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Incoming - Cup a design

2010-04-01T21:40:00.000-07:00

Fans, we've been forging our plan for this year and in addition to a new line of tees we're going to make available a limited series of cups sporting Artefacture's well-recognized design slogans.

Stay tuned..........

LOVESICK III - Artefacture gets sexy this Valentines Day

2010-02-08T21:49:00.000-08:00

Happy belated New Year. The fashion show circuit is live and well in San Francisco, often fractalizing into new forms like this event put on by friend and fashion designer Alexandria Von Bromssen. We recommend skipping the candlelight dinner and heading over to Mighty for a night of fashion and dance in Cupid's hot kitchen. We'll be there with our great tees, now in very limited supply!

From the site:

If you can’t cure the sickness, treat the symptoms this February 14th at Mighty. You won’t find a cure for your broken heart, however, if you drag yourself over to 119 Utah Street at 7p.m. you will find a plethora of palliative pleasantries.

Dec 5th, next t-shirt selling event in San Francisco

2009-11-14T16:03:00.000-08:00

As this remarkable decade comes to a close it brings with it the 5th year of our t-shirt experiment and we are humbled by all of the support you have shown over the years. There is definitely much to give thanks for.

To that end, we're going to have a great sale at the upcoming Chillin' Productions event. But it's not just about cutting deals for cool tees, but rather a celebration of our values and common vision. We hope you can join us!

Chillin Productions....

180 Painters/Photographers
80 fashion Designers
Video Installations

Live Painting by:
Steve Javiel ( www.stevejaviel.blogspot.com)
Daniel J. Valadez (www.danieljvaladez.com)
Rob Harris (www.cavecreation.com)

Music by:
DJ Deevice (Pirate Radio)
DJ Felina (www.djfelina.com)
Dirtyhertz (www.dirtyhertz.com)
Rondo Brothers (www.rondobrothers.com)
LARON (http://www.myspace.com/laronakaswan)
DJ Eddy Bauer (KALX, Go BANG!)
Irene Hernandez-Feiks (www.chillinproductions.com)
+ more

When: December 5, 2009
8:00pm-2:00am
Where: Mezzanine
444 Jessie Street, SF CA 94103
(www.mezzaninesf.com)
$8 at the door
Must be 21 + ID
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UNION Design Festival this Sunday in Hayes Valley, SF

2009-10-05T23:11:00.001-07:00

Come by and check out our hot sales!

Summerland at Mint Plaza, SF

2009-09-14T22:25:00.000-07:00

It's well known that summer doesn't show up in San Francisco until you see pop-up Halloween stores open for business. And with the heat comes outdoor festivals. On Saturday, the 26th, we'll be at Summerland, a new event taking place at Mint Plaza. Come on by and enjoy the bands and the great vibe. Of course, we'll have plenty of Artefacture t-shirts for sale.

Donation to Oke-Odan Childrens' Charity helps fundraising effort in African village

2009-08-30T12:24:00.000-07:00

Last spring we donated a bunch of t-shirts to the Oke-Odan Children's Charity in Nigeria, Africa. To say thanks, the Oke-Odan children created a poster that we've posted below.

The donated t-shirts where used in a raffle held on May 26, 2009, called, "The 2009 Scholarship Raffle Draws". Proceeds went to the parents of the children in need to help pay for school tuition and to purchase textbooks and other school supplies. Artefacture shirts and other donations such as toys and sports items were raffled off in the fundraiser.

The event was sponsored by the Association of Overseas Oke-Odan based in Chicago, IL.

We're proud to have been able to participate in this great cause - best of luck to those great kids!

Next show: Rock Make Street Festival, August 23rd, in SF

2009-07-30T20:47:00.000-07:00

Check us out at the 2nd Annual Rock Make Street Festival, which will take place on Sunday, August 23rd 2009 on Treat Avenue between 17th Street and 18th Street in the Mission District. According to the event site, this year's festival will be about twice the size as the inaugural show last year, and feature 12 Bay Area bands performing on two stages with over 60 local artists and craftspeople showing their wares in between (That'd be us).

