DesignerCon/Flatstock 2025

DesignerCon is an annual art and design convention that smashes together collectible toys, customs, plush, designer apparel and so much more with urban, underground and pop art! We are a celebration of all aspects from the world of design. Hey, it’s me Francisco Ramirez, most people call me Fran. Others have names for me which I will not put here for their own sake. More about me, what do you think? Okay, I graduated from Columbia College of Chicago with a Bachelors in Art with a Major in Art and Design and Minor in Art History. I have been screen printing for over a decade mostly creating event posters or “gigposters” as some would call it. I’ve designed and printed posters for Mudhoney, The Melvins, Die Kreuzen, Swans, Mastodon, Unsane, Guided by Voices, Redd Cross and plenty of others. Speaking of others, I have also designed and printed event posters for local bars and restaurants as well, including Honeypie Cafe, Palomino Bar, Burnhearts, Goodkind and others. Am I commercial print shop or a non commercial shop, the answer is Yes. I will work to create strong image for your event, business, tshirt, sticker, beer label or almost anything you are in need of. So go ahead and contact me, I dare you. Screen printing is a printing technique that uses a woven mesh to support an ink-blocking stencil. The attached stencil forms open areas of mesh that transfer ink or other printable materials which can be pressed through the mesh as a sharp-edged image onto a substrate. A roller or squeegee is moved across the screen stencil, forcing or pumping ink past the threads of the woven mesh in the open areas. Screen printing is also a stencil method of print making in which a design is imposed on a screen of silk or other fine mesh, with blank areas coated with an impermeable substance, and ink is forced through the mesh onto the printing surface. It is also known as silkscreen, seriography, and serigraph.