AntiDesigns

12 Reasons to Die

admin — Tue, 07 May 2013 13:39:27 +0000

We recently had the opportunity to collaborate with Get On Down on a Deluxe Edition of Ghostface Killah’s latest album, 12 Reasons to Die. Produced by Adrian Younge, the album has been described as a movie for your ears and is a must listen as far as we’re concerned.

When we started creating the boxes for the Deluxe Edition, our friend Samps came to the studio and created this process video:

While that video was being made, we had the idea to create the print you see in that video (3-color print on white box) onto some wood panels Jay LaCouture had been doing his personal work on. The wood panels were just a little bit smaller than the white boxes, but we improvised the press for the couple pieces we created. The sentiment was that we all do so much work with each other and we’re so busy getting all these projects done, we never take the time to say thank you. And that’s all it was.

We printed two wood panels that day and surprised the folks at Get on Down with the prints. They looked great and Matt and crew responded to them really well. 10 minutes later, we’re discussing creating a Private Press version of the album that included the wood panels along with a slew of other items. The rest is history. We created 100 wood panels for the Private Press edition and they sold out on Get on Down in about 48 hours or so.

While you’re hanging out watching videos with us, check out this crate digger video the knuckleheads at jtts.com found on the producer of this album, Adrian Younge.

Must watch videos 2013

admin — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 16:16:47 +0000

Hi there. We’ve been super busy in the studio lately and haven’t been able to keep up with letting you know about what we’re working on as much as we’d like to. The best way to keep up with what we’re up to is to follow us on instagram: @antidesigns.

As we’ve been furiously creating things over the past few months, our talented friends have been doing so as well. Here are a couple process videos from our pals Josh Falk, Dana Woulfe, Nick Z and MrNVR:

admin — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:37:13 +0000

Printing the Original Raw Soul III for Now-Again Records

nickb — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 21:34:33 +0000

Back in December, Now-Again Records released their “Original Raw Soul III” (previously only available on CD) as a limited-edition 2LP set. The release features new artwork by Lewis Heriz and AntiDesigns had the task of creating 500 hand pulled screen prints on the front and back of the chipboard jackets. Check out some process photos below!

National Poster Retrospecticus Mailers

nickb — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 21:50:07 +0000

We recently printed up some mailers for our friends over at the National Poster Retrospecticus. The National Poster Retrospecticus is a collection of hand printed event posters from artists, designers, and events around the country. We had the pleasure to print up a handful of shirts for them as well as some Tyvek mailers to match. The mailers were hand screen printed with a water based, acrylic ink and can be seen in the photos below!

Pat Falco: Sentimental Gesture Prints

admin — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 02:12:05 +0000

This Saturday, January 19th, international man of mystery Pat Falco shows new and recent works at Thomas Young Studios in South Boston. Pat reached out to us to create some posters for the event, and we were happy to work on this one-color split fountain print. The prints create a nice twilight feel, and we had a lot of fun creating them. Check the process shots below, and the video teaser for the event on Saturday… and swing by if you’re in the neighborhood – they’ll be tons and tons of work.

Custom Boston Marathon Jersey

admin — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 01:30:38 +0000

Last year we had the pleasure of printing a custom Boston Marathon jersey for a client running the marathon for a friend. This post is way out of date, but these pictures recently popped up from the archives and the prints came out too good to pass up. Big fan of the way the pink overlayed on top of the other colors in the jersey.

Making of Man With the Iron Fists Prints [VIDEO]

admin — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 21:18:24 +0000

Last week we told you about the limited-edition, screen printed version of the Man With the Iron Fists Soundtrack that we created for Get on Down. Today Soul Temple Music released the making of video on their youtube channel, which you can watch below.

National Poster Retrospecticus Tour

admin — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 21:05:45 +0000

The National Poster Retrospecticus is a collection of over 300 hand printed event posters touring the USA in April of 2013.

Our close friends at Lincoln Arts Project, in collaboration with JP Boneyard, are taking their NPR event on the road next spring, but to do so they need your help! They have started a kickstarter and are on the way to reaching their funding goal.

Give them a hand by following the link to the kickstarter.

South Boston Open Studios

admin — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 20:33:14 +0000

We’ve been gearing up for this year’s Fall installment of South Boston Open Studios. For information check out the Distillery’s website (the building we’re located in) or go to the Open Studios Website directly. Be sure to stop by King Terminal and the brand new Thomas Young Studios. See you there!