ABSTRACTmall - Cinema

RJD2 at LoHi 9/16//2011

2011-09-18T21:46:49Z

RJD2 visits the Jiberish LoHi store on September 16th, 2011 before his gig at Colorado's Red Rocks Amphitheater. He headlined the 'Snowboard on the Rocks' movie premiere featuring top level films and musical acts. This show is one of the last in another historic summer music season at Red Rocks.

Jiberish Clothing in Asia

2010-08-10T07:09:46Z

Length: 6mins55secs

Jiberish Clothing takes a trip to Asia in the fall of 2010 to get a firsthand look at their manufacturing partner’s operation. In order to ensure that the final production run is spot on with the original design concepts, they fly over to China to review the physical manifestations of their mockups, vector artwork and tech-packs. Making on site tweaks and confirming final production details keep the crew extremely busy for our first few days there. The second half of the trip found them outside of Shanghai at one of China’s largest textile markets. Jiberish roamed the area selecting fabrics for upcoming collections.

They also passed through the cosmopolitan city of Tokyo, Japan, allowing them to soak up 36 hours of sights, sounds and inspirations in one of the globe’s fashion Mecca’s.

Jiberish Store Ribbon Cutting

2010-02-26T00:23:20Z

Length:???? Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper cuts the proverbial 'red ribbon' at the new Jiberish Clothing LoHi Concept store on Dec. 17th, 2009 in Denver, Colo.

Additionally, prominent staff from the Office of Economic Development, including Director of the Office of Economic Development, André Pettigrew, came to support the opening. This office has been active in fostering the growth of creative businesses by distributing the 'Create Denver Revolving Loan Fund' which gives loans to aspiring creative businesses and entrepreneurs in a time when traditional lending is hard to come by.

Transcript: John Hickenlooper (Mayor of Denver) - Of course my only reservation about being here is the fact that people often refer to the spiel from an elected official as "jiberish", so. The Office of Economic Development in conjunction with the Denver Office of Cultural Affairs loaned almost $200K to assist 17 local businesses and Jiberish clearly is one of them. As you can see this is a business kind of based around the snowboarding free-skiing hip-hop aesthetic. They were founded in 2005, first sales in 2006. They now have 43 retailers in 16 countries. As we begin to work our way out of this economy, it's not going to happen from one big corporation moving Denver or another big corporation, it's going to be lots of small businesses who through their efforts and through their success, create a sense of optimism. Richard made a lot of connections about the creative class, they are creating the new economy and they're going to live anywhere, and they want to be in places that have cool shops like this (applause).

André Pettigrew (Director of Economic Development) - I was sharing with Dave that I've got a son who is a professional hip hop artist. You know, we're kind of overdressed here and I'm kind of looking forward to seeing what it is that you're going to get me into that would make my son not be embarrassed. Come on up here Dave (applause).

Dave Boger (Co-Founder of Jiberish Clothing) - So as mentioned previously, Jiberish is a recipient of the Create Denver Revolving Loan Fund. It seeks out local and creative businesses and provides them with lending in a time when traditional lending institutions are not doing so. Jiberish is one of the many companies that is starting to shape the new face of what Denver Colorado is. We truly have a unique culture here and we are excited to share that with the rest of the world (applause).

John Hickenlooper (Mayor of Denver) - The moment you walk into Jiberish you see that it's not designed like a normal store, right? There's a lot of attention to creating an atmosphere and a mood. From the actual volume of the space to the way its got detailing and paint. It's cool, you just want to be in here.

Really creative businesses are not completely recession proof but there are enough people out there that really care and in times when the economy is bad, they won't buy as much stuff but the one thing they'll buy is something they feel really reflects their personality, makes them excited about going out, you know see their friends, go to work, they'll go to custom designed stuff that's hip.

What advice do you have for young, creative entrepreneurs? You know, it's just like anything else, if you're talented that's only part of it. You've got to work hard, my only advice that I give to everybody, whether it's in school or young entrepreneurs just starting, is work hard and be nice. If you just keep focused on building relationships and working hard, you'll succeed.

