This month’s Juxtapoz Magazine – the celebrated, underground, urban and contemporary art mag — has an awesome 10-page feature on artist/illustrator Dan Seagrave. Best known for his seminal Death Metal album covers for bands, like, Entombed, Malevolent, Creation, Morbid Angel and Suffocation, Seagrave has transcended Metal stereotypes to create an impressive body of dreamy, macabre works. You can purchase his amazing prints on his Indiemerchstore page. (more…)

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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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Jakprints had the opportunity to be a part of a very unique project for the Brooklyn Museum of Art. When their Vishnu exhibit was in it’s initial planning stages they were trying to come up with an interactive way to explain Vishnu’s many avatars. Vishnu is one of Hinduism’s three major deities and the exhibit contains around 170 paintings, sculptures, and ritual objects that were made in India between the fourth and 20th centuries.

The solution was setting up a series of iPad kiosks to help guide visitors through the show. But first guests must choose which avatar to explore and take a tag with the coordinating image on it, that’s where we came into play.

Jeremiah Boncha a graphic designer at the museum and long time Jakprints customer suggested they use Favicards to print the avatar images on. After the pieces were printed, cut and rounded corners were added we placed a 3/16″ drill hole in the top left corner and attached an elastic band. Allowing visitors to place their specific card around their wrist as they explored the avatar they chose.

These excellent avatars were illustrated by Sanjay Patel you can find more of his stunning work here: http://www.gheehappy.com

These bins contain all the different avatars to choose from. Visitors are encouraged to explore as many as they would like. This fascinating exhibit is currently open and runs through October 2nd at the Brooklyn Museum of Art in Brooklyn, NY. For more information you can check out http://www.brooklynmuseum.org

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The 2011 installment of the Pitchfork Music Festival took place in Chicago’s Union Park July 15th – 17th. The Jakprints team caught up with our friend the Ice Cream Man to help pass out cold treats to overheated festival goers. The hot temperatures kept a steady line at the truck all weekend. Over 50,000 people attended the fest its a good thing we brought extra.

Pitchfork has made it their goal to create a reasonably priced summer music festival that provides an overwhelmingly positive, comfortable and fun festival experience for both attendees and musicians. With so many other summer festivals around Pitchfork has tried to do it’s best to stand out and has succeeded.

Some of this year’s performers include: Deer Hunter, TV On The Radio, Animal Collective, Ema, Battles, Guided By Voices, Neko Case, Thurston Moore, Fleet Foxes, Kylesa and Superchunk.

Frank Burton and Ice Cream Man were kind enough to lend us some great photos from this year’s event that you can view below.

Ice Cream Man keeping everybody cooled off.

Thurston Moore’s solo performance

Happy festival goer with her free ice cream

New Orleans rapper Curren$y gets up close with the crowd

EMA was one of most anticipated acts at Pitchfork.

The great thing about festivals are performances can pop up anywhere.

Dismemberment Plan was another hot act at Pitchfork.

Cut Copy playing at Pitchfork

Tv On The Radio closing out the festival.

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Jakprints attended this year’s HOW Design Conference and made a bang!

Another year has passed at HOW Design Live and we had a blast! After a lot of hard work (and a flat tire) we made it to Chicago and set up for a great time. We delivered a sets of Favicards to our friends at Blend Images and we even dropped off a set at the Moo Cards booth!  Hey we get it, you need to keep your eye on the competition.

Our booth was packed to the gills with custom merchandise from graphic tees and tote bags, to banners, stickers and business cards. When they opened up the doors Friday night it turned into a stampede of creatives! There were hundreds of people clamoring to grab totes, trinkets, and our exclusive Designer Toolkits — a must have for anyone in the industry.

In the Designer Toolkits we included:

• Favicards for your hand-to-hand social networking
• CMYK Stickers to promote the sticker contest that we’re throwing with CMYK Magazine
• Jakprints Stickers with our $99 sticker specials
• Jakprints Pricing Guides with a demo of our new invisible black light inks.
• And the Folding Ruler which has all the basics like font size as well as a bunch of designer templates for reference and highlighting our maximum shirt printing size of 28″ tall!

With a tweet from one of the attendees, the ruler was by far the biggest hit! ”Finally able to look at all my #HOWLive stuff & being a huge geek….so far my favorite thing: ruler with template sizes from @jakprints!” - @Kray4cy

We checked out some of the other exhibitors booths around the event too.  We were really impressed with the premium booths by Neenah Paper and HP as well as the smaller setups like Fastkit, a custom finishing and packaging house out of Miami Florida, and Wunderland, a staffing agency that focuses on connecting designers, marketers, copywriters, web and mobile developers with the companies that need them.

After the show ended we took full advantage of one last shot at networking and hit the dance floor to live music of the Blues Brothers at the closing night party which was sponsored by Neenah Paper.

In between conference time and lots of toolkit assembly we rode around the city enjoying the views where we could. All in all a great trip to the HOW Design Conference and the windy city, can’t wait for next year!

Downtown Chicago at night.

We packed the van without an inch to spare.
No flat tire can stop us!

Getting the apparel set up just right.

Our Designer Toolkits were the hot item at HOW Design live!

All set up!

Our friend’s at Blend Images with their new Favicards!

Always a fan of live art taking place.

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