CES (Consumer Electronics Show) 2012, aka Gadget Country, features every new electronic device you can imagine. We had a blast talking with the realistic, life-sized robots. Celebrities, like Justin Bieber, Tom Hanks, Jillian Michaels and – everybody’s favorite tech guru — Snooki, flocked to the event to help launch and promote products. One of the coolest products we saw was Sphero, a ball that you control with your iPhone or Android, a combination of real life and gaming all in one. The air was energetic as tech bloggers, media personalities and taste makers clamored to get a hands-on experience with all of this year’s newest gadgets.

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Our Jak Of All Trades Fest set a goal to raise money for our local charities and neighbors — MidTown Cleveland and the Community Greenhouse Partners — and we did it! We raised $2000 for each charity with our raffle prizes and beer donations. We were so excited about the donation that we had to print big checks, just like Ed McMahon!

What an amazing feeling to gather so much support for these wonderful charities and for Cleveland!

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Naturally, if it involves art and music, Jakprints wants to be a part of it. So, we were beyond stoked to be the official print provider for ORANJE — Indiana’s premiere art and music exposition.

ORANJE is an interactive event that showcases contemporary art and music within a stimulating, urban setting. In 2002, Adam Crockett and Ryan Hickey’s shared passion for art, music, experience and creativity gave birth to the first ORANJE; ten years later, it has grown into a regional powerhouse. ORANJE has showcased the talents of 250 fine artists, 125 musicians and 30 independent film makers; and, boasts an annual attendance of more than 3000!

Indy-based, full-service agency Matchbook Creative  were the brains and brawn behind the silver-and-orange themed 2011 collateral. They’ve worked with ORANJE for a number of years and devised the clean design — along with an eye-catching color scheme of Pantone Silver 877 C Spot color and bright CMYK orange — to celebrate ORANJE’s tenth anniversary. Matchbook did a phenomenal job promoting the event with promo postcards and posters; a limited-edition poster; 18-page onsite guide book; tickets with numbering; official ORANJE t-shirts; and custom VIP passes.

Our booth saw lots of traffic throughout the day, but we’d be remiss if we didn’t slink away to check out Indiana’s finest (and stuff our faces with Natalie Pipkin’s awesome mini cheesecakes from The Mini Bar).

Take a peek, here’s a few of the über talented people:

• Great art was everywhere, like, Jonathan Foerster’s otherworldly compositions, Kyle Spear’s unbelievable photography, Justin Schwab’s studies on time, and we’re now the proud owners of one of Cameron Oehler’s Triforce End-Grain Cutting Boards because… well, because it’s Zelda, that’s why.
• We can’t forget the bands! With so many fantastic musicians it felt like a certain Alfred Hitchcock flick: Irene & Reed’s sultry piano pop; new new wave Beta Male; Indy’s Paramore-esqe Neon Love Life; and the quirky jascha. were some of the acts we had the chance to catch while running around; definitely check ‘em out!
• Dan Trachtenberg’s Portal: No Escape had the internet buzzing a few weeks ago, but seeing it on the big screen was unforgettable.

Can’t wait for ORANJE 2012!

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We are happy to say that, despite the oppressive heat, Jak Of All Trades Fest rocked Cleveland this past Labor Day Weekend. We packed our one-day event with all things Jak and perfectly represented our love of skateboarding, art, music, fashion and bicycles. Local food trucks served up their best dishes while our complimentary beer and water kept more than 1500 attendees cool. There is no way we could have pulled off the event without the help of our headlining sponsor HP, our media sponsor Scene Magazine, our event coordinator Angela Hetrick, over 80 local sponsors or all of the amazing models and volunteers.

Skateboarding

Spectators and skaters alike enjoyed our skateboarding street course, while DJ’s Rob Ortenzi and Mister Bradley P provided the soundtrack. We collaborated with Public Square Group on a green-screen photo booth to help raise money for Crooked River Skate Park – bringing in more than $700 to help fund Cleveland’s very own world-class skate park!

Vendor Village

The Vendor Village was abuzz with visitors and vendors. Just to name a few: We had Atom Bomb Tattoo and Voodoo Monkey Tattoo available for walk-up consultations, while Foodgazi, Little Korboose, Scene Magazine and Washington, D.C., guest Sarkhead displayed their products and services. The savior of the day was Big Fun; their box full of squirt guns, enjoyed by young and old, was definitely a relief in the hot sun!

Art Mural + Acitvities

A big thank you to Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School for their event; Faber-Castell for the amazing Interactive Art Tent; all the artists that contributed to The William Rupnik Gallery Live Mural Art Installation sponsored by Fifth Third Bank; and Millcraft Paper Co. for providing the semi-truck for our art gallery that showcased many of our talented employees, customers and friends.

