3/27/2008 - Denver Post:
Be Your Own Curator
Story Frames from Imagekind is a group of custom-framing products that allow do-it-yourself artists and photographers to transform digital images into a framed visual narrative. It takes five easy clicks for users to go to imagekind.com, upload multiple images, which can be enhanced online, and then choose from an array of museum-grade mat, frame and finishing options. In addition to the Story Frame collection, Imagekind offers a variety of techniques that allow any digital file to be printed and stretched on canvas.
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3/21/2008 - Puget Sound Business Journal:
Imagekind taps former Tully's Marketing Chief
Imagekind Inc., a Seattle startup that sells art images and framing online, has tapped a former Tully's Coffee executive to fill the newly created position of chief marketing officer.
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3/21/2008 - Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Imagekind taps former Tully's Executive
ImageKind, which operates an online framing business along with a marketplace for buying and selling artwork, has named Robert Martin to the position of chief marketing officer.
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3/6/2008 - Clever Parents:
Imagekind Story Frames worth more than 1,000 words
I am always in search of new and clever ways to display my photos; ways that really let my pictures do the talking and the images I have captured be the stars. Imagekind’s Story Frames do just that. You can easily create a simple display that tells your family’s story, whatever that may be.
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3/1/2008 – An Ordinary Life:
Imagekind Contest
Imagekind is wanting to give you all a chance to win a Story Frame. Now you can
capture and share those precious memories with Imagekind's Story Frames™. Between
now and March 15th, Imagekind invites you to send 2 or 3 digital photos of your
child's "firsts" - first day of school, baby's first bites, first trip to the beach,
first time meeting Grandma, that together tell a great story. It could be a collection
of different "firsts" or a few shots of one great moment. We'll choose four lucky
winners whose photos tell the best story to receive a custom Story Frame™ worth
$100.
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2/29/2008 – LaissezFaire:
Imagekind Story Frame™
I recently found out about Imagekind, the world's fastest-growing online community
for creating, buying and selling custom framed artwork and photography. Imagekind
recently released their "Story Frame™" collection, a group of customized framing
products that allows anyone to transform a series of digital images into a story
worth telling.
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2/28/2008 – Prizey.net Haiku Contest:
PRIZEY Imagekind Haiku Contest!
Today we're launching a giveaway for a $100 gift certificate to Imagekind, online
purveyors of fine art prints and custom-framed photographs who just lauched their
new StoryFrame service - multi-photo custom framing where you upload your own pics
(or port them over from Flickr), edit, crop and compose your own sequence in a wide
array of layouts and image counts, and get the end result framed up in style.
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2/28/2008 – Baby Gear Today:
Contest: Capture Your First Moments with Imagekind Story Frames
With all of the “first” your baby has wouldn’t it be awesome to have a way to capture
all of those first? Well, Imagekind is currently conducting a First Moments contest
to find the best “Story” of your child’s first.
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2/28/2008 – Mom Blog Network:
Imagekind Contest
Imagekind is wanting to give you all a chance to win a Story Frame. Now you can
capture and share those precious memories with Imagekind's Story Frames™. Between
now and March 15th, Imagekind invites you to send 2 or 3 digital photos of your
child's "firsts" - first day of school, baby's first bites, first trip to the beach,
first time meeting Grandma, that together tell a great story.
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2/28/2008 – Seattle PI:
ImageKind, the Seattle provider of online framing services, will now have the ability
to purchase more than 10,000 photographs from Jupiterimages through a deal being
announced today. ImageKind now offers more than 500,000 pieces of artwork for sale.
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2/28/2008 – Boston Mamas:
Fuss Free Framing
I typically am all about do-it-yourself crafts, but to artfully frame photos, I’ve
experienced considerable frustration in the process of printing images, then finding
frames that are the right style, have appropriately sized windows for your printed
photos (sometimes resizing and reprinting photos is necessary), and aren’t dinged
up from excessive handling at the store. Luckily, I now have a great solution.
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2/28/2008 – Mommies with Style:
Personalize your wall with Imagekind
So I got used the coolest little web tool the other day. I went on Imagekind, and
I created a pictured "Story Frame" for my walls. Specifically, a frame with four
photos. I chose a frame, matte and uploaded my photos into their system. I was able
to resize and move the photos around until I was happy with the layout.
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2/25/2008 – Swanky Moms:
Imagekind's First Moments Contest
How many times have you recounted baby's first steps or junior's first day of school
to family and friends? They are stories that you love to tell, right? And we're
sure you have photos to prove it.
Now you can capture and share those precious memories with Imagekind's Story Frames™.
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2/18/2008 – Super Cool Baby:
First Moments Contest at Imagekind
As your child or grandchild grows up there are so many firsts. ImageKind has a great
way to capture them: a Story Frame.
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2/15/2008 – KOMO 4:
Tips to Decorate with Framed Artwork from Imagekind.com
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2/11/2008 – Anne Chovie Blog:
Imagekind
Story Frames from Imagekind are the world’s first “build it yourself” framing option
that allows everyone from the casual photographer to established artists to create
personal narratives from digital files – including photography, art and children’s
drawings. In just five easy clicks, visitors upload multiple images, which can be
enhanced online, and then choose from an array of museum-grade mat, frame and finishing
options for a personal masterpiece that will be delivered within days. With Story
Frames, images are laid out horizontally or vertically, so that each framed work
of art tells a “story” loved-ones will cherish forever.
