TAPE Launch – 24th September 2009 7pm till close, free entry

International designer Ryan Frank and Indie label TAPE hit the charts at this year’s London Design Festival
New UK Indie record label TAPE will be exhibiting their launch range of merchandise designed by Ryan Frank,
and will also be showcasing some of their musical talent at Music/bar
venue 93 Feet East 150 Brick Lane, London. Expect big sounds and live
performance from YoMundo, Animals on Wheels, Theo Bard and the Super
Luckies.
The merchandise range to be launched currently consists of a computer
cover, a universal phone/mp3/handheld sleeve and a vinyl record sleeve.
All products are handmade from fabric-backed 100% cork, with a custom
stitched edging in a selection of bold colours.
This range of sustainably sourced cork-based products will grow over
the next few months, so expect some new edgy, eco-chic products to
emerge from the depths of London’s Borough of Hackney. TAPE’s founder
Daniel Cross decided to keep production in E9, thereby supporting local
business and keeping transport to a minimum.
Daniel says: “Music is going digital, maybe we are old school, but we
love the physical element. So teaming up with Ryan to develop a
complimentary, tactile and cool music-oriented product range makes big
sense, and so far the response has been super positive.”

You can purchase the product range here: http://taperec.com/shop/products/

Dimensions of Vinyl sleeve:                 265/265 mm            
Dimensions of cpuPouch:                    425/290 mm
Dimensions of iPouch:                         130/88 mm

Shoreditch Shelf – 23rd and 25th September 2009

Ryan Frank free-range furniture designer prepares for battle with international art group – Secret Wars.
Ryan’s latest project the ‘Shoreditch-Shelf’ becomes a battle field for premier art group ‘SecretWars’
The SecretWars graffiti artists group, take their trademark ‘marker-pen’ illustration contest to the London Design Festival using Ryan Frank’s iconic shelf as canvas.
The first live art battle will take place directly on to a
Shoreditch-Shelf in the Bricklane Gallery on Wednesday the 23rd at 3pm.
Two respected artists will do an illustration directly onto the
Shoreditch Shelf, from both sides at the same time.
On Friday the 25th from 2-5pm the Secret Wars posse will then take
their markers and might to the courtyard of 93 Feet East, where they
will step onto a purpose built stage and commence another ‘art jam’.

The completed
boards will be put on display in the Bricklane Gallery, where they can
be selected to be transformed into a unique Shoreditch-Shelf. www.thebricklanegallery.com

Origins of The Shoreditch Shelf
The Shoreditch Shelf is inspired by the now iconic Hackney Shelf, which
originated when large white boards were installed at graffiti
‘hot-spots’ around East London, allowing for graffiti and sporadic
stenciling. Once covered boards were removed and transformed into
mobile shelving units, bringing London street art indoors.

About SecretWars
Secret Wars is the World’s premier live art battle – working in
similar ways to Fight Club, where two contenders have a set amount of
time to make an illustration using black marker pens in front of an
audience. For more information, go to Www.secretwars.co.uk

1st ‘artjam’ 3pm on Wednesday  23rd of September – 196 BRICK LANE, E1 6SA, 3pm
2nd ‘artjam’  2-5pm 25rd of September- Yard @ 93 Feet East. 150 Brick Lane, East London E1 6QL

Dimensions of Hackney Shelf:                   1800/1200/450 mm

Enzo- stacking stool – 24rd and 26th September 2009
Ryan Frank international free-range furniture designer launches ‘Enzo’ stool with live performance workshop

‘Enzo’ a felt-free version of the celebrated ‘Isabella’ stool, spices up this now in-demand range.
Constructed
from a solid section of spruce wood the stool represents a more budget
rugged option, while keeping the same iconic shape.
Spruce is a certified European softwood sourced from managed forests,
ideal for heavy-duty usage. The fun and functional stools can be
stacked on top of each other when not in use creating the trademark
totem pole structure.
‘Enzo’ comes in a selection of natural wood stains, boasting a range of bold and earthy colours.

