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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!

Volcom x Emerging Chinese Artists screen printing workshop was a great event we did jointly with NeochaEDGE and SOURCE, this Beijing + Shanghai two-city workshop was the first live screen-printing event in China, we were more than happy and honored to bring the hand-print fun to creative crowds from both north and south sides of the country. The trip itself was quite like a band tour -although I've never toured with a band.. anyway, it was fun!

Didn't remember to update the videos and photos until today due to the hectic studio move, check em out no matter you were there or not. :)


@ Shanghai


@ Beijing

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

“This Friday, we’re bringing together a group of our favorite Chinese creatives and teaming up Qrazy to raise money for Western China. At the event, called “Spongies,” creative works will be auctioned off from local fashion designers, photographers, illustrators, product designers and other leading-edge Chinese creatives, including Kim Kiroic, Nini Sum, Xixi, Yan Wei, Liu Yiqing, Tang Ting, Tyakasha, Sop2099. All proceeds from the auctioned works will be donated to the One Foundation to provide disaster relief for Western China, an area severely affected by water shortage and most recently, the Yushu earthquake.

The fund-raising party is taking place April 23 at 10:pm at the DDM warehouse (750 West Huaihai Lu, Shanghai).

For more information on Spongies, call the hotline at 021-61416500.”

- by NeochaEDGE



We are glad and honored to take part in this charity auction that hosted by Qrazy and NeochaEDGE, hope the 3 framed, signed and numbered art prints(also our favs) will help out －at least a little bit with the disaster area.

Hope to see you at DDM warehouse this Friday night!

IdleBeats got invited to live screen-print for Volcom at SOURCE's fashion show at Central Studio(Shanghai) last Friday night. We were very happy to be part of the show cause the party's fun and the crowd's really cool as well.

Two artwork creations for the live printing with Volcom's logos blended together, originally illustrated by Nini Sum:


Icecubes


Seagull


A video of the night.


Nini and Gregor are working hard.






Rockbilly band Angry Jerks from Nanjing playing on the runway.

The 'fruits' of our labor!

Feel free to Contact Us for live screen-printing service, definitely a cool way to make your event one to remember!