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We recently designed and hand-printed this gig poster for Maybe Mars' Shanghai showcase at 'JUE' music + art festival, a concert of two awesome Chinese bands - AV OKUBO and SNAPLINE.

These two bands are both great but with different music styles, so Nini hand-drew a Fire Dragon to stand for the spirit of Av Okubo and a Sea Monster as the Snapline part, maybe you can feel the hot and coldness while listening to them.



"JUE | Music + Art is an independent urban arts and music festival in both Shanghai and Beijing. Now in its third year, JUE is a collection of alternative, creative and progressive arts and music events over a three-week period every March, presented by Split Works."

'Late night Screen Printing Club' activating!




Done! 4 colors + 60 edition in all.


We will be selling this batch along with other IdleBeats handmade art on the concert night at Dream Factory. Come grab one and more importantly - don't miss this great show!

Our friends Rebecca and LiuJiang got married just recently - Congratulations! They found that normal wedding photos are too boring(at least in China..) and asked us to design and hand-pull a batch of silkscreen wedding prints.



Being through a process of discussion, screen exposing, hand-printing and watercolor drawing, the prints start to become vital and spread out a warm feeling which feels so different from the normal plastic-ish wedding photos.



Their wedding in Dong'an at the central province of Henan(LiuJian's hometown) is pretty interesting too, it's a really typical traditional Chinese one like a grand festival! Below are some photos from China Daily, click here to read more.











"Rebecca Kanthor moved from New York State to China eight years ago, where she met Liu Jian, a young musician from the central Chinese province of Henan. After several years together they decided to get married in a traditional rural wedding. In the ceremony, the groom arrives on a horse while his bride is carried around the town by four men, announcing the marriage. Liu is the first person from Dong'an to marry a foreigner."

- China Daily

IdleBeats screen printing & design studio is hosting an Open Studio Day + Print Art Exhibition on the 15th(Sat) this month at our new studio. We will have an open door from 10AM to 10PM to welcome all the friends, at the same time exhibit 30+ nicely-framed gigposters, art prints and woodcuts originally designed by local & international artists and all hand-printed by IdleBeats. Free entrance, free drinks and all the prints are on sale with really affordable price!

If you have time, it would be a privilege for us to meet you at the studio, and please feel free to invite friends over.



IdleBeats Open Studio Day + SilkScreen Art Exhibition
Time: January 15th, 2011 Saturday 10AM-10PM
Address: Room 302, Building 2, No.962 Changle Rd (near Wulumuqi Rd) Shanghai
Free Entrance + Free Drinks + Prints Sale!

2 interviews we recently did with CNNgo and CityWeekend, nice ones! click image to read the whole coverage.



"In the studio with Nini Sum, struggling trailblazer" by Ric Stockfis - CNNgo.com








"Is Shanghai Creative?" by Nick Taylor -CityWeekend