New line, new logo, new site, oh my!

2009-06-30T21:06:00.000-07:00

Thanks for coming by, you're looking at the all new Artefacture!

After four years since our venture debuted, we felt it was a good time to not only update our look, but to strongly position ourselves as what we are: A graphic art studio and progressive streetwear label. Sound good?

And we're quite pleased to announce the release of our new mid-summer '09 t-shirt line, which I'm sure you've taken a peek at already. The six new graphic tees are printed on Artefacture’s new “E+ ” t-shirts.

The E+ t-shirts are silky-soft, high-quality shirts made in the USA from sustainably produced global organic textile standard Indian cotton. I love all these new designs - especially Geomatiks C and Yesman - how about you?

My brother and cofounder/designer Andreu Osika says, “This new line continues to reflect Artefacture’s bold yet refined graphic aesthetic. This positive step, in addition to our polished makeover, puts us on strong footing to grow and differentiate ourselves.”

“We’ll use this momentum to eventually expand our offering to include additional apparel items for both men and women,” he added when we discussed the relaunch.

The new logo reflects the progressive/forward-thinking aspect of the brand. And once the conceptual art is appreciated, factoring in the "green" component and using high-quality materials are definitely a part of it.

As for the site, we feel that using black conveys a sophistication and elegance that also creates a nice contrast with the color-infused products.

Speaking of the site, please check out the pages, the summer collection, and send me a note (chris@artefacture.com) with any feedback or site bugs, and thanks for all your support!

Art + Economics: in pictures

2009-06-20T16:00:00.000-07:00

Thanks to fashion photographer Del Geromino for a great event and all the great panelists for a lively discussion around how to run your own business, thrive in this economy,how to use social media to grow, and more. Check out the shots:

Artefacture to speak at 'The Economics of Art' event

2009-06-03T12:24:00.000-07:00

Howdy Artefans, I'll be on a panel in a few weeks alongside friends talking about the business of fashion in today's environment. It's going to be a great event. More info:

For Immediate Release

June 1, 2009

The Economics of Art is a San Francisco Fashion Entrepreneur speaker series featuring Christopher Jablonski / Artefacture, Jennifer Lynne / Porcelynne, Jasmin Zorlu / Hat Designer, Scatha Allison / Fashion Designer and Yetunde Schuhmann / Executive Director of Innovative Fashion Council of San Francisco.

Our mission is to have an open dialogue to engage in a Forum to scrutinize the idea of ' The Economics of Art.' This series will focus on how to be smart, be practical and be useful on how to bring up solutions during an economic downturn by means of being creative.

San Francisco is an epicenter of Creative Talents and we would like to hear what our local creatives have to say about small business solutions.

From this series, we will learn from the speakers, their current projects, their creative modules and simply, how to create a network exchange amongst our peers in the San Francisco's fashion and art community.

Please join us on June 18th, Thursday Evening at Project One Gallery at 251 Rhode Island Street, San Francisco, CA 94013, a plush-positive modern venue two blocks from the San Francisco Design Center.

The evening also includes a Fashion Exhibit and a Runway Show featuring Carly Mikkelsen, Jamie Cole, and Julia Meeks. All from the Academy of Arts and San Francisco State University.

This event will be benefiting the upcoming San Francisco Fashion Awards, a summer event extravaganza.

Website

Chillin' Productions, 11th anniversary show June 13th, SF

2009-05-23T16:46:00.000-07:00

Fast forward about two weeks after the Union Design Festival next Sunday (May 31st) in the city's epicenter of dopeness, Hayes Valley, and the Artefacture team will be yet at another SF event.

On June 13th, we'll be at Chillin' Productions offering uber deals on shirts that'll be priced to move as we get ready to launch our new line. So take your pick, Union is daytime, outdoor, and free to the public, whereas Chillin' is more of a clubby nightlife vibe and intimate. Think vodka cranberries versus lattes. Better yet, hit both and experience the finest of SF indy and art culture.

