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LIVELAVALIVE (Mitchell Davis) visits AKT!

On March 16, 2009 in Online Stores, Merchandise by jared

One of our favorite Youtube personalities and clients, LIVELAVALIVE aka Mitchell Davis, visited AKT Enterprises last week. Here are some photos of Mitchell and Kevin.

LIVELAVALIVE Mitchell Davis visits AKT Enterprises


LIVELAVALIVE Mitchell Davis visits AKT Enterprises


LIVELAVALIVE Mitchell Davis visits AKT Enterprises


LIVELAVALIVE Mitchell Davis visits AKT Enterprises

This post brought to you by the letter E

On January 29, 2009 in Travel, Online Stores, Merchandise by jared

Threadspin recently added some new embroidery equipment to the warehouse. Check it out!

AKT Enteprises Threadspin Embroidery

JC & John from Eulogy Recordings paid us a visit this week as well!

John & JC from Eulogy Recordings pay AKT Enterprises a visit

Rising from the Ashes pays a visit

On January 07, 2009 in Travel, Online Stores, Merchandise by jared

Our friends in Rising from the Ashes paid a visit! Rising from the Ashes 

Video: Art & Ink - Design To Print

On December 09, 2008 in Case Studies, Videos, Advice, Design, Merchandise by jared

Special thanks to our friend Ryan at 61media.com 

UCF Visual Communication Class Visits AKT

On November 09, 2008 in Design, Merchandise by jared

Dr. Maria Santana’s Visual Communication class at the University of Central Florida paid us a visit. The class’ final exam was to create a t-shirt design. The class voted a winning design to be “brought to life” through the printing process.

UCF visits AKT

UCF visits AKT

UCf visits AKT

UCF visits AKT

UCF visits AKT

Case Study: Americraft Expo Center

On October 29, 2008 in Case Studies, Design, Merchandise by jared

Americraft Expo Center: AKT Enterprises Case Study - StudioAKT, Threadspin

Last year, StudioAKT launched the Americraft Expo Center’s official web site. Americraft provided us with a logo, which gave us the color scheme.  Recent upgrades to the web site include an advanced calendar system.

Threadspin provided the expo center with custom embroidered apparel which included polos, dress shirts, fleece jackets and wind breakers. 

Reclaiming Screens: A Guided Tour

On October 23, 2008 in Videos, Advice, Merchandise by jared

Chris Martin of Merchspin shows you how we reclaim screens.  How to Properly Clean a Screen from Chris Martin on Vimeo.

Foil Printing: A Guided Tour

On October 22, 2008 in Videos, Advice, Merchandise by jared

Chris Martin of Merchspin shows you the foil process. How to Apply Foil to a T-shirt from Chris Martin on Vimeo.

Rockstar Visits, Moving Update #6: Production Begins

On September 28, 2008 in Travel, Online Stores, Merchandise by jared

AKT Enterprises Warehouse 2008

AKT Enterprises Warehouse 2008

AKT Enterprises Warehouse 2008

AKT Enterprises Warehouse 2008

AKT Enterprises Warehouse 2008

My Favorite Highway Visit + Moving Update #4

On September 22, 2008 in Travel, Online Stores, Design, Merchandise by jared

District Lines, Merchspin & StudioAKT client, My Favorite Highway, paid a visit to our brand new facility.

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Shipping catastrophe!

On May 02, 2008 in Mobile, Travel, Merchandise by jared

Okay, so…

We went to pick up a multiple palette shipment from a NJ UPS Freight hub, only to find out that they “can’t find our palettes.” After about an hour of desperate searching, they recovered one- the most recently shipped one, actually. The other palettes left one day earlier.

After doing some more research, it turns out UPS made a mistake and broke apart our palettes and tried to ship the boxes out individually. How could they even ship them? Some boxes had old shipping labels on it and UPS decided to direct these packages back to their original destination (some boxes and labels date as old as two years) or to an anonymous/lost package facility in the mid-west. That’s right, our packages have been dispersed throughout the country!

We are Next Day AM overnighting almost 100 boxes of merchandise from our Orlando facility today and it should get to us BARELY in time to set up for Bamboozle.

WHAT A DAY.

On the bright side, Chris Crocker and Unforgivable are in town, and they were really awesome.

As Tall As Lions + Give Them Wings To Fly + Bamboozle

On April 30, 2008 in Design, Merchandise by jared

Give Them Wings To Fly has officially announced an exclusive, limited edition, As Tall As Lions shirt that will debut at Bamboozle 2008.  The design was created by Ryan Miller of Carraway Clothing.

As Tall As Lions - Give Them Wings To Fly

‘Round and round the warehouse…

On September 28, 2007 in Design, Merchandise by jared

Here are some snapshots of recent print projects from the warehouse. They include Paramore, Skuzzy Clothing and Poverty Branch (designed by YASLY).

Rockin’ out Skuzzy Clothing Poverty Branch YASLYParamore Umbrella Shirt Paramore Umbrella Shirt Close-up

Is that unforgivable?

On September 28, 2007 in Online Stores, Design, Merchandise by jared

Throughout the past couple weeks, we’ve been swamped trying to organize, print and fulfill the immense amount of orders from our new customer and marketing project, Unforgivable (courtesy of Hodge-Stansson).

The Unforgivable shirts, hoodies and other store items arrive. Hot off the presses Beth not happy folding and counting inventory Lobby covered with way too many shirts. beth_miserable.jpg

We provide design, merchandising, marketing & promotional services and order fulfillment for the Unforgivable brand. Check out the Unforgivable online store here.

Hill Rich: Multiple colors w/ foil

On September 03, 2007 in Merchandise by Chris Martin

We recently worked on the new line for Hill Rich which got us involved in exploring our options with printing multiple colors and have a foil print in the same design. I am really excited and happy with how everything came out, and we will be doing a lot more projects like this in the future! Take a look at some of the pictures below to see just how awesome these prints look!

Foilicious! Bling! Gling! tpd4.jpg tpd5.jpg

The Mile After: Finished with new record!

On August 09, 2007 in Merchandise by Chris Martin

Our bros in The Mile After have recently finished recording their new album. It is currently in the hands of producer Mark Trombino for mixing. It’s going to be one heck of a jam! Check out some of the apparel we just printed for them below.

boats! Man-Core! Rain Hoodie Bird City Runner

Before Their Eyes: Tour & More

On August 01, 2007 in Merchandise by Chris Martin

Before Their Eyes will be playing the Devil Wears Prada’s CD Release show on August 20th at The Lime Spider in Akron, OH.  They also have a number of tour dates after that and I believe that we will be hitting up the Orlando show @ The Social to support!  Check out a few of the new designs they just printed with us below.

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Paramore: New Video

On August 01, 2007 in Merchandise by Chris Martin

Check out the awesome new Paramore video for “Hallelujah” below. Also check out their shirts that we printed for them at all of their upcoming shows!

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The Chariot: Festivals

On July 31, 2007 in Merchandise by Chris Martin

Here are some of the Chariot designs that we just printed for some of their Festival Dates coming up. They will be performing at Soulfest in Gilford, New Hampshire on August 1st and The Purple door festival in Lewisberry, Pennsylvania on August 17th. Check out their music and other tour dates at www.myspace.com/thechariot

Leo GA Leopard fast!

Scenes From A Movie: New Album

On July 30, 2007 in Merchandise by Chris Martin

Scenes from a Movie released their brand new self titled album last tuesday on the purevolume label “One Big Spark”. You can pick it up at your local record store or at www.smartpunk.com and while you are browsing the net be sure to check out their online store over at District Lines.

Scenes From a Movie new album! The faces behind SFAM!