Tours

More then 500 people got a behind-the-scenes look at what makes Jakprints tick. We gave away 700 event shirts showcasing our exclusive soft vibrant inks with a 10-color print.  If you didn’t have a chance to take a tour, give us a call — we’d love to show you around!

Fashion Show

Without a doubt, our fashion show was the highlight of the day. More than 125 people watched our outstanding models from Ohio Model And Talent with hair and makeup by Crazy Mullets and Savvy Salon.  Tyler Mills of FDZ Clothing offered to DJ for the show as we showcased great boutiques and clothing lines. The styles seen were provided by: Banyan Tree, Dredgers Union, Brigade, Turnstyle, Bodek & Rhodes, indiemerchstore, Independent Trading Company, Shelf Life Clothing, Strhess Clothing, Stheart, iLTHY, FDZ Clothing, Western Evil and Angapunk.

Music

The live music stage — hosted by our emcees Brad Robinson and Michael “Bruzzie” Nassif of the Fuzzy Stones — kept things jamming. Local bands BattleStar, Two Hand Fools, Ultra Ultra, Cypher, Burger Boys and Megachurch showed that the Cleveland music scene is never dull. All of the six bands that played contained Jakprints employees as members!

Bicycles

If you rode your bike to the event with Joy Machines Bike Shop and Crank Set Rides, you know we offered a free bike valet throughout the day. A special thanks to Ohio City Whips for braving the hot sun and heat while keeping our bikes safe!  The Pedal Republik of Cleveland showed us what bike polo is all about, with pick-up games against rival teams from Pittsburgh and Columbus. They were also happy to give beginner lessons to whoever was interested.

Charity + Raffle

The excitement was palpable as we raffled off over 50 different and amazing prizes throughout the day. When it was all said and done, we raised $4,000 for our sponsor charities MidTown Cleveland and Community Greenhouse Partners. The food trucks also raised charity donations — StrEat Mobile Bistro raised $100 for the Cleveland Food Bank; Umami Moto raised $100 for the Berea Animal Rescue Fund; and Dim And Den Sum raised $75 for the Goodwill Industries Of Greater Cleveland. Together, we emptied 27 kegs of beer and had zero injuries!  If you donated a raffle prize, manned a table, took photos or helped out in anyway we are extremely grateful! If you were there to enjoy the day we hope you had as much fun as we did!

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Escape to New York, the three-day party and music festival happened Friday August 5th and was scheduled to run till Sunday Aug. 7th but due to rain Sunday was called off. Held at the Shinnecock Native American Reservation, this one of a kind event featured bands such as Patti Smith, The Psychedelic Furs and Best Coast. Installation and performance art, experimental theater, high-end glamorous camping “Glamping”, the world’s biggest brunch, culinary delights and traditional Shinnecock arts and crafts. Escape to New York is unlike any event on the east coast. It all began with the planting of a seed and similar to the UK’s Secret Garden Party, growing into a truly amazing and fun interactive event.

Jakprints was proud to help out with the design and printing needs for this years event.

These parking passes are 3.5 x 8.5 inch door hangers. Printed on 12pt gloss cardstock.

Digital Fusion Name Badge, printed on cloth and cut into various die cut shapes

Example of how these were worn and used during the fest.

Shirts, Lanyards and everything pictured above are great examples of materials we can produce not only for major festivals but for your event, concert or party to give it that professional look. We are excited we had the opportunity to work with Escape To New York and look forward to next year’s event! For photos and and video from this year head over to www.escape2ny.com

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Lollapalooza 2011 went off without a hitch in the lovely windy city and we were there with our good friend the Ice Cream Man. We soaked up some fun…..literally, the rain poured in buckets turning Grant Park into a giant mud pit. That didn’t stop the thousands of people who attended from enjoying a stacked lineup it also didn’t stop them from getting dirty. Taking a cue from rainy music festivals past the crowd embraced the mud. Sliding down wet hills and bathing in the massive puddles. Bands like the Foo Fighters risked electrocution to keep playing through the monsoon and give the crowd a great performance. Here’s a few photos courtesy of Ice Cream Man and JW Byer.

Sprawled out on the lawn waiting for the next band to set up

Ice Cream Man’s truck open for business

The Smith Westerns were a much talked about band leading up to the fest

Perryetty vs. Chris Cox featuring Lollapalooza founder Perry Farrell

A Perfect Circle were another band everybody was buzzing about after their set

The mud pit that was Chicago’s Grant Park

Lending a helping hand up the mud hill while others slide down

Others opted for mother nature’s stadium seating

Ratatat’s light show and background videos set their performance apart from the rest.

Coldplay closed out Friday night with a stunning performance.

With another festival in the books organizers are looking forward to next year and so are we! For live videos from this years performers head over to the official Lollapalooza You tube channel. For all photos from the festival check out the Lollapalooza Flickr page!

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