We had a good good good time up there. Pintxos, surf everyday, perfect climate and good company…what more can you ask for. A big ‘thank you’ goes out to all of our basque friends and all of our other friends that travelled very far to see the show. Barnafamily, Alien Surf, la prima + friends, Asier & Laura, Matias, Emerica, Dani & Christine, Xabi, Loreak Mendian and everybody else that dropped by…thank you!

Also, check out This little video of the show, the Flow family put together.

This is a youtube video of the ‘Untitled Documents’ live painting in Miscelanea Barcelona I did with BTOY, Inocuo, Mr.Case, Olivia y Jordan. Now the expo has moved to a gallery in Paris. More info at the Untitled website

Together with Pepa Prieto, Don Pendleton and others, I Exhibited 4 prints for the Element / Vice Artshow and party at Bread & Butter 2008. It was great finally meeting up with the other Element artists, the Element skateteam, Muska, Bam & all the other awesome dudes and dudettes at Element. Element for life.

Greetings from holland…

I’m in London these days doing interviews and collaborations with Levis Europe.

Yesterday the waves where amazing. My dad took the picture.

Casi estamos en el aire (part II). Stay tuned…

Closeup of my piece for the show at RAS. There is also 2 pink prints for sale.

Kelly Slater just won first round at teahupoo on his new board with one of my illustrations on top. tubetime!
More info here
(See more ASP Dreamtour Teahupoo 2008 photos by ‘Covered Images’ in the ‘work’ section.)

Untitled is still in town, and this time they decided to invite us to paint at miscellanea. BTOY, Inocuo, Mr.Case, JORDANE, Olivia & me will be there painting until wednesday. The opening is wednesday the 14th of may 21:00 at Miscellanea, c\ Guardia 10 08001 Barcelona. There will be Dj’s and live paint actiooon!

Tonight (may 6th) at 19:00 the opening and kickstart of the 8th Untitled Exhibition starts. This year they have gone nuts and have prepared several weeks of fun in the center of Barcelona. The opening takes place en RAS Libreria & Galeria, Doctor Dou 10. I have a piece there + some unique prints for sale. Others artists include people like: Martha Cooper, Element, Ryan Monihan, CemOne, Florian Boehm, Zedz, Inocuo, Jeremy Fish, Don Pendleton, Todd Francis and The Mountain…See you…

Casi estamos en el aire. Stay tuned…

I have teamed up with Index Book to author a book about Graphic Design, illustration and artsy shit applied to objects.
If you have some good photos of some killer work you have made, then please send LOW resolution files in. It can be graphics on skateboards, toothbrushes, ipod covers, pillows, cars, bags, winebottles, hats, snowboards and everything in between. We will get back to you for a 300dpi if selected.

Summary:
When I wake up, when I check the time, when I brush my teeth, when I get dressed, when I have breakfast, when I cross the street, when I call to say I’ll be late again, when I work, when I have a break, when I get back home, when I relax and when I go to sleep I am surrounded by graphics and illustrations.
 
Plenty Of Design takes a comprehensive look at how these graphics have entered our daily lives, and adorn everything from alarm clocks to skateboards. Not only do these graphics apply beauty, life and personality to our objects, but they also create a relationship with us, when they become part of the “visual soundtrack” to our lives.

This friday we went to the opening of the La Mono expo. It is up for a week, and I have some boards laying around in there.
Check it out at GALERIA FASHION DOGS (Francisco Giner, 15).

We are in Portugal. Surf everyday, and cows in the frontyard. Perfect!

Custom Kicks is about customized shoes, and it contain some of my stuff. Published by Laurence King UK. Buy it

Woohooo! Check out EL PAIS today. If you dont live in Spain, you can check out the online version here

Also, the spanish edition of Metro gave my show thumbs up a couple of days ago.

The opening turned out great. Tons of people, tons of candy, and lots of good fun. Thanks to everyone at Vasava, Vallery and everybody that showed up.
Stay tuned for a closer look of the works and for announcement of the winner of the trading magic competition.

A shot of the space a couple of seconds before the doors opened. A lot of people where waiting in the street for the show to start. I felt like a kid before xmas…

Another shot of the space before it opened. Everything nice and tidy…

Cyan overload!

People waiting to get in…

Inside some of the balloons we had hidden little notes. Some where prizes, others where blanks. This lucky girl found one with a prize. Emil Kozak + Furni alarmclock.

This guy won a Emil Kozak + LAB skateboard. He couldnt wait to take it to the streets. Happy to pass on some skate-fever. Rip it up!