To promote the new colour range, Ryan will be hosting an ‘organic’ staining workshop on Thursday and Saturday the 24th & 26th of Sept in the yard area of 93 Feet East.
Live on stage the designer will be showcasing the purpose build
‘Scuff-o-nator’ – a contraption allowing the designer to blotch,
blemish, scuff and stain a limited number of ‘Enzo’ stools with a range of vegetables, spices & herbs.

Origins of Enzo
Enzo is the little brother of the celebrated Isabella stool. Isabella is a totem pole style stacking stool made from straw and wool felt.
Isabella recently won ‘Most sustainable product’ 2008/09 at the Hidden
Arts annual award, received an Honorable Mention at the annual Green
Dot Award 2008, and has been selected by the National Design Museum of
New York for inclusion in the next Design Triennial exhibition.
Enzo and Isabella are in production in the UK and distributed in the
EU. In an effort to reduce transport and support local manufacturing a
second producer in the USA is used for distribution in the Americas

1ST workshop Thursday 24th September 1-4pm – 93 Feet East, Yard, 150 Brick Lane, East London E1
2nd workshop Saturday 26th September 1-4pm – 93 Feet East, Yard, 150 Brick Lane, East London E1

Dimensions of Enzo:                   400/400/200 mm

About Ryan Frank
Ryan Frank is a South African born furniture designer living and working in East London. His collection of edgy free-range furniture makes frequent use of sustainable materials and draws inspiration from the urban landscape and his African roots.
His work has also won Ryan several awards including a Green Dot Award
2008, Most Sustainable Product 2006/07 and Most Environmentally
Conscious Company 2008/09 at the Hidden Arts Annual Awards ceremony.
For more information visit www.ryanfrank.net

About the venue 93 Feet East – Live music venue and bar.
150 Brick Lane London, E1 6QL www.93feeteast.co.uk

[Bradford, UK - 7th August 2009] — Bradford-based CD and DVD replication company, wewow Ltd.,
have announced the launch of their dedicated ‘green’ media packaging arm weEco.co.uk.  
www.weEco.co.uk will showcase wewow’s rapidly expanding range of bespoke, environmentally
friendly packaging solutions for the optical media industry.
 
wewow have proved that bespoke packaging solutions such as WowPak and WowWallet provide
added value to CD and DVD projects and as the demand for eco-friendly packaging has mounted, an
increasing need to supply a wide range of cost-effective and sustainable packaging options has
developed.

With the launch of the weEco website, wewow will be able to develop their innovative range of
sustainable packaging solutions for the industry.  Their focus will remain upon providing
cost-effective alternatives to traditional plastic based packaging and ensuring that the choices
available are plentiful.
 
The launch of weEco.co.uk will be marked by the launch of a unique packaging design competition
which seeks to encourage students and graduates to innovate sustainable packaging designs for the
media industry.  As wewow remain dedicated to encouraging the industry to ‘go green,’ this
design competition will seek to encourage the next generation of packaging designers to think in
terms of sustainability as well as creativity.

Wewow limited have announced
plans to launch a unique product design competition in the coming months. 
Following the success of wewow’s ‘WOW’ range of eco-friendly media
packaging products, the Bradford-based company are looking to encourage
students, graduates and budding product designers to develop innovative,
‘green’ packaging solutions for the optical media industry. 

Managing Director Stuart Jones
commented; “wewow is a market-leader in the CD/DVD eco-packaging arena
and we are keen to work with the very best design talent to spark new
packaging ideas and concepts that benefit our clients and the environment.” 

The competition will be launched
in September 2009 to mark the launch of their specialist ‘green’
packaging arm – weEco.co.uk.  weEco will showcase a wide range
of environmentally friendly packaging solutions and seeks to encourage
the industry to consider other card-based options as opposed to the
ubiquitous Jewel/DVD case. 