Chillin' Productions Details:

11 YEARS SUPPORTING OUR LOCAL TALENT!

180 Painters/Photographers
80 fashion Designers
Visuals by:
www.amovertone.com

Live Painting by:
Steve Javiel ( www.stevejaviel.blogspot.com)
Daniel J. Valadez (www.danieljvaladez.com)
Ian Ross (www.ianrossart.com)

Music by:
DJ Seven (800 Club and Wish Bar)
DJ Felina (www.djfelina.com)
Tall Sasha (supperclub / DJ4LIFE)(www.tallsasha.com)
Dirtyhertz (www.dirtyhertz.com)
Rondo Brothers (www.rondobrothers.com)
LARON (http://www.myspace.com/laronakaswan)
DJ Eddy Bauer (KALX, Go BANG!)
Irene Hernandez-Feiks (www.chillinproductions.com)

Live screen-printing by:
San Franpsycho
(www.sanfranpsycho.com)

When: June 13, 2009
8:00pm-2:00am
Where: Mezzanine
444 Jessie Street, SF CA 94103
(www.mezzaninesf.com)
$7 at the door
Must be 21 + ID

For more info go to:
Www.chillinproductions.com

Also Check out our favorite t-shirt blog
www.tcritic.com

SF's UNION Design Festival, May 31st

2009-05-05T17:42:00.001-07:00

Hello Artizens, our next show is huge, and it's in just a few weeks:

UNION Design Festival is a continuation of the Capsule Design Festival which has been providing a market for Bay Area independent designers for the last four years. the festival focuses on original independent design produced locally and reflective of the creative expression of the individual designer. All designers are screened and approved for participation to assure they fit within the criteria set for the UNION Design Festival.

The event happens twice a year in the Hayes Valley neighborhood. A enclave of SF known for its unique shops, fine dining, and great cafes.

INFO
150 Independent Designer of men’s and women’s clothing, bags, hats, accessories, jewelry, kid’s and baby clothes, inspired t-shirts, paper goods, glass work, and a few other odds and ends.

SUNDAY, May 31st.
11am-6pm
Hayes Valley, SF
Octavia St. @ Hayes.

Cool photo shoot by Del Geromino

2009-05-03T22:34:00.000-07:00

Great new's our tees are in a cool new magazine-book: http://www.bleedmagazine.info/

BLEED MAGAZINE : Your SALVATION
DESIGN WITHOUT BORDERS

EDITORIAL: Models: Kara Krauss, Mike Boyd Williams, Tyler Wood, Ryder Darcy, Mischa, Nathan + Aaron Eisenberg.

Taken at: Opel Productions by Nika Tang & Inferno by Alexandria von Bromssen.

Spread Fashion Design: Jamie Cole.

Editorial Fashion Design: KAYO, Cindy Vo, Dandelions & Dean, ARTEFACTURE & EsteFACE. Cameos: Jessica Silverman, Grundgy Mike, Moanalani Jeffrey & Owen Buenaventura

RISD Alumni Art Sale, May 2nd

2009-04-28T21:10:00.000-07:00

Hot off the heels of Berkeley Earth Day, we're swinging over to the East Coast this coming weekend for the RISD Alumni Art Sale!

This is a rare chance to see designs representing all the inventory we have in stock, plus closeouts and samples. And once they are gone, that is it, so come on by and pick up a fresh Artefacture tee in time for the dog days of spring.

Info:

RISD Alumni Art Sales feature thousands of items designed and created by alumni from all over the country and the world. Items for sale include fine art, home accessories, greeting cards, jewelry, paintings, furniture, rugs, clothing, photographs, glass and ceramics. Sales occur in the fall, winter and spring in Providence, and in late fall in San Francisco. For more information, contact Alan Tracy at atracy@risd.edu or call 401 454-6618.

