Blue Cross / Blue Shield Detroit

Posted September 3rd, 2011 in Blog, Custom Prints, Detroit by alex

We printed these up recently for Blue Cross Blue Shield Michigan. Love their design!

Halftone Ann Arbor

Posted August 27th, 2011 in Ann Arbor, Blog, Design by alex


Bilal and Zelda made this beautiful print the other day, using a large screen we have for extended-size images.

tiny points of light

Posted June 29th, 2010 in Blog by Sarms

A few weeks ago, this piper invited me to Summer Camp. Scampering around the shops, I met Kyle Baker, he makes great prints! Check out his posters and graphics.

Kyle W Baker

Crisp Shirts and Toasted Studios

Posted June 24th, 2010 in Blog by Sarms

We've added a (temporary) design to the shop! The folks over at the Ann Arbor Mini Maker Faire had some shirts printed for this years fair and people loved them so much, we're hosting them until July 11. Continue Reading »

MODATI Summer Tour 2010

Posted June 1st, 2010 in Blog, Events, Live Screen Printing by Sarms

P

ack your bags and get on the bus, MODATI is hitting the road. We're galavanting to art/craft/maker faires, recycling clothes with our LIVE printing, featuring our innovative t-shirts, and generally adding some "ooooo's" and "aaaaa's" to the summer. Continue reading for our growing list Continue Reading »

Updatable UV "Twitter" T-shirt Teaser

Posted January 1st, 2010 in Blog by Sarms

While the world all around sloshes cocktails and misplaced affection during December's grand finale, we here at MODATI studios slaved under our own hand to bring out the UV "Twitter" shirt*. This beauty lets your design our shirt with words, ideas, pictures, or in our case, Edward Said. The video below should answer all your questions while validating our existence. Feel free to give a shoat and let us know what you think.

*MODATI loves sloshing and misplacing too! However we typically call that work.

REFROM: Craft Night(s) at the Gallery Project

Posted December 16th, 2009 in Blog by Sarms

C ome down to Reform, a community based garment project, we’re hosting with our dear friends at the Gallery Project . It runs every Saturday in December and ends January 9th from 6-9pm.

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Modati Double Header: Fun Fun Weekend in Ann Arbor and Detroit

Posted December 9th, 2009 in Ann Arbor, Blog, Detroit, Events, Live Screen Printing by Sarms

W e’re doubling down this weekend for a gallery opening Friday and recycled fashion show on Saturday.

Gallery Project spring2010Our wonderful friends at Gallery Project invited us to present at their new show, Spring Collection 2010, opening Friday. We’ll have some art in the exhibit, some pieces in the fashion show, and we’ll be screen printing LIVE. Bring in old clothes and we’ll reform them! All the mayhem starts at 6 and runs until 9. Check out Detroit Style Review for more info.

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Help Decide Lunchbox Shirt Colors

Posted December 2nd, 2009 in Blog by Sarms
Lunchbox Color Choices

Lunchbox Shirt in purple, natural and silver

The Lunchbox shirt is a three part story told in fabric. Indoors the girl appears without any colors around her, outdoors (as shown) the sun and sky appear) and at night the monsters come out. But currently I’m having a rough time. Which colors should I use? Currently I think I’ll be hitting up the light purple and the silvers.

If you get this message in time internet, your voice will be heard!

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MODATI prints for Von Bondies with world class illustrator Lee Devito

Posted September 9th, 2009 in Blog, Friends, Music by Sarms

Our long time friend and secret crush, Leyland DeVito designed this amazing concert poster for the Von Bondies and came to us to make his beautiful illustration into tangible reality.We were both really pleased with the results. Continue reading for the digital and printed versions.

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