JDK News

CRANK IT UP

admin — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:36:47 -0500

Michael Jager, Eli Jager, and JDK Designer Chris Partelow have created simple, colorful, upstart posters for two crucial local organizations that are giving Vermont artists a voice. Big Heavy World has been promoting Vermont's homegrown musicians since 1996. The Radiator, WOMM-LP 105.9 is a new Burlington-based low-power radio station that features local programming.

EPICQUEST LAUNCHES

admin — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:27:42 -0500

EpicQuest is for those with a bit of money to burn but very little time. They get a couple of windows for a vacation each year. They work really hard and want to play hard. It’s a huge pain to slog through the planning to get out.

MERRELL FALL '08 PRODUCT IN STORES, ON THE STREETS, IN THE WOODS, ON A BIKE...

admin — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:12:47 -0500

JDK captured the fast, furious, and just-plain-fun outdoor action of a group of friends for this fall 2008 Merrell brand video featuring all-new Merrell clothing and footwear.

PUT YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR: JDK MAKES COMMUNICATION ARTS DESIGN ANNUAL

admin — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:53:54 -0500

Now everybody scream! JDK's two-color screen-printed poster commemorating the tenth anniversary of Higher Ground made the Communication Arts Design Annual.
In the visual vernacular of live music, raised hands are a sign of approval and elation, as well as a key part of the call-and-response school of audience participation. Here this universal gesture helps to celebrate the South Burlington music venue's ten-year anniversary by serving as the carrier for the names of over 1100 different artists who have performed there over the past decade.

RADIO SILENCE/SELECTED PHOTOGRAPHY TOUR STOPS AT JDK

admin — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:39:32 -0500

Art director and author Nathan Nedorostek (a former JDK designer) recently published a new book with MTV Press, Radio Silence: A Selected Visual History of American Hardcore Music. Radio Silence/Selected Photography is a touring photo show accompanying the book’s release.
The show made a stop at JDK’s Sanctuary Artsite in Burlington, Vermont, on Friday, November 14.

WE'RE IN LIFETIME COLLECTIVE BOOK NO. 6

admin — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:36:23 -0400

The spring/summer 2009 Lifetime Collective Book No. 6 features a Michael Jager interview as well as some interesting graphic T-shirts designed by Michael and Design Director John Siddle. Michael throws down about his background, early inspirations, the genesis of JDK Design, and what keeps him fired up today.

JDK FOR THE NATURE CONSERVANCY

admin — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:24:05 -0400

JDK has limited-edition organic T-shirts in the Nature Conservancy Marketplace. We were inspired by many of the programs that the Nature Conservancy champions, so we designed graphic T-shirts that echoed particular initiatives—from their work creating marine preserves to sustainability and conservation education. We made sure that we were doing the least amount of harm creating these shirts by using organic cotton, non-toxic inks and dyes, and minimal packaging from 100% post-consumer recycled materials.

JDK COVERS THE FLIP MINO

admin — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:18:59 -0400

JDK is excited to announce the release of thirty-nine custom designs we created for the Flip Mino camcorder—what the New York Times has called "one of the most significant electronic products of the year." Flip asked JDK and a number of other fine firms to come up with designs to highlight and help kick start the camcorder's custom-art feature. We set our designers to work and submitted the cream of the crop—a rocking thirty-nine different choices.

MICHAEL JAGER AT GAIN AIGA BUSINESS AND DESIGN CONFERENCE

admin — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:34:20 -0400

Michael Jager presented to a packed AIGA crowd during the often-tough post-lunch slot. He quickly got everyone focused on the topic of collaboration by talking about mortality—how precious time is, how we should be clear on who we're working with and how well we're working together.

PUBLISH AND PARTY: JDK AND HIGHER GROUND CELEBRATE DECADE-LONG PARTNERSHIP

admin — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:38:10 -0400

Ten years of music. Ten years of posters. Ten years of collaboration. JDK and Higher Ground celebrated a decade of memories and progression: 121 posters, 49 designers, 102 bands, 135 nights—and coming this September, one book to capture it all: _____ of 1500.