Stuart managed to finish the London Fashion Week artwork just in time; the ink on the prints was still drying as the package was bundled into the courier’s hand. The TV launch was arranged to happen on the same day as the launch party. So two huge and important deadlines hung over the studio. We worked like bitches. Last minute edits, encoding, party props and phone calls had to be done; not to mention all the usual business. It was exhausting and the weather was still torturously hot. Expectations were high and the press interest was considerable; Zakiya became a fixture at my desk, earphones inserted, a frown of concentration permanently in place.Jim and Nigel brought over a stack of busted TV’s and computer monitors and we sprayed them with AYCE and antagonistic MTV logos. He also brought his very cute West Highland Terrier, Daisy.



Daisy ran around the studio floor sticking her wet nose into every nook, examining the bins, sniffing Wilco’s tank. We need a dog, we thought, watching her run about and cause chaos. Stuart is musing on the idea of getting a Pug and calling it Mao. I hope he does. The TV launch and party went extremely well, we were too trashed to think too hard about it the next day; Stuart had been awake all night overseeing the first broadcasts, I had been with Jim holding the fort at AYCE the party. When the dust finally settled we could see it had been worth it.



















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