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JIM KOCH Design

Jim Koch Artist/Designer - June~ 2013 A Artist, illustrator, painter, & apparel designer for the past 30 years. Experience has been in many various forms of graphic design, from screen printing in high school to commercial advertising with ad agencies all over the world. Jim's passion however, lies with technical fashion and apparel graphics. He has extensive experience and knowledge of the Action Sports Industry and the speed/hot rod markets-in both design and development. High-end motocross riding gear, full helmet and glove design to creating designs for wet & dry suits for the watersports market. In addition to the Action Sports markets, Jim also creates full tour merch for bands all over the world and makes and builds designer toys and action figures: Qee / Toy2R® Super Rad Toys®, Mimobot®.

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Preview: Toys Kill gallery show / Hollywood -- Featuring, Jim Koch with Justice Howard

http://www.vinylpulse.com/2007/10/preview-toys-wi.html

Toys Kill featuring the original art and toy customs of Jim Koch and the racy photography of Justice Howard opens at Meltdown on Saturday, October 6th. We had the opportunity for a behind-the-scenes look at the show and came away impressed. In addition to several brand spankin' new customs, Jim's also showing original paintings on canvas -- realy nice work. Here's a teaser-ified (copryight me) preview of Toys Will Kill. Go check it out for yourself this Saturday.  Meltdown Gallery 7522 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles. 90046 323.851.7223 ....

'''Rivet exhibit / Gallery Bio

http://rivetart.com/''' Web: jimkoch.com Bio: Artist! Jim has designed racing gear, wet suits, and sportswear for the first and largest company in the personal watercraft industry, designed leather goods, boots, sportswear, and accessories for the custom chopper industry's early years, and with the help of other artists, took the No Fear apparel company to 11 million pieces by 1996. Working with clients as diverse as FOX Racing, WWF, Interscope Records, Marvel Comics, and Motley Crue, Jim currently runs his own design firm in the Northwest, doing toys, cartoons, and always apparel.

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Jim Koch Design Bio: By: Clarke Emmery.

A top shelf design firm in the Great Northwest of Spokane and Seattle, Washington. Some recent clients, ALLSTATE M/S Insurance, Hasbro USA, Scorpion EXO, Metal Mulisha, Redline Bicycles, Seattle Bike Supply, Hard Rock Cafe and the HYDRO1 group, just to name a few.

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