ALUMNI SPRING ART SALE 2009: May 2
Benefit Street, 10am-4pm (rain or shine)

Artefacture @ Berkeley Earth Day, 4/25

2009-04-08T21:36:00.000-07:00

Spring time is here and we're getting back into gear with a new show over in the East Bay, just a nice bridge ride over from San Francisco. What better place to tout the power of design than an eco-event? We'll have a booth on the Alliston Way side of the park where our organic and bamboo tees will be front and center, and in ample supply. As always we'll have a sale so good that it cant be resisted.

The details.....

Berkeley Earth Day
Saturday April 25, 2009, 12 -5 p.m.
Civic Center Park (newly renovated), MLK & Allston

Berkeley Earth Day is an annual event held in April to celebrate the environmental movement and creatively challenge the destruction of our planet. We provide cultural performers, speakers and resources to link individuals and groups with each other in community based ecological activities.

Cultural Performers:

* Shawl-Anderson Dance Center presents Earth Day Dance (12-1pm)
* Alice DiMicele Band (1:30-3pm)
* Chelle and Friends (3:30-5pm)

Activities:

* Demonstrations of biodiesel and electric cars, solar power
* Berkeley Farmer's Market
* Climbing Wall, Chalk4Peace
* Vegetarian food, craft and community booths

Volunteers Needed! Call 510-654-6346

Please don't drive. Take Berkeley BART, walk one block west.
Valet Bike Parking by Bicycle Friendly Berkeley Coalition

ArteMix Spring 2009

2009-04-03T23:53:00.001-07:00

Another installment in the ongoing Artefacture DJ mix series showcasing our favorite artists in a forged "playlist." This Spring we've still been loving the thumping minimal techno but with a twist. Here's the breakdown:

1. Huba- Plaid's 15 Years Lost Remix
2. Lowfish- Frozen and Broken Original Mix
3. Minilogue- Jamaica Original Mix
4. Mistral B- Koen Groeneveld Remix
5. Gui Borrato- Atomic Soda Original Mix
6. Gudrun Gut- Monika in Poland
7. Hobo- Failsafe Original Mix
8. Patrice Baumel- Comfortably uncomfortable original Mix
9. Point in Time -Micro- ReverseRide
10. The Tuss- Last Rushup 10F

MP3 File

Furniture design firm now creating "programmable environments"

2009-03-11T18:52:00.001-07:00

I'm over at Etech in San Jose, a conference focused on the bleeding edge of tech innovation and disruptive business models. I posted this over on my blog at ZDNet, but felt that it would be interesting to visitors to artefacture.com, since it exemplifies how design is mashing with new disciplines to improve lives:

This morning at ETech, Jennifer Magnolfi, the senior integration architect for programmable environments at Herman Miller presented an approach that allows for physical buildings to dynamically evolve and support change. (Herman Miller is known for creating the widely popular Aeron Chair). The initiative, Programmable Environment, is a spatial system designed to evolve over time, interact with the users who inhabit it, and enable a more sustainable building infrastructure. The company created a subsidiary, Convia, to specifically focus on this vision.

The Programmable Environment is a layer that sits on top of two infrastructure stacks in a building, the support structure and the electrical. It includes actuators that activate ceiling elements such as lighting fixtures to create transitional environments suitable to the needs of differing user groups.

Through the use of a wireless wand, users can simply control lights on-demand and virtually rewire a building’s entire lighting system. “The wand is designed to be simple and intuitive to give the user the most direct possible control of the environment,” she said.

The system also includes fabric walls that can be easily moved along the Convia ceiling rail infrastructure. Georgia Tech Library is an example of spaces using the technology to change colors and transform through the movement of curved fabric space dividers.

Magnofil laid out four principles specific to the programmable environment:

* Maximizing the capacity for adaptation
* The time to effect change is ideally zero
* Design is collaborative and includes people who inhabit a space as co-designers
* Everything is recognized as both physical and digital

In her talk, Magnofil acknowledged that the construction industry is a dinosaur so it would take a lot of work to create built environments with flexible building systems delivery that would incorporate infrastructure such as plumbing and ventilation. She said that a distributed control paradigm plays a central role in the development, and the adaption and collaboration essential to the design challenge traditional building techniques because it’s simply too costly and time consuming to make changes after a project.