The walls inside of the playhouse where covered with peoples childhood anecdotes and amazing stories. The house also had a candyjar with more than 2 Kg. of blue and white candy. It was all eaten within the first two hours!!!

Enric also took some photos. Check them here

Show-opening coming up. Here is a photo of my two awesome little helpers. Thanks guys!
Also note the wallpaper I made for Wallcollection behind the boards.

Spending alot of time at the gallery these days. They make me feel at home there. Here you see a picture of my house ive been putting together the last days. I’ll keep you updated on how it all turns out, and how the house will look painted. Stay tuned.

If you live in Catalunya you can hear me talking about my upcoming show at 18:00 tonight (saturday 19/1) on Com Radio (91 FM)

I am having an exhibition at Vallery Gallery in Barcelona. The opening is february 7th at 20:00. There will be music, posters, mixed media pieces, t-shirts, free drinks, candy and much more. See you in the pit!

Gallery address:
The Vallery Barcelona
Calabria, 85 local
08015 Barcelona, Spain
Website

Description of the show:
During my short existence on this planet, I have obviously been a kid or a teenager most of the time. Now that I´m a grown up, i would like to believe that imagination and curiosity are still with me.

My mom always tells me she is amazed of all the things i can remember from my childhood. Not only do I remember the usual anecdotes of setting stuff on fire and eating sand, but also how you would be playing your way through the days, wanting to build your own little universe.

The following works, are a celebration of childhood and the art of growing up without loosing the admiration for the little things in life. With this exhibition, I propose a trip to an imaginary blue space, that takes us through the 80´s, the means of transportation, The Fibonacci Code, fun and games, discovery of mortality, and ideas to remind us to dream of better places. Places where you can close your eyes, and for a second live in the moment as if it was the only reality, without worrying about the future and all the things that will go wrong.

Competition:
Send a photo (scanned digital format) from your childhood, or teenageyears, with a short story to go along with the photo. The best anecdotes will be exhibited at the gallery with my work. + The Funniest, sweetest or most crazy childhood memory will be rewarded with a Trading magic for facts T-shirt.

Various Photos from 2007 taken with my cellphone.
Click here to see all of them.

Check it out! Emil Kozak Goes Deutschland!

Merry xmas to everybody! Santa Rules!

Group expo at Vallery (barcelona) with people like Geneviève Gauckler, Syrup Helsinki, Kusta Saaksi, Rinzen, Mario Hugo, PMKFA and more… Thanks to Enric for the snaps from the opening.

more info here

Mmm… we went to the north on my birthday. Surf at low tide and pintxos at high tide. I broke my board the first day and ended up buying a new one.
For the geeks: It is a Pukas shaped by Wade Tokoro - 6,2 x 18 7/8 x 2 5/16, and I call it Milo…

Emil Kozak interview up at F’kn Mayhem

I am Featured and interviewed in the latest BAK magazine (issue 10). Read it here. You can also download the full PDF from their site

The other day my brother gave me a demostration of all the crazy flatland moves he had learned this summer. I was playing with my camera, and this wierd one came out.

Check out the cross-media article in the latests copy of Computer Arts (issue 142). There is a part about me, and some insights on how to work with cross-media projects.

This sunday the wavegod was kind to us. We had nice juicy ones all day long.

After a long time with a tiny flash website, we finally put together a little LAB website. Some of the older deck series will be put for sale there. buy boards.

I had a talk the other day with malaysian Syed Syahrul Zarizi. Read the interview here

here are a couple of pictures (taken from my cell-phone) from the last couple of days.
The nights are getting colder and the days are getting shorter. Like I wrote last year, I love this time of the year…empty beaches, waves and less distractions in general.

Also fall is good for geeking around on the internet. Check out this recent profile/interview MUSE did on me.

Buy one

Still living in boxes. Please have a bit of patience with my email-replies etc. The most important stuff is safe…the skateboards (brown boxes) and the computer, but there is still lots of setting up to be done… Maybe i’ll post a photo when its all clean and nice.

Moving to a new place. Here is the address:

Emil Kozak
C/ Casanova 20 1º2
08011 Barcelona
Spain

(New phonenumber coming soon)

I had a cozy talk with the nice people from P1. Tune in on DR (P1) Tuesday 15.15 - 16.00 to hear some thoughts on my work and sand between the toes. (Sorry, it is the Danish national radio and the show is aired in danish only)

look out for this project, that im involved in… sounds pretty funny, right?

Had a little chat with the nice guys at DesignFreak. Read the interview here.

Two designs by four artists. Eight tshirts per release. Each design is run off in limited quantities of 200 across all sizes. Once sold out, thats it.