How many Denver business openings do you go to? You know, I wish I got to a lot more business openings but we usually only get to one every couple of months, just because the schedule is so bad. We look for one that's unique, that's different, that puts the city in a positive light and where our presence can be of some benefit.

Blake Kimmel (ABSTRACTmall Founder) - Okay! Thank you sir.

Presenting the Jiberish "LoHi" Concept Store Store. 1620 Platte St. Suite F, Denver, Colorado 80302. Open Now, visit the Jiberish Website for pictures.

Blake Kimmel Interview Fuel TV

2009-02-16T19:16:56Z

Blake Kimmel, founder of ABSTRACTmall and partner of Jiberish Clothing out of Boulder Colorado, student at the University of Colorado was contacted by Fuel TV to do a short interview for their Dew Underground series. In this two minute video Blake discusses his background in art and interest in clothing.

Transcript: What's up guys, I'm Blake Kimmel originally from Huntington Beach California and now living in Boulder, going to school there. I'm a graphic artist, that's why I'm talking to you, I'm really interested in digital design - Illustrator, Photoshop. My free hand skills are actually... terrible. This one behind me was actually done in a print making class at the University of Colorado. I actually got a B- on that project, and I just want to give a shout out to Mess, my teacher, here I am on TV talking about it.

I came out to Colorado because I've always loved to ski, getting out here has really opened a lot of opportunities for me. Jiberish, a clothing company starting up out of Denver run by three super cool guys helped me get started, helped me meet a lot of people, actually paid me for my first artwork.

Seeing my artwork for the first time on a finished product was really rewarding. A lot of times you sit at your computer alone, and grind for hours and hours trying to make something that looks dope, and when it's finally done that's very relieving but even better when it's in the physical world and people can enjoy it - that's why I've been so into clothing design. It's a practical application for a piece of artwork, instead of just hanging on the wall it can be warn by people, enjoyed, seen by everybody - passers-by notice it.

The video areas has also been my passion for a while. It's all about getting out there with your friends and killin' it so I'm trying to capture that on video. The art scene in Colorado is pretty sweet, small, tight knit but definitely on the up and up and there are a lot of talented people out here. I think the outdoorsy active nature of this place keeps everybody super motivated to do as best they can at whatever they're pursuing.

Jiberish 2008 Photo Shoot Fashion Show

2007-12-14T07:30:38Z

Bigger and badder than last year's 06' 07' Jiberish Photo Shoot this year Jiberish teamed up with a women's modeling group and booked a runway in Denver.

Featuring all of the Jiberish pro skiers and a digital walk through by Blake Kimmel, this year fans get a sneak peak of the creative process and an overview of the ABSTRACTmall creation process.

The video was recently picked up by Newschoolers.com and has been the primary element on the Jiberish homepage for some time now. ABSTRACTmall continues to be a key partner in the creative distribution of Jiberish clothing and has actually joined in to co-produce a shirt called Make it Rain in addition to collaborating on last year's Summer Sound and Color promotional shirt.

the spotl!ght project trailer

2007-09-28T07:14:14Z

Pre-Order TheSPOTL!GHTProject DVD or Download the Digital Version now!

Jiberish and aMcinema present theSPOTL!GHTproject, a high definition skiing expriment produced in association with Level 1 Productions. This skiing documentation offers a fusion of cinemtography, editing and motion design from ABSTRACTmall's Creative Director Blake Kimmel and features some of the most promising up and coming park skiers navigating Colorado's frozen suburbs and mountain sides.

This film will be distributed in both DVD and web formats. A $.99 quicktime download via ABSTRACTmall's digital distribution gateway will become available on October 28th. A DVD packed with extra footage is also available here for $9.45.

Featuring the riding of Mike Clarke, Henrik Lampert, Adam Delorme, Alex Martini, Tom Wallisch, Ben Wiltsie, Josh Bishop, Matt Walker, and others.