She said that while the infrastructure was commercialized, a lot of the spacial concepts were research based and experimental. And a significant amount of control given to the user. They had to solve the technical engineering question first so the social component is still an open field.

The software code that runs the system is not open yet since the business decision to do so has not been made.

Kicking off '09 show season with Chillin', March 7th!

2009-02-16T18:42:00.001-08:00

Since '05, Artefacture has been privileged to take part in this one-of-a-kind event that can only be pulled off in San Francisco. We'll be on hand next month with steep deals on our current lines. Come and check us out, meet great people, and hear great music!

-Chillin' site

Molte Cose boutique carrying Arte tees

2009-02-15T20:17:00.000-08:00

Great news. Our expansion into stores across San Francisco continues. Molte Cose, a fascinating retail concept in the Polk Gulch has started carrying some of our designs. Apart from mens and womens apparel, this twice-expanded store (the owner tells me it's been around for 17 years) has one-of-kind items that you'll want to take home.

Stocking new and vintage offerings, Molte Cose and adjoining Bella Cose carry specialty items so unique you'll swear they were picked out just for you and yours. With sunshine yellow walls and a friendly, helpful staff, Molte Cose is composed of treasures you wish you found in your attic. From vintage cocktail party dresses to antique lamps, jewelry and knick- knacks, Molte Cose has it all. Wander next door and check out the selection of new and vintage men's clothing for the man who's not so secretly inspired by Rat Pack fashions. There's also an assortment of retro desk supplies. If that wasn't enough, their lingerie section completes the triple threat. Admire their selection - so beautiful it begs to be worn out on the town.

- SFStation

Molte Cose
2044 Polk St
San Francisco
Tel. +1 415.921.5374

Recommended viewing: Objectified

2009-01-29T15:23:00.000-08:00

Leaping from 2D to 3D, the independent filmmaker Gary Hutwit has a promising follow-up to his well-received film about typefaces (Helvetica). InObjectified Gary takes a close look at industrial design. According to the site, the film:

Looks at the creativity at work behind everything from toothbrushes to tech gadgets. It’s about the people who re-examine, re-evaluate and re-invent our manufactured environment on a daily basis. It’s about personal expression, identity, consumerism, and sustainability. It’s about our relationship to mass-produced objects and, by extension, the people who design them.

Judging by the trailer, this is going to be great so I can't wait to see it.

2000.000.00.9

2008-12-30T16:47:00.000-08:00

We hope you're having a wonderful and warm holiday season and are full of anticipation and energy for the coming year. Even though the future is here, the state of civilization continues to embrace anti-utopias. So with a jittery marketplace, we are pleased to continue our t-shirt sale as inventory allows.

Artefacture's 2008 has been remarkable; we released several tee lines, took part in shows monthly, added new boutiques after our exhibition at Pool, received countless nods from the blogosphere and press such as from Boston Weekly and Thrillist, forged a partnership with Design Observer, and more.

Most important we feel great about being connected to and part of a community that includes you. Our shared vision of how design and fashion can interrelate is no longer at an embryonic stage, but rather on strong footing and ready to see new horizons. Happy New Year.

Our final 2008 Show, Chillin Productions in SF!

2008-11-23T12:51:00.000-08:00

Before we swing into holiday mode next month, there's one more show that you've got to check out (assuming you live in San Francisco or will be visiting). Saturday night, December 6th, we'll be at Chillin' Productions with a great sale. Much of our inventory is clearing out for the new year, so get your favorite tee before it's gone!

ArteMix Fall 08 - Stream/Download Free

2008-11-10T21:47:00.001-08:00

Here's a 57-minute mix for you, our supporters and customers. It's mainly minimal techno from labels like Plus 8 and Get Physical. Highlights include tracks from Deadmau5 and Patrice Baumel.

MP3 File

Big show this month, THREAD-San Francisco, Nov 16

2008-11-01T12:25:00.000-07:00