As the dog days of August beat down on us here in Brooklyn, we have plenty of projects in the works to keep us busy.

2010 Collection

We’re excited to announce that the first installment of our 2010 Collection is now available for pre-order. The first batch includes designs by renowned Brooklyn based designers Hisham Bharoocha and Rob Carmichael. Hisham created exclusive designs for Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Pantha du Prince, while Rob worked on Animal Collective and Atlas Sound. All original designs are extremely limited edition and commissioned solely for Soundscreen Design. The first four designs will be ready to ship the last week of August. Pre-order here.

Subsequent releases in the 2010 Collection will include Slow and Steady Wins the Race for Band of Horses and TV on the Radio, Samantha Pleet for Chairlift and a very secret Surprise Band TBA, and Patent Pending for Beach House and HEALTH. The next two installments will be released over the next two months.

Artist Music Journals

The newest edition in our nearly finished first volume of Artist Music Journals series is now available for pre-order and will be shipping on August 16th. The 10th edition of our AMJ features the multi-talented Brian Roettinger, an L.A based designer, musician, artist and record label-owner. Brian, who runs the creative umbrella Hand Held Heart, has a really special AMJ - included with the journal is a one-sided 10″ record, featuring a collaboration between Brian and No Age with three exclusive tracks. Order here before these are gone.

The 11th edition, now in the works, features Dan Nadel’s (founder of Picturebox) account of the legendary Joshua Light Show at the Fillmore East, 1968-1970. With never before seen visuals and archival materials, this AMJ tells the story of Joshua White Show’s pioneering liquid light show, known for its psychedelic visuals, backing live performances of such greats as The Doors, Janis Joplin, and Jimi Hendrix in the 60’s and 70’s. This exciting edition will be available for pre-order in September.

Rock Paper Show

This Friday, catch Soundscreen’s own Mike Treff and Rock Paper Show’s curator Geoff Peveto on Blog Talk Radio’s Red Velvet Media show. They’ll be discussing Rock Paper Show and Flatstock on the 1 hour show - more details and streaming media here.

Copies of Rock Paper Show will be available at the next Flatstock, number 27 for those of you counting, at this year’s Bumbershoot Festival in Seattle.

Touchable Sound

Soundscreen’s next book, Touchable Sound: A Collection of 7-inch Records from the USA, is an exciting celebration of nearly 25 years of labor intensive 7″ record packaging and design. Curated by Brian Roettinger, Mike Treff, and Diego Hadis, Touchable Sound features over 300 records and 600 bands, with an introduction from the always insightful Henry H. Owings, and essay contributions from Simple Machine’s founder Kristin Thomson, Amphetamine Reptile founder Tom Hazelmyer, Three One G founder Justin Pearson, and many more. The book will be out in October, but please check back for more info on the pre-order, and the numerous the release events in the works.

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.

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.

Thank you to everyone who came out to Flatstock 24 / SXSW, we had a great time meeting all of you who stopped by our booth. The lucky people who purchased advance copies of Rock Paper Show three months ahead of its official release are hopefully enjoying their books and hanging their set of original prints. The deluxe editions (with all 20 original prints from 20 of our favorite studios specially commissioned for the book) went quick, and are continuing to sell in pre-orders. Please pre-order yours to ensure you get one (there are only 500)!

Rock Paper Show officially ships in early June, and to celebrate the release we’ll be doing events on both coasts, Chicago, and Austin throughout the summer. Stay tuned for more.

A long time in the making, we are pleased to share a few updates on Rock Paper Show: Flatstock Volume One. While the book is not officially out until May, Soundscreen Design will be down at SXSW to premiere the book at Flatstock 24. We’ll have a limited number of sell-able copies, both the standard and deluxe editions (we’ll be able to take cash and credit cards), as well as a display of all 20 original posters contained in the deluxe version.  We might have a few surprises up our sleeves as well, you never know.

Should you be hungry and also crave looking at the original posters, you can also find an instillation of all 20 original posters at Frank, the best hot dogs and cold beer in all of Texas.

For those of you not able to make it Flatstock 24, we are also taking pre-orders in our shop. If you fancy yourself a collector, we recommend getting orders for the deluxe edition in now, as there are only 500 copies available.  The deluxe edition features both the book and 20 11″x17″ screen-printed, letter pressed, or stenciled posters from 20 of the artists featured in the book. All the posters come in a protective portfolio denoting edition size (hand numbered of course), and all in a protective printed 12″x18″ box.

Enjoy the following previews of both the book, and the set of original posters.

To keep up with all Rock Paper Show happenings, check out the recently launched book site, designed by the book’s designers, Rumors. We will be uploading tons of content and updates over the next few months, as well as information on the book tour we are scheduling for this summer.

Reprinted with permission from Flatstock/API:

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As we get closer to Rock Paper Show: Flatstock Vol. 1 becoming a reality, we have been going through the API archives to see what Flatstock posters we have. While some Flatstocks contain large sets some are a bit thin.

Flatstocks we know are slim include 11, 13, 17, 18 and 19. Although seeing what you have for any Flatstock would be good to cross reference what we already have.

Also if you are attending Flatstock 20 the sooner you get your poster designed the better.

If you have done Flatstock posters or have any please contact Geoff Peveto and let him know what ones you have. An e-mail just listing which Flatstock and which artist is great.

e-mail Geoff at gpeveto@americanposterinstitue.com.

It would be greatly appreciated if you post them in the Flatstock Gallery under each respective Flatstock as well, simply click here.

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Find out more about Rock Paper Show: Flatstock Vol. 1 here.