7/7/2009 – It's Great to be Home

Fab Art on the Cheap

There's probably nothing more daunting than buying a piece of art. I mean, what if you don't like it in a few years? What if you want to change your decor and all of a sudden that awesome piece of art clashes with everything? What if you don't want to make a huge investment? What if you want a piece that's original and totally unique, maybe even one-of-a-kind? That kind of swag is out of the budget.
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8/2008 — Parenting:

Smart Solutions- Wall Stars

Your baby in (big) pictures-Upload a photo of your child to Imagekind.com and have it …(placed) onto a canvas as large as 60 by 40 inches. You can even transform your mini-Picasso’s own artwork for posterity (prices start at $81)
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7/28/2008 – KMBC-TV

Web Trends: Vacation Photos

Many of us tend to take lots of great vacation pictures -- and then leave them on the camera's memory card. We seldom do anything with them.

Well, whether you traveled across the country or enjoyed a "staycation" closer to home, here are two websites that will help you make the most of those summertime memories.
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7/25/2008 - Puget Sound Business Journal

Imagekind had Office Dogs, and the Buyer was Pleased

When Café press co-founder Fred Durham made his first visit to Imagekind-the Seattle startup that his California company was acquiring-he was happy to see that the place had gone to the dogs.
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7/24/2008 – Fast Company

The Fast 50 Reader Favorites of 2008

You nominated companies. You rated them. You commented on them. In the end, we have the 50 companies that you, our readers, have chosen as the most innovative.
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7/10/2008 – Seattle Times

Moving up

In 25th place is Imagekind, the Pioneer Square online art vendor sold to CaféPress two years after it was founded. View Article

7/9/2008 – Contra Costa Times

CaféPress Acquires Imagekind

San Mateo-based CaféPress, a public commerce Web site, has acquired Seattle-based Imagekind, a Web site selling framed art.
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7/9/2008 – Silicon Valley Wire

San Mateo-Based CaféPress Acquires Imagekind

CaféPress, the San Mateo-Based developer of a service that allows people to create and sell user-generated, customized merchandise, said that it has acquired Imagekind, a Seattle-based site that sells user-generated framed art. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founded in 2006, Imagekind offers framed art images from more than 50,000 established and emerging artists from all over the world. The companies called the deal a "perfect fit," since each provides customers with the opportunity to create, buy and sell their own unique merchandise.
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7/8/2008 – seattlepi.com

CaféPress wins bid war for Imagekind

Imagekind, an online art and poster site that also offers customized framing services, has agreed to be sold to CaféPress for $15 million to $20 million in cash and stock, according to a person familiar with the deal.
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7/8/2008 – TechCrunch

Imagekind Acquired by CaféPress for $15-20 Million

Imagekind , the art site that describes itself as “a hybrid art gallery, photo-sharing service and a print-on-demand service” has been acquired by CaféPress for $15-$20 million in cash and stock, according to VentureBeat.
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7/9/2008 – Digital Media Wire

CaféPress Buys User-Generated Framed Art Service Imagekind

CaféPress, a service that allows for the creation and sale of user-generated, customized merchandise, announced on Wednesday that it has acquired Imagekind, a site that sells user-generated, high-quality framed art.
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7/8/2008 – Venture Beat

[Update] Confirmed: T-shirt site CaféPress buys art marketplace Imagekind

Imagekind, an online marketplace for original and reprinted artwork, has been bought by online t-shirt and gift seller CaféPress, a reliable source tells us, with rival Zazzle losing out on the deal. We hear the acquisition price may have been between $15 million and $20 million, although we’re still looking for confirmation on the amount.
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7/8/2008 – SeattlePI.com

Imagekind Sold to CaféPress

Imagekind, an online art and poster site that also offers customized framing services, has agreed to be sold to CaféPress for $15 million to $20 million in cash and stock, according to a person familiar with the deal.
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7/8/2008 – Custom T-Shirt Talk

CaféPress Acquires Imagekind.com for an Estimated $15-20 Million.

It was informally announced this morning that CaféPress purchased Imagekind.com for an estimated $15-$20 million. Imagekind is a marketplace of member created art that is printed on demand. The model is similar to CaféPress where the artists set their own price markup but it is focused specifically on prints. Prices of the artwork range from $5 to $500.
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7/8/2008 – WebProNews

CaféPress Acquires Imagekind

Anyone who's been dying to own a really fancy t-shirt or coffee mug may be in luck; reports indicate that CaféPress has acquired Imagekind, a sort of artists' community and marketplace.
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7/8/2008 – Northwest Innovation

Imagekind Acquired By CaféPress

Seattle-based Imagekind, an online art framing and artwork marketplace, said Tuesday that it has been acquired by custom t-shirt and gifts maker CaféPress. According to Imagekind, it will continue to operate under the Imagekind website and brand. The reported price was between $15 and $20M, according to both VentureBeat and the Seattle P-I's John Cook, citing anonymous sources close to the deal. Imagekind was backed by Holtzbrinck Ventures, Crosslink Capital, Erik Blachford, former CEO of Expedia; Tom Hughes, co-founder of Photodisc; Samwer-Brothers; and Nick Hanuaer, founder of aQuantive and Second Avenue Partners.
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7/8/2008 – The Earth Times

CaféPress Expands it On-Demand Canvas by Acquiring Imagekind

CaféPress, the recognized leader of user-generated commerce, today announced the acquisition of Imagekind, the fastest-growing user-generated site offering high-quality fine framed art. Since 1999 CaféPress has changed the way people shop for user-generated products and has been working to refine and expand its offerings. Imagekind, known as the best-in-breed on-demand art provider, proved a perfect fit. The two companies share similar business models -- providing customers with the opportunity to create, buy and sell their own unique merchandise.
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7/8/2008 – CenterNetworks

CaféPress Acquires Imagekind

Mr. Eldon over at VentureBeat is reporting that CaféPress has acquired Imagekind. CaféPress allows you to create custom printed items like t-shirts, hats and mugs. Imagekind is an art marketplace for original and reprinted artwork. We used CaféPress for some CN buttons which came out great but the party t-shirts we ordered weren't so hot.
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7/8/2008 – washingtonpost.com

Imagekind Acquired By CaféPress For $15-20 Million

Imagekind, the art site that describes itself as "a hybrid art gallery, photo-sharing service and a print-on-demand service" has been acquired by CaféPress for $15-$20 million in cash and stock, according to VentureBeat.
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7/8/2008 – Xconomy

Imagekind Acquired by CaféPress

Imagekind, a Seattle-based online marketplace for user-generated art, announced that it has agreed to be acquired by CaféPress, best known for its customized T-shirts. The deal is worth $15-20 million, according to VentureBeat, the Seattle P-I, and others.
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5/1/2008 – Apartment Therapy San Francisco

SF Thursday Giveaway: Gift Card from Imagekind

Seattle-based Imagekind is the online people-powered community for buying and selling museum quality framed artwork and photography. Upload any digital file (photography, original sketches, love notes, you name it!) or choose from works from over 50,000 emerging artists and create greeting cards, museum quality framed art, canvas and more. Who doesn't need more wall art (or greeting cards)?
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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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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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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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