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IdleBeats poster art show last Saturday was big fun and success! Thanks to everyone who made it! Your support and love will keep us going nonstop in 2012! :)









Photos by: Kim Laughton

IdleBeats has just come out with two new Japanese inspired posters for the CAMERA JAPAN Festival in Holland this fall. The festival is an annual event that celebrates Japanese culture, art, music but especially film.




IdleBeats' own Gregor Koerting was asked to design two great posters for the festival this year. The two unique posters each display a different character from Japanese culture: the geisha, and the tengu. The geisha, more well-known outside Japan than the tengu, is a refined artesian of Japanese culture who is skilled in the art of dance, music, tea ceremony, and conversation. Geisha still exist today in Japan. The tengu, less graceful than the geisha, is a demon known to protect Japan’s mountains and forests. Tengu are still worshiped as Shinto gods in shrines all over Japan.





The theme of this year’s CAMERA JAPAN Festival is “Made in Japan?” which is exactly what the characters on the left hand side of each poster mean. Any western elements you might notice in the poster pertain to this 'made in Japan(or not?)' theme, such as the windmill in the geisha’s hair which is definitely a Dutch element as well as the bucket of popcorn in tengu's hand.





Two posters are both with 4 layers, hand-printed by the artist Gregor Koerting himself. Geisha has an edition of 109 and Tengu only 95. Both prints are on high quality art paper and printed with water-based silk screeen paint. Also every order of a pair comes with a bonus gift!
Grab them here: Geisha & Tengu

New art print was born! 'Eyes Wide Open' is created by Nini for OSPOP's charity event "Proudly Made In China" at SOURCE Shanghai - sales of all the prints are being donated to Compassion for Migrant Children – a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting education for the children of China’s hardest workers.






It's a 4-color print on 300g high-quality black card paper, in limited edition of 100. Signed by the artist and stamped by IdleBeats.

Some photos from the event night:
4 in-process prints to show steps of making the final.


customized shoes and bags done by IdleBeats and other artists



Grab one 'Eyes Wide Open'HERE.

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!

This summer American clothing brand Volcom will be supporting a two month screen printing project in Shanghai and Beijing, titled Volcom x Young Emerging Chinese Artists Screen Printing Workshop. The event, presented by NeochaEDGE, IdleBeats and SOURCE, will bring together some of the best young Chinese and Western creatives in China to give workshops on screen printing methods, as well to launch the first Volcom t-shirt collaboration project in China. The workshops will take place at the source Shanghai store on July 17th and the source Beijing store on August 7th, 2010.

NeochaEDGE teamed up with screen printing studio IdleBeats to identify and work with a range of China's best young artists for the Volcom Screen Printing Workshop. IdleBeats founder Nini Sum quotes "It's a great pleasure to work with Volcom on the first live screen printing tour event in China. It has allowed IdleBeats to branch out and work with a group of talented and creative people from around the country. I appreciate the opportunity and look forward to getting my hands dirty at the events."

Below are the selected artists who represent various backgrounds and approaches to art and design:

· Nini Sum
· Jellymon
· Elephant
· Dora.S
· Chairman Ca

Each artist has created a library of Volcom inspired imagery to be used as screen prints during the workshop. Also, the Volcom Art Department in Costa Mesa, California will be reviewing these designs and choosing one from each artist to be printed on limited edition t-shirts.

NeochaEDGE co-founder Sean Leow explains “among a youth generation that is increasingly connected by digital means, screen printing is a cool, low-tech way for kids to meet up, roll up their sleeves, get inspired and interact with artists to create a unique piece of artwork.” The Volcom Screen Printing Workshop will be open to the public, where guests can talk with the five attending artists, learn the basics of screen printing, and choose a Volcom design to screen print themselves.

The vibe of the Volcom Screen Printing Workshop will be "backyard barbeque." For those missing that backyard feeling and for those who like the smell of a traditional bbq, this will be THE summer event. Source will be bringing the backyard indoors, with live acoustic music, bbq area, beers on tap and grass under foot. In the midst of an urban backyard environment, screen printers will be set up in the middle getting messy. To all guests, be prepared for some painting fun!

-Shanghai-
When: July 17th Starts from 4PM
Where: SOURCE Shanghai -158 Xinle Rd (Near Donghu Rd)
Cover: Free

-Beijing-
When: August 7th Starts from 4PM
Where: SOURCE Beijing -Suite E128, World City High Street, 8-9 Jin Hui Road (North of The Place), Chaoyang District
Cover: Free