Shop

Shirt Kong, St Peters, MO Hot market printing is one of those things that sounds cool on paper and then hits you hard in real life. World Series. Super Bowl. Big moments where fans want merch immediately. Not next week. Not after a reprint. The next morning. That kind of turnaround is wild, and it’s […]

\"I can coat a screen faster than that machine.\" Yep—heard that one a hundred times. And yeah, you're probably right. You can coat faster. But here’s the real question: can you coat better? The auto coater is one of the most overlooked pieces of equipment in a screen printing shop. It’s not flashy. It doesn’t […]

If you’ve ever fought to keep detail in a halftone or couldn’t figure out why your prints weren’t looking as sharp as they should, chances are your mesh count had something to do with it.Choosing the right mesh count is one of the most important decisions in screen printing — it affects ink deposit, detail, […]

If you’ve ever questioned whether it’s really worth it to attend that next industry event, meet-up, or conference—let this story be your reminder that you never know where one connection might take you. Ryan Burkhart and Bruce Braden, co-founders of Kong Screen Printing in Austin, Texas, have quietly built one of the most customer-focused print […]

Enter High Voltage Studios We built MADE as 'a home for the thinkers and makers who can see what's next and deliver it now'- but it's always fun to watch someone build their own. While making the rounds in Austin, TX, during SXSW and Flatstock 84, we were invited to visit our friend Tim Gibson's […]

MADE Does Flatstock 84 When your friends are in town, you make it a point to visit them. And when your 'town' is 'Texas', and your friend is Aaron Draplin, and he's hanging out with your other friends, Industry Printshop, AND it's during South by Southwest, it is mandatory to pay everyone a visit. Tom […]