help promote what you do and of course what we do. These points will outline the things that we have in store and how you can get more involved with Awesome Merch!

- My e-mail address is Jhon@awesomemerchandise.com Please add that to your address books and mail me if I can help with anything. I'm pretty good with all things awesome like cricket, capital cities and early Green Day. Of course Awesome Merch related things are acceptable too.

- Are you trying to promote something awesome? Your band, business, event, charity, clothng company or something else? Then send us a RT request on Twitter with the #awesomecommunity hashtag and we'll do the rest.

- Mail me photos of your merch. Every photo we get sent will be put into our Facebook gallery along with a weblink, which will help promote what you do and what we do! We'll send out random goody bags to people that do this! Goody bags contain a whole load of awesome printed merch along with an Awesome Merch or Poster Roast t-shirt. Well worth getting! Of course, you can tweet them too!

- Recommend us to someone on Twitter or Facebook. Tag us on either. We'll be sending random goody bags out every week to people who do.

- We'll also be sending out goody bags to our Facebook comment and Tweet of the week. So make sure you get in touch!

- Do you have an event that you think Awesome Merch shoud be at? I'm afraid we can't come to your local fete or first communion but if you think something is relevent, get in touch.

- Feel free to let me know about any suggestions you have on how we could improve our service, website, product or anything AM related.

- I'll be working on new competition ideas. Thanks to Luke (Awesome boss), I have a generous budget and we'll be running comps all the time. Whether they're on a short-term or long-term basis, they're gonna be more frequent and more AWESOME. Again, if you've any suggestions then get in touch!

So that's my list of things you can get involved with and hopefully you will. We're on a constant mission to improve what we do. Trust me, I wouldnt work for Awesome Merch if they weren't the best about. I have to work for somewhere that I care about!  So In conclusion, I wanna hear from you! Let's get social!

Jhon x

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p.s We're now also on Instagram, so find us @awesomemerch :)

When I'm not available, we often hire Big Bird to do our Social Media.

Hello awesome art fans!

As you may well know, we love awesome art and design here at Awesome Merch. So much so that we got heavily involved with the Poster Roast series last year. Well here's an awesome event that showcases amazing art as well as being a must for any serious fan of Star Wars. I'm in both camps - if only I lived closer! Maybe I could ask Han Solo to pick me up in his Millenium Falcon? That last sentence is probably the worst sentence I've ever written. Not in terms of grammar but in terms of terrible cheese. Anyway, I spoke to Barry Darnell who's the curator of the event and he had this to say...

"With the @Starwarsleeds event drawing ever closer we wanted to share some sneak peeks of the art that will be on display and available to purchase! The amazing selection here comes courtesy of: @WeMakeStuff @abell_octovan @Dougy74Design @kbaczynski @rabbitportal @banalpig

As well as the art there will be a huge vintage toy exhibition, live music, Youtube visuals mixed live by @timineaux , A pop up shop selling both vintage and new Star Wars merchandise, a screening of 'A New Hope' and much much more! This is going to be one hell of a party.... Fancy dress is not essential but feel free to come as your favourite character:)

If you fancy winning a pair of tickets to the Star Wars - May the 4th launch party and a really cool Darth Vader clock from @truffleshuffle_? Well, we're looking for true Star Wars fans! Simply tweet a picture of yourself in Star Wars themed fancy dress along with this message "I'm a true Star Wars fan and I want to win #Maythe4thbewithyou @truffleshuffle_ @thehanggang @starwarsleeds" That's it!

Full comp info here, tickets for the launch party are still available here, and additional info here!"

So to sum this up. Star Wars + amazing art + huge collection of Star Wars memorabilia. Definitely a winner! I'm just gonna give a quick shout out to Sean Mort and Kristyna Baczynski who both work at Awesome Merch. They're both very talented designers and lovely people. Check them out! You can see some of Kristyna's amazing art at the Star Wars event.

That's it for another blog! If you've got anything you think will make an awesome blog, then tweet us!

Jhon x

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p.s Had a mega week in Leeds. Got so much awesome stuff in the promotional pipeline for you!

Hello everyone!

How are you? Apologies for the terrible title of this blog but it's a Sunday, my brain isn't totally functioning and it's all that I've got. Glad that's out of the way. On with the art! On the weekend of March 31st/April1st we invited Drew Millward to paint our office the colour of awesome. He kindly obliged and the outcome is incredibly awesome! You can watch the video here and see some amazing photos here. Please check out Drew's website as he is incredibly talented. Video wise, we must also thank Blacklisters for the heavy tune and Fresh Cut for the fresh cut. Glad I spelt that last link correctly. If you're tweeting about it, then please use #thegreatwallofdrew tag.

You can also see the video on Vimeo! and pick up Drew's Poster Roast shirt here.

Moving on from awesome art to even more awesome art. Ink & Paper, a large gig poster show organised by the UKPA will be taking place in London on 11th-13th May 2012. Here's the blurb!

'INK & PAPER is a major exhibition of gig posters by some of the world's best poster artists taking place May 11th-13th off London's Brick Lane at The Rag Factory. One of the first shows to feature many of the UK's current crop of poster designers alongside some of the best from Europe and the US, INK & PAPER will feature a vast array of limited, screenprinted gig posters for bands across the musical spectrum.'

Featured artists include: Adam Pobiak (UK/US), Brag Collective (UK), Comet Substance (CH), Damien Tran (FR), Dan Stiles (US), Diego Mena (UK/ES), Drew Millward (UK), Fugscreen Design (US), Graham Pilling (UK), Guy Burwell (US), Horse Design (UK), Jacknife (UK), Justin Santora (US), Kate Prior (UK), Lil Tuffy (US), Luke Drozd (UK), Mara Piccione (NL), Petting Zoo (UK), Sean Mort (UK), Switchopen (UK), Telegramme Studio (UK), Tiny Little Horse (IRE), Tom Lacey (UK), Twoducksdisco (UK), Michael Cowell (UK), Monkey Ink/John Howard (US) & WeThreeClub (UK).

We'll be in attendance at the event and you can find more out on this website or by mailing info@ukposterart.com - there's more info on the poster below and the Facebook event is here. One last thing from the word of art - please keep entering our 'Awe-Something' comp as you could win 50 shirts! Good luck.

Okay, that's enough from me! Stay in touch and keep it awesome.

Jhon x

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Ink & Paper - be there!

Drew admires his handiwork!