Adam's Personal Favorites

Wow okay so like I literally do not even know what I'm doing????? 

• Embroidery measures approximately 4" across
• ADAMJK tag sewn into interior
• 100% chino cotton twill
• Unstructured, 6-panel, low-profile
• 3 ⅛” crown
• Adjustable strap with buckle
• Head circumference: 20 ½” - 21 ⅝”

Embrace your feelings or, alternatively, bottle them up with this handy ceramic jar. Use as an honest desk accessory, a charming vase, or a too-real drinking glass.

This glazed ceramic jar is perfect for:

• Ignoring an inevitability
• Preserving a warm sentiment
• Or, as a vase, pencil cup, or too-real drinkware

Product specifications:

• 5" x 2-5/8"
• 12.85 fl. oz./380 ml
• Microwave safe
• Hand-wash recommended

Fuzzy soft heart bears a lovely reminder that… oops ok wow I guess actually Nothing Really Matters That Much???? All the stuff you're stressed out about now, all your immediately tasks, many of your far-off fears, all of this stuff is going to work itself out. You will accomplish goals. Problems will come and go. Life goes on. Nothing matters. Everything matters. You will look back on this time someday in the future and laugh about how scary it all felt. It's going to be ok so just don't freak out too much. Also a funny patch! Doesn't have to be about emotions or personal growth or anxiety at all if you don't want it to be. NO BIG DEAL. :-)

Patch measures approximately 3x3" inches.

ADAMJK embroidered iron-on patches have a classic glue back. To attach to your favorite jacket or bag, just heat with an iron until the glue melts! It's recommended that you put a layer of fabric over the patch to protect the surface. You might also prefer to stitch or safety pin, or if you're like me, just keep a cute patch around as a tiny artwork. 

Pick Me Up is an interactive (shhh art therapy) book-journal-guide-thing from the artist and author of 1 Page at a Time that will help you write and draw your own way through the dark parts. 

This weird, optimistic book pushes you along with unexpected prompts, “existential activities,” some dark humor, and pages that keep you #connected, even when you feel alone. More than anything, you’ll build your own guide now for figuring s*** out later – because someone telling you to “cheer up” is infuriating, but a pep talk from yourself might just work.​

Pick it up and leave your mark. When you come back, leave a little more. Watch yourself change as you record and reflect on where you are and where you’re going.

Praise for Pick Me Up:

"Pick Me Up is riddled with advice, quirky illustrations, and questionable dad jokes. By poking fun at society's unrealistic expectations surrounding eternal happiness, Kurtz instead works to assist his readers in arriving at their own unique pursuit of contentment..." –VICE

The arc of time brings positive change. For then, now, or anytime along the way, this cute little pin offers a colorful pick-me-up.

Metal shape with enamel color fill and a standard pin back. All ADAMJK® enamel pins are 2mm thick (just a little bit sturdier!) and include a rubber clutch. Packaged on a simple card you can personalize before gifting.

HOME IS NOT A PLACE, BUT YOU ARE HOME

Never leave home without remembering that "home" is not a place, but rather an intangible concept and that you are your own home, wherever you go. Wow, ok, sounds great!

This would also make a great zipper pull for "you're moving away and I'm sad but it's okay" luggage.

White text stamped into a black sprayed "motel style" metal tab keychain, a durable keychain that feels good to hold. Measures 2"x.75" and 2mm thick! Comes on a simple split key ring in small polybag with gifting card.

Because we're all a little bit terrible sometimes and you really just have to laugh???

Ten balloons in five bright colors are tucked inside a die-cut envelope for easy gifting. Share the whole package after a mistake or inflate individual balloons to clear the air with heartfelt humor.

As seen all over the internet (Complex, PAPER, Time Out, VICE) now in an updated design and cute gifting package! 

AT LEAST YOU'RE STILL TRYING and for that, an award. You deserve it.

Foil stamped ribbon measures 8" x 2" with hanging cord in your choice of color. One per order.

This is a redesign of a "classic" ADAMJK item from the archives (circa 2013 which sounds recent but was actually 6 years ago wtf).

I don't really feel guilty about my "guilty pleasure" favorite music – at least not anymore. Music is the universal language! Music is art! Some art is bad but we still love it! Embrace your questionable taste in music (personally I don't get why people hate Nickelback so much when Creed exists???) with this shiny little pin.

Metal shape with enamel color fill and a standard pin back. All ADAMJK® enamel pins are 2mm thick (just a little bit sturdier!) and include a rubber clutch. Packaged on a simple card you can personalize before gifting.