Roller Coaster by Blake Kimmel

2007-06-10T03:06:25Z

A quaint family trip to Canada brings a young Blake Kimmel face to face with the basics of roller coaster construction. Artistically shot and laced with banjo riffs, this video marries basic woodworking with deep wilderness exploits to tell a story that will delight viewers of all ages.

Learning to master the physical world with limited supplies and time may have been the key ingredient for one of Blake's early interACTiVE Apparel pieces entitled Architects.

Jiberish 06' 07' Photo Shoot

2007-05-21T10:11:01Z

Peep the 2006 - 2007 Jiberish photo shoot for Freeskier Magazine, featuring athlete blurbs and mini interviews with designers and artists including aM's own Blake Kimmel.

This video really speaks to the effort and vision behind the Jiberish brand and the continued improvements we've seen this past year. Video commentary by Blake Kimmel (Jiberish art director), Ian Cosco (skiing athlete), Mike Clarke (freestyle ski athlete), Freedle Coty (from Level1 productions), and Pete Drago (Jiberish cofounder)

Jiberish US Freeskiing Open 07'

2007-05-18T06:48:52Z

Jiberish and Blake Kimmel would like to present a US Open video edit featuring Jiberish Family and Friends for your viewing pleasure.

Get the official word at the Freeskiing Open website. The event was held in Copper Mountain Colorado this year and went off without a hitch! Freeskier athletes in order of appearance include JP Solberg, Craig Coker, Taylor Felton, Stefan Thomas, Tanner Hall, Matt Philippi, Colby West, Simon Dumont, Justin Dorey, Andrew Hathaway, Alexis Godbout, John Spriggs, Mike Wilson, Ian Cosco, Sean Decker, Charlie Ager, Jon Olsson, Martin Mishof, TJ Schiller, Sammy Carlson, Jacob Wester, and Charles Gagner

Please Note: this video has a minute of blankness at the beginning... It will work, just be patient and let it play for a bit.

Witness Trailer by OFSmedia

2007-04-18T00:13:24Z

Presented by Solomon, Witness was produced by Kyle Decker and features freestyle skiing and snowbarding. Starring talent such as Mike Clarke, Mitch Derr, Drew Hoffman, Mike Hornbeck, John Cody, Derrin Carelli, Justin Terman, Nick Burquien, Wiley Miller, Brad Dingess, Brian Power, Mike Mindala, Pat Cooke, and many others... The cover art was created by ABSTRACTmall's own Blake Kimmel and other sponsors include Jiberish, Spy Optics, Saga, Line, snow trails, 4FRNT Skis, and Helly Hansen. Witness is distributed exclusively on aM and can be purchased here: Witness by OFSmedia

Originating from the topographically challenged region of central Ohio, the OFSmedia crew was initially faced with a formidable challenge, documenting skiing and riding in a part of North America notorious for frigid temperatures, minuscule snow pack and petite size mountains. The murky skies and frustrating climate of the Midwest had been the ruin of countless local projects in the past, but this year (06' - 07') the OFSmedia squadron creatively utilized urban terrain and closed hill shots in their diversification to their home state as well as ambitious western U.S. travel schedule to bring variety and diversification to their riding. Whether tackling a sub zero late night urban shoot in the metropolitan Ohio, or embarking on a bluebird morning Utah sled expedition the roguery of the OFS crew was meticulously documented through the high definition lens of Kyle Decker.

What followed was a production that showcases the excitement and stoke of up and coming riders, who would otherwise be doomed to a season of sub par Midwest conditions, capitalizing on the opportunity to taste the fruits of the west. Witness up and coming talent conquer harsh environments, experiment on new terrains, slay oversized features, struggle with injuries and ultimately surmount a stereotype plaguing their homeland for so many years, that nothing good ever came out of the Midwest... This DVD has brought people together across lines and sports, featuring skiing and snowboarding in a unique and original way.