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Rock Paper Show Event - Chicago Release Party

The latest in the Rock Paper Show release events across the country is this week at Chicago’s Renegade Handmade. Come join us to celebrate, get your own copy and have it signed by a multitude of the talented artists and designers in town for Flatstock 26 (at Pitchfork).

Event Details:
July 15th
Renegade Handmade
1924 W Division Street, Chicago, IL
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

SSD at Pitchfork

While in Chiacgo we’ll be attending Pitchfork Music Festival, where we’ll be on site selling merchandise July 16th-18th . We’ll have our own booth there, stocked with deluxe editions of Rock Paper Show, ReFRAMEs for all the posters you buy at Flatstock, and a selection of our favorite SSD apparel, as well as a few surprises, all with special weekend discounts.

Pitchfork Music Festival Details:
July 16th-18th
Union Park 1501 W Randolph St, Chicago, IL

New Musician as Designer T-Shirt - Nick Zinner

If you haven’t yet, make sure to check out the latest installment in our Musician as Designer series. The new t-shirt, printed on organic Alternative Apparel garments, features Nick Zinner as designer. Zinner, who lives in New York City, is a founding member of Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Head Wound City, as well as an accomplished photographer. There are only 84 pieces in this (very) limited edition, so be sure to get one before they’re out.

Stay Tuned for these Upcoming Projects at SSD:

The 10th edition of our Artist Music Journals series is arriving shortly, featuring designer Brian Roettinger. Founder of the design studio/record label Hand Held Heart, Roettinger has received the highest praises for his album art and design for No Age and Liars. Speaking of No Age, Brian’s installment in the ongoing series is extra-special - the book comes with a one-sided 10″ record, featuring 3 exclusive tracks from No Age and Brian, who collaborated to present the musical accompaniment to Brian’s visual journal. Pre-orders will be available within the next 3 weeks.

We’re also really excited to start production this week on Touchable Sound: A Collection of 7-inch Records from the USA. The upcoming book features over 300 records from the past 25 years, essays from figures as talented and diverse as Justin Pearson (Three One G / Locust), Sam McPheeters (Vermiform / Born Against), Tom Hazelmyer (Amphetamine Reptile), Kristin Thompson (Simple Machines), and more, as well an introduction by Henry H. Owings (Chunklet Magazine). Each record was photographed, researched, and documented in this homage to labor intensive, artistically driven, exceptionally packaged 7’s, which continue to influence and define modern record packaging design.

Last but not least, stay on the look out for our 2010 Collection. It will feature five talented designers and ten amazing bands. The first release will feature Animal Collective and Atlas Sound, as designed by the talented Rob Carmichael/Seen Studio, as well as Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Pantha du Prince, as designed by the incredible Hisham Bharoocha. More info and pre-orders coming soon. In the meantime, stock up on the remaining designs from the 2009 Collection, all at 40% off.

Justin Thomas Kay’s edition in the ongoing Vinyl is Forever line has been very well received by the ever fickle design and t-shirt blogosphere. Here are a a few highlights:

Hide Your Arms
Add/cteed
Sunshine+Design
Fat Seagull

Don’t forget to enter the contest running on Insound, where you can win one of each garment released for Edition 04.

We are thrilled to announce the fourth installment in our ongoing Musician as Designer series, featuring the work of Jeremy Earl. Jeremy’s book of drawings and collages entitled Skull, published by Not Not Fun, is a reflection of his love for the ephemera of the human mind, the everlasting peace of the animal spirit, and mummified head hands. Earl plays guitar in the evenings with Woods and sells fine archaic audio artifacts through the labels Woodsist and Fuck it Tapes. He is a dual citizen of Warwick and Brooklyn, New York.

Musician as Designer
Edition 04
Artist: Jeremy Earl
Edition Size: 60

Printed in a very limited quantity on Alternative Apparel organic garments, Jeremy’s installment features individually tie-dyed garments (done by Jeremy himself) and an original 1 color design (deep red) screen printed on organic crew neck t’s.

There are 60 shirts in this installment, available in unisex XS-XL.

A very limited quantity of the first 3 Musician as Designer t’s, by Hisham Bharoocha, Bjorn Copeland, and Eye, respectively, are available in our shop.

On the heels of the our most successful Vinyl is Forever line to date (Edition 03, designed by Rob Giampietro), the fourth installment features the design of Justin Thomas Kay, as well as our first 2-sided design. The line is available exclusively from Soundscreen Design’s shop.