For people (like me) who are indecisive (again, like me) this decision-making spinner pin is for you! Should you put on red socks? Will you need an umbrella? Sure you could trust yourself, but why not trust a pin instead!

Spinning arrow (it is literally so fun to spin oh my god) points to the only answers you'll ever need: YES, NO, MAYBE or IDK.

Metal shape with enamel color fill and a standard pin back. All ADAMJK® enamel pins are 2mm thick (just a little bit sturdier!) and include a rubber clutch. Packaged on a simple card you can personalize before gifting.

Whether to preserve a positive sentiment for the future, or to ignore an unfortunate inevitability, there’s nothing more human than trying to bottle our emotions inside.

Artist Adam J. Kurtz’s Bottled Up Feelings (2019) work addresses this head-on, abandoning subtlety in favor of creating a safe space to acknowledge and honor our own emotions, as well as an awareness to respect the feelings of others nearby.

Self-contained work has a transformer on the back and a standard power cord for simple installation. Red neon text flashes at an adjustable speed. Produced by the art neon experts at Lite Brite Neon, this museum-quality piece is designed to last.

30 x 20.5 inches
Neon, glass, MDO, transformer

Limited edition of 10 pieces. Includes certificate of authenticity. Price does not include delivery or optional installation (NYC area only). Contact studio@adamjk.com to arrange after purchase.

Insights and inspiration for anyone who makes art (or anything else) from someone who's been there (and kind of still is).

Handwritten and heartfelt, this pocket-sized book by designer Adam J. Kurtz offers wisdom and empathy from one working artist to others, with perforated pages to share or display. Less "how to" and more "why even," this book is an encouraging reminder of our inner strength and intrinsic power to create. 

Recommended for creatives, makers, artists, and writers of all kinds, whether you're a professional, hobbyist, still figuring it out, or somewhere in between. 

With a foreword by Design*Sponge founder Grace Bonney.

Praise for Things Are:

• "Serving up optimism and hope" –NYLON
• "Funny, wry, straightforward advice" –Adweek
• "A Colorful, encouraging companion" –Forbes
• "Little nudges out of creative slumps" –BuzzFeed
• "Highly relatable" –Manrepeller
• "Kind, generous, and empowering" –Cool Hinting
• "Delivers the big pep talks you need" –HelloGiggles
• "Mood boosters for people in any career" –Bustle
• "Filled with wit, warmth, wonder, and wisdom" –Alanis Morissette

Sometimes I miss my friends and I miss dumb hang-outs and wandering around a Target for three hours and eventually buying a pack of new socks and some gummy bears I miss drinking beer because everyone else is drinking beer even though I don't like beer. I miss that feeling when you haven't done anything yet but maybe you can do anything. I miss you and by you I mean me, I'm missing you, the me I was, and you, the you you were then, in addition to you now who I also love and haven't seen in a little while. It's hard to find the words but there's a reward if you do.

Metal shape with enamel color fill and a standard pin back. All ADAMJK® enamel pins are 2mm thick (just a little bit sturdier!) and include a rubber clutch. Packaged on a simple card you can personalize before gifting.

Fuzzy moonlight patch adds a little bit of love and possibility to your life. Hey, that's amore!

Patch measures approximately 2.5" diameter.

ADAMJK embroidered iron-on patches have a classic glue back. To attach to your favorite jacket or bag, just heat with an iron until the glue melts! It's recommended that you put a layer of fabric over the patch to protect the surface. You might also prefer to stitch or safety pin, or if you're like me, just keep a cute patch around as a tiny artwork. 

Okay listen up. Things are not necessarily amazing right now but the reality is that time moves forward and s*** you don't understand now turns out to have been really necessary for your personal growth or for a chain of events you can't even understand currently. Everything will be so good so soon just hang in there & don't worry about it too much. Trust me on this.

Jumbo puffy stickers are the perfect way to decorate a notebook, customize a blank greeting card, or dress up the back of your boring phone case. Measuring 2.5-3 inches with that satisfying puffy feeling that might trigger a little childhood nostalgia. Comes individually packaged with a backing card you can personalize for gifting! 

Set of pocket-sized (3.5 x 5") notebooks for all your reminders, confessions, emotions, and goals… or anything else that comes to mind!

Each of the four notebooks has a bright, textured cover and a different interior style (one is lined, one has graph paper, one has a dot grid, and the other is completely blank). Interiors are measured in quarter-inches and handdrawn but printed light enough to be helpful without getting in your way.