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2/2/2008 – Calgary Sun:
Showing love for family down to an art
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1/27/2008 – Suite 101.com:
From Photoshop to Art Gallery
I love to create paintings with Photoshop and Corel. There's something about creating
with my Wacom pad I just love. The problem, though, is that all these great paintings
are stuck in my computer and can't be hung on the wall.
I was kind-of depressed about the situation until I learned about the company imagekind.com.
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1/15/2008 – Pure Contemporary:
Dress up your walls with Imagekind
Instead of offering just one major art form like photography, canvass work customizable
by color or size, or as at Ugallery, works by college students, the new breed of
online art site is a strong community, like Imagekind.
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2/02/2008 – Calgary Sun:
Showing love for family down to an art
Displaying affection for kids or pets often means slapping a photo on the fridge.
However, those with a passion for interiors have made it simple to showcase love
for the kids -- whether fluffy and four-legged or of the human variety -- by offering
personalized artwork in a variety of mediums.
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1/31/2008 – Mommies with Style:
Personalize your wall with Imagekind
So I got used the coolest little web tool the other day. I went on Imagekind, and
I created a pictured "Story Frame" for my walls. Specifically, a frame with four
photos. I chose a frame, matte and uploaded my photos into their system. I was able
to resize and move the photos around until I was happy with the layout.
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12/21/2007 – Seattle Times:
Costco rolls out Art with Imagekind
ImageKind has begun selling its online picture framing services through the Web
site of Costco, the latest distribution agreement for the Seattle startup.
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11/9/2007 - Puget Sound Business Journal:
Imagekind Inks Deals
Imagekind CEO Kevin Saliba says the best thing about his internet startup is that
at the end of the day, it produces something he can hold in his hands. Because of
a trio of new business deals, most recently with retailing giant Walgreens, more
people could be holding the fruits of Saliba's labor.
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10/29/2007 - AppScout:
Imagekind: Get Original and Custom Art Straight from the Artists
There's no money in amateur art until you're "discovered" by someone or wealthy
enough to set up a gallery or partner with other artists. The Web changed a lot
of those old rules, and allowing artists to host their own work virtually for the
rest of the world to see. But when you find an artist whose work you'd like in your
living room, how do you contact them to get a print?
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2/28/2007 - Puget Sound Business Journal:
ImageKind Raises $2.6 million
Imagekind.com, a Web site where artists can sell their works online, said it's raised
$2.6 million in Series A financing. The Seattle company also said that former Expedia
Inc. (NASDAQ: EXPE) CEO Erik Blachford participated in the investment round and
has been named an adviser to the company.
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2/25/2007 – Seattle Times:
ImageKind Raises $2.66 million
Seattle's ImageKind has raised $2.56 million in a first round of capital, reeling
in the money from giant German book publisher Holtzbrinck and Silicon Valley venture
capital firm Crosslink Capital. Seattle angel investors -- including former Expedia
Chief Executive Erik Blachford, PhotoDisc co-founder Tom Hughes and Second Avenue
Partners co-founder Nick Hanauer -- also participated. As did the European Founders
Fund, the venture firm created by the German brothers who sold Alando.de to eBay
in 1999.
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5/4/2007 - The Oakland Press:
Outdoors and online - that's his picture at Imagekind.com
Local artists have a broader canvas to display their work with a new Web site, called
Imagekind.com. The Seattle-based company launched in August 2006 and features work
by more than 9,000 artists. Daniel Teetor, 54, of Rochester Hills posted his photographs
on the site last fall and has sold two pieces so far.
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4/19/2007 - Tech Crunch:
Imagekind Scores Partnership with Flickr
When we wrote about Photo printing site ImageKind in February, the company said
they were close to announcing a large portal distribution partnership. Earlier this
month a reader suggested to us that the partnership might be with Flickr based on
some code that appeared on the ImageKind site that accessed the Flickr API. Today,
that reader turned out to be right - Flickr launched integration with ImageKind.
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10/28/2006 - Seattle Times:
How to get Big Prints out of Digital Images
...I uploaded my photo to Seattle-based ImageKind (www.imagekind.com) and ordered
two test prints, one on Enhanced Matte Poster paper for $13 and one on Premium Photo
Glossy stock for $18.50 (six other paper types are available, as well as two options
for printing on canvas). The color quality for both were very good, with the glossy
version boasting slightly richer tones than the print that appeared in the EPI gallery.
ImageKind also provides a feature for you to sell your prints through its service.
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7/25/06 - Mashable:
Imagekind Launches: Café Press for Wall Art
Seattle-based ImageKind, which launched this morning, is a service for creating,
buying and selling wall art. The company was incubated at Curious Office Partners
and built in six months for less than $300,000. But unlike Cafepress, Zazzle, Spreadshirt,
innerTee and the rest, this isn’t about printing tees, mugs and mousepads - ImageKind
supplies user-generated artworks printed on paper and canvas. They also provide
framing and related services.
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