The winning designer will work
with wewow Ltd. to develop and commercialise their ideas which will
hopefully spawn a new range of eco-packaging solutions and change the
face of the optical media industry forever! 

Universities, colleges and
individuals who are interested in participating in the competition should
contact wewow by emailing competitions@wewow.co.uk

Appearing
this month on the shelves in WH Smith and Borders nationwide, new eco-living
directory BOOK OF GREEN is the most comprehensive guide for everybody to
genuinely and easily green their lifestyles.

With
the general public currently becoming more receptive to living a more
eco-friendly life, this completely free guide points the consumer in the right
direction – it includes hundreds of approved ethical providers in a wide range
of sectors including business services, health and beauty, home and garden,
green energy, travel, parenting and food & drink.  All the companies
in the directory are in some way mostly or completely environmentally friendly,
sustainable, fair trade, organic,  ethical and socially responsible.

Book
of Green is intended to show everybody how to easily reduce their carbon
footprint, live a healthy lifestyle and make  a personal positive 
impact on the environment by integrating truly ethical products and services
into their daily home and family lives.

With
an initial print run of 30,000, the guide comes in a handy A5 format and is
printed in vegetable inks on 100% recycled paper.  An online flip magazine
version is also available at www.bookofgreen.com 
 Book of Green will be available in WH Smiths this July, attached to the
front of Permaculture Magazine as well as distributed across the UK in high
street eco stores, online eco stores, and at events during the summer as well
as at the Eden Project and the Kent Eco Village, the Kent Show by The
Ecologist, July 17-19.

Book
of Green is co-founded by Sue Jueno (founder of Allthingseco) and Katie Keegan
(founder of One Green Earth),
 whose combined experience of 6 years in the eco/ethical business arena
has given them the experience, knowledge and contacts to create a guide for
green living which everybody can trust.

“Being
green is more than reducing the threat of climate change, it’s also about
ethical trading and personal health.  The companies found within Book of
Green provide solutions across all sectors through their products &
services to help build a positive foundation for your family’s future
generations,”  says Katie Keegan.

“With
credit crunch in mind and a passion for promoting green shoot businesses we
have made Book of Green extremely affordable to advertisers and free to the
public to show off exceptional companies that are solving environmental
problems and that will be leading us into the future,” says Sue Jueno.

Sharing the environmental attributes
of the original WowWallet, wewow’s latest innovation can be produced
from FSC accredited stock or 100% recycled board and does not require
any matt or gloss laminate.  Furthermore, the wallet can be accompanied
by an FSC accredited booklet, with the option to use vegetable based
inks. 

More information on wewow’s range of
eco-friendly optical media packaging can be found at http://www.wewow.co.uk/wowwallet.asp

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The date for this year is Sunday 5 October from 10am – 5pm. in the Market Hall, Abergavenny. We have backing from Fairtrade Wales as well as local businesses and Abergavenny Council. There will be plenty of local and regional press coverage as well as BBC Wales.

Last year saw a huge attendance and we will increase this year. Stalls last year included – Love Zimbabwe, Goodies from the Gambia, Bag- Age, Bryn – y – Cwm project, Smouldering Sage,Biltong 2 U,Tropical Forest, Fairtrade Abergavenny & Crickhowell, Tools for self reliance, VSO, etc.

We also had fantastic catering from Scrumptious catering and Taste Zimbabwe. We will be having the Fairtrade fashion show again and the drumming workshop from Dave Roberts. Also, hopefully the amazing Chrys Blanchard and Abercapella. We have a school group performing African Dance and hope to be bringing over from Zimbabwe Sam Mtukudzi son of Oliver (Tuku) the most well known Zimbabwean artiste.

There will be a childrens area this year with face painting and a bouncy castle. Music and entertainment will be going on all day and there will be lots more to announce as we get nearer to the date. I realise that it is still relatively early, but it would help us enourmously if those who are interested in taking a stall this year could let me know as soon as possible. Looking forward to seeing you all in October.

Kind Regards,
David and Martha Holman.

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