Edition 04 features 2 color versions of crew neck t’s, 2 color versions of pullover hooded sweatshirts, and a square-bottom, oversized grocery tote.

Lot’s of Rock Paper Show activity to report as we approach the release date. This week will be the first of a series of events around the country promoting the books release. Rock Paper Show’s curator, Geoff Peveto, as well as a strong group of local artists featured in the book will be doing speaking / signing engagements in Portland and Seattle this weekend. Come on down, say hi, and get your copy of Rock Paper Show before anyone else in your neighborhood.

Portland Event Details:
May 21st
Reading Frenzy
921 Southwest Oak Street, Portland, OR
7:00-9:00 pm

Reading Frenzy is pleased to host a Portland release of Rock Paper Show and exhibit this on-going visual history with a show of original posters from the book. Local artists Mike King, Gary Houston, Dan Stiles, Andy Diesel and Casey Burns will be in attendance, along with Jeff Kleinsmith of Patent Pending, and Geoff Peveto, president of API and coordinator of the International Flatstock Poster Convention. Free beer from Ninkasi!

Seattle Event Details:
May 22nd
Damaged Goods
2316 2nd Avenue, Seattle, WA
6:00 - 9:00

President of the American Poster Institute and curator of Rock Paper Show, Geoff Peveto will be on hand to discuss the project and sign copies with fellow Seattle contributors including artists from the design studios of Patent Pending, Ames Bros, Artillery Design, The New Year, Power Slide Design Co., Stubborn Sideburn and UglyBogus. Join us Saturday for a complimentary glass of Renegade Wine, then check out the book and the original twenty posters created exclusively for it’s release.

There will be events in NYC (at The Strand) and Austin (at Domy) in the coming weeks, followed by Chicago and San Francisco in July. Stay tuned for details.

Pre-orders will begin shipping at the end of next week. If you have not ordered yet, please go to our shop. The deluxe edition is still available, but going quickly.

The fourth installment in our ongoing Vinyl is Forever organic apparel line is in production. Designed by the ever-brilliant Justin Thomas Kay, Edition 04 will feature a choice of  color (white with black ink / black with white ink) for each garment type of crew neck t’s and pullover hoodies, while the oversized grocery tote will be available in white with black ink only. Made from premium, organic cotton, all the base garments are from Alternative Apparel.

Edition 04 will be available for pre-order in the coming weeks, but you can stock on the remaining items from previous Vinyl is Forever (featuring Human Empire, Andreas Samuelsson and Rob Giampietro) lines now and take advantage of our 20% off sale.

Big day for Soundscreen Design as we got two new, limited-edition products up for pre-order in our shop.

The third and latest installment in the Musician as Designer T shirt line, curated byHisham Bharoocha and Soundscreen Design, features the intricate design of the legendary Eye, of Boredoms fame. Printed in a very limited quantity on Alternative Apparel organic garments, Eye’s installment features an original 2 color design (white base with black overprint) screen printed on “earth green” color organic crew neck t’s. There are 72 shirts in this installment, available in unisex XS-XL.
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The latest installment in the Artist Music Journals series showcases the amazing illustration and poster work from our favorite Montreal-based design team, Seripop. Known for their original illustration and design work, as well as their longstanding tenure as founders and members of the musical outfit Aids Wolf, Seripop have a broad following around the globe. For their installment in the ongoing series, Seripop compiled years of original gig poster work, the first collection of its kind for the studio, which has made thousands of prints over the years.

If you are in the NYC area this Thursday, April 15th, please join us at the Insound / Soundscreen Design Warehouse sale. We’ll be discounting all our products between 20-50%, and give you free beer in the process. We look forward to seeing you soon.

Seripop presents Hoarding Skin, an installation piece, as their first solo exhibition in New York City. Debuting at Secret Project Robot Art Experiment in Brooklyn, Hoarding Skin will then travel to the Vienna Kunsthalle in June.

“We see the street poster as the “skin” of a city , growing and shedding organically, in constant flux, allowing citizens to make their temporary mark. With Hoarding Skin we seek to engage in playful discussion about both the individual and community’s role vis-a-vis freedom of expression within the urban landscape, via the colloquial and/or the monumental.”

Further, Seripop have contributed their installment in the ongoing Artist Music Journal series, edition 09.  The books are on press, and we will announce pre-orders shortly.  We are still selling subscriptions to the first year’s volume, all 12 installments.