I was selected to make 2 designs for this season. check them out here.

I had a little talk with UnderSpray the other day. Read the Interview here. Their concept is pretty interesting. Each artist interviewed is asked to nominate 1 or 2 others to be interviewed… Thats how the site expands… sweet!

Just got back from some amazing days in the south of france / Pais Vasco. We have been surfing alot of different types of waves, and we now have most of the coastline covered. Wednesday (almost like the movie) evening we had a stellar session with sunset, overhead and glassy. This photograph is from that evening. Antonio is already in the water, and I am right behind him running like crazy.

Packing up my stuff, since we are heading off to the north of Hossegor tomorrow for a couple of days of fun. We will drop by at the Flow Store in San Sebastian for some pintxos and to discuss an interresting project - I will tell you more about that, in the near future. Gooooin’ left!

I just recieved some flip flops i designed for ykiki. When i get a bit more time ill propably put some of them in the ‘work’ section.
Summer!

Here goes the first batch of tees. Each colorway are usually limited to only 15-35 pieces. So you have to be quick.

Yesterday we went to an old mill, outside Barcelona, to see one of my favorite bands - Boom Boom Kid. They where amazing. He even surfed the crowd, using a flightcase as surfboard. Insane! I cant wait to see them again.

Im updating some parts of the site. You might have noticed that everything is turning blue! woa, mama! Also, the contest (that was starting to be a tiiiiny bit outdated…) has been taken out of the menu. But don`t worry, you can still see all the submissions here.

One of the tees (2 colorways) are up now - go go go!
2 more will follow plus a little surprise…

Check out the latest IDN and find a tiny feature about me…

These days we are having some great days at the local Primavera Sound Festival. Good times with good friends and visits from Denmark. Jeah! (’battles’ where pretty kickass)

“You know… When you look around this scene (design industry) certain people stand out! We are talking about the guys & girls doing their thing, and doing it well. Each have there own special properties, from the design dinosaurs that have been established for eons, guys who produce good work and produce it fast (prolific), those that do great things with new software and IT new media developments, and then there are those new talents that you gotta watch out for…you know? The ones that hit the scene with a huge thud and blow everybody away. They take advantage of you not looking and then sneak up on you!

Well Emil Kozak is just that kinda talent! Young, gifted, and bright with a kick ass design portfolio to boot. Originally from Denmark and now firmly relocated and entrenched in the beautiful city of Barcelona, Emil is in the perfect position to let his talents grow into something long term and of value.”

I had a little chat with ‘Feed me cool shit’ Read more

We went surfing at the old cement factory this weekend. Its a mystical place. It looks like the moon. Everything is covered in concrete and graffiti, and to gain entrance you have to jump fences and climb walls (almost).

Around 20 of my logos are published in the new logo-book from Victionary.

Yup, that’s right. New tees are coming up in a week or so. New designs and new colorways.
I just got back from Albert & friends, and it looks very promising. The photo is a sneak-peak of a new design.
Da Vinci is Da Bomb!

As usually I make really small runs, so you need to work quick on that keyboard if you’d like to join the party!

This weekend gave us a good swell. Alicia took this picture of a crowded “Cementerio”. The first person that can guess which black dot on the photo is me, I`ll send a free T-shirt. (one guess pr. person)

CONTEST IS OVER!
The contest is already over. After only 10 minutes and 8 people guessing, Frank Schouwaerts from Belgium runs with the price. Damn, you people are fast!!! thank you for playing. Btw. I am no. 5 from the left.
More games coming up, Stay tuned.

Just went through some older photographs, and bumped into this one, that I took some years ago of a good friend. Can`t believe how fast the years are passing.

This morning in Aiguadolc was a good way to start the day. Small waves, but good fun. Friday we went to Les Angles to snowboard some powder…mmm…I am on a roll.

I had a little talk with behance about my work and staying organized. Check out the feature here.

We went to fallas in Valencia and it was da bomb.

weeee…. I got me some new boards for “testing”.

Once again, swiss magazine, ID Pure, give me some coverage. This time they have a nice feature about the anniversary contest.

I thought it was time to share some of my favorite ‘youtube’ skateboard movies.

1) John Motta - Crazy Tugknee’s and creative lines.
2) Pt. 1 Pt. 2 Pt.3 - Chris haslam and Daewon Song are having a good time indoors.
3) Brian ‘Slash’ Hansen - SLASHIN’

Yesterday we had a fun little session at Masella with my brother (white goggles). swoooosh!
I you are in the mood for watching some funky snowboarding, check out this teaser:
DC mtn. lab

I have spend the weekend in Denmark, celebrating birthdays, witnessing the art of ‘circuit-bending’ and fooling around in the woods…

Today it is my moms birthday. My dad took this beautiful picture.

Happy birthday bro. This is a photo of him from when he was 16 …

…Still working with wood. Stay tuned.

Lots of new stuff is coming up…

DanskDynamit.com just launched, a danish portal about design, art, streetart, fashion and architechture. Come by for a visit and check out the logo.

The french sneaker and street-culture magazine, Shoes Up, feature 20 designers and their shoes in their latest issue. My shoes are blue & I stepped in goo. What ever happened too Shoe-Goo™ by the way?

I am part of an art-show in Portland (US) Saturday the 3rd of february with Cody Hudson, Jeremyville, HuskMitNavn, TADO, Little Friends of Printmaking and many others. All the invited artists have each chosen a different dog breed. I chose The German Shepherd…VUF! Check it out if you are in the area.

More info here

Also this year I am in the mighty series of alternative logotipes by Die Gestalten. This year 7 of my logos are featured.

Here you can read an online interview with me.

My friend PlasticKid and his band The Fashion are some talented dudes with good taste (check his T-shirt) uh yeah!

I am pick of the month (February) in one of my favorite magazines. IDN Magazine. Sweet!

Uhh, I finally recieved my new surfboard with custom emil-drawing. For the geeks: it is a CI Al Merrick Flyer 6′3.

Lately I have been featured in a lot of magazines and books. Interview in ONO skatemagazine. Artwork in Exit Stragedy… etc.

I was just flickering through some of my photos Mexico, and found these two trashcan-pictures. Mickey and Pluto reminded me of handrawn band-logos on Schoolbooks… Let the good times roll.

Here in Barcelona we are expecting a good little swell coming in wednesday or thursday. Today some of them where already rolling in…

Read about my artwork for monsieur t. here

The celebrate the first real day of fall here in Barcelona I decided to spend some of the early morning hours in some very gloomy, but amazing waves. Water: 21 °C / Air: 13°C

I just got a copy of the latest Beautiful Decay, that has my feature… It is a pretty rad magazine, so make sure to grab one.

After alot of traveling in november (one trip to San Diego and San Francisco and later on the month to Mexico) Im at the HQ…

A couple more shots from Mexico.

Just back from Mexico…an amazing place…
Here are some photos of a group of kids I saw biking around the streets. They had the coolest little bikes and it looked like they had a great time splashing through ponds and riding fast.

The last update before the flight back home to barcelona.
I has been an amazing trip. Almost has`nt felt like work at all. Big big big thanks goes out to Lindsay, Lesley, Damon and the rest of the VANS family.

mmmexican takeaway San Francisco-style…

Still spending some time at the VANS offices before going back to europe tomorrow. It will be a bit sad going. It has been some amazing days. The stuntwood on the photo is the coolest little board ever… sweet.

Had a bit of time to feel what an awesome city San Francisco is today. Lots of funny people on the streets and lots of action. What a great day…

The last view of San diego. Taken from the rental car parking spot at the airport.

After a couple of awesome days with a good blend of work and sightseeing, i am now boarding the the plane back to San Francisco. No more meetings and presentations on this trip. I am looking forward to a good nights sleep at good ol`hotel california. The following days I will start up on the new product line. Can`t wait…

Everything here at Vans is “Vansified” and nicely done. This is the entranceticket for a party yesterday.

Too cool for school. We just got back from a bit of skating. One of the Sales rep`s took this picture of me. I love the carpet, but I look angry and tired. I am not angry, but tired yes…

Most of today has been workrelated. Lots of nice people. Lots of awesome clothes. Look out for Vans snow 07. It is yummy.

I am featured in the next edition of swiss magazine IDPURE. check it out.

idpure is a magazine (English and French) dedicated to professionals working in the graphic arts, images and design, as well as to those working in the areas of creation and visual communication. It is also addressed to people who are sensitive to and interested in their visual environments. idpure offers a comprehensive picture of the world of creation in Switzerland and abroad. It also provides a meeting place between professionels and customers in the domain.

American breakfast. Notice the size of that cafè latte… I could only drink around 1/3.

Seems like everybody is surfing here. Tons of different boards, people and styles. everything from singlefins to guys with baseball-hats in the water. Yes, i actually saw two guys with wetsuit, surfboard and baseball-hats…

Just arrived to San Diego. Im off for some sightseeing. ill post some snaps when i get back to the hotel.

The following days ill try to keep a photo-diary going. Here is the first set. Im now in San Francisco, but only for a very little while. Today ill be picked up and we will go to San Diego For The VANS kickoff meeting. I was told to bring my wetsuit, so hopefully there will be a bit of sightseeing and surfing involved.

This photo is from London, where i had to change flights. Heathrow airport is one of the most depressing places on earth. everything is greyish except for this blue cup.

Big-ass jet.

One of the thousand amazing views i had along the flight. This is North Alaska. Brutal and unforgiving nature.

Finally Im here. dizzy and jetlagged. Staying at the Hotel California… Dont think it has anything to do with the eagles though. I went for a tiny walk around the city and had a cola and burger at original Joes. big and yummy. The Colas are bigger here, than i europe… the burgers too… pretty much everything is…

Ok, Im off to the airport once again. Stay tuned.

For my birthday, the other day, a got this little wifi-robot. It is a Nabaztag and It is called Neng.

The Ykiki 2007 Collection… here is a preview.

The funky italian fashion PIG Magazine features some of my work.

Just got back from a concert with Samiam. Great band. Saw a guy with a millencollin teeshirt. Goodtimes. Goodtimes.

Look out for the latest issue of the swedish magazine called transition. There is a feature and interview with me

Keep your eyes out for the next issue of Dont Panic magazine. I was asked to illustrate the cover.

After a great week in sunny Denmark (yes, the sun was actually shining) I am back in Barcelona. I had a great stay Matter Design Studio - the tiny (in size) giants of Corporate ID. Yesterday we had amazing waves here. I was out from six in the morning until six in the evening. It was perfect.

Since september is my favorite month to be in the water, I had to re-use a mix of artwork from various projects, so the paint can dry before the waves returns.

Just back from a green trip to the north. unfortunately the ocean was not in the mood for waves as good as last year, but we had a great trip nonetheless. Lots of ‘thankyous’ goes out The flow guys and the basque familia. Agur y nos vemos…

San Sebastian. Amazing little city.

There is always alot of activities in this place. Rowing, surfing, skating, playing…

Typical Basque typography. Read about it here

One of my Hulger phones will be displayed and auctioned at this event:
Conceived and launched by Priya Prakash and Alexander Grünsteidl, Digital Wellbeing believe in reducing choice whilst injecting personality into the collection that they present.

On show is a blend of consumer electronics, fashion and work from internationally acclaimed and locally sourced interaction designers and media artists. Digital Wellbeing seeks to create an inspirational environment that nurtures harmonious relationships between products. Discover not just electronic appliances, but also furniture, accessories, books, music, games and online services.

Links:
http://www.londondesignfestival.com/
http://www.digitalwellbeing.eu/dwb/

Digital Wellbeing Showroom
Black&White
The Shop at Bluebird
350 King’s Road
London SW3 5UU

Press Preview / Launch Evening
1900 - 2100 Thursday 14th of September 2006
Opening Dates
Friday 15th - Saturday 30th September 2006
Daily Opening Hours
Monday / Tuesday / Friday / Saturday 1000 - 1900
Wednesday / Thursday 0900 - 1900
Sunday 1200 - 1800

We are heading off to Pais Vasco for a couple of days, to drop by at the flow store and goof around in the big waves. (the photos are from when we went last year)

Check out this TackyWorld interview, its an english version of the interview i posted some time ago…

I recieved some of the boards i made for The flow Store in San Sebastian.
mmm, nothing better than waking up to packages like that. The print turned out awesome. notice the upper-side of the board - 100% screenprinted.

Check out this funny clip about skateboarding from 1966. (i stole the link from the website of The Flow Store…jeje)

I am featured on Illustration Mundo these days. Illustration Mundo is an awesome website run by the equally awesome Nate williams.

On the cover of national Danish newspaper next to Elvis!!!
(Saturday the 19th)

In this month’s copy of Beautiful Decay there will be an interview and a feature about me. Awesome magazine - grab a copy!

I am now working on 2 hulger phones for an upcoming exhibition with Alejandro Castañeda and Ruben “Zoonchez”. As soon as the prices and details are confirmed ill post it here.

“Mobile phones are not only a bit boring but there are also rumours that they cook your brain. At HULGER we think this is a bad thing & in initial tests we see that the P*PHONE cuts radiation exposure to the head by around 90%. We think that cooking is something good for food, not brains.”

My brother came for a visit. We had such a great time. Lots of skating, lots of food & lots of doodles…

If you are lucky you will recieve a free pin when you order a t-shirt. I think you are lucky…

New Tees in the shop. Buy now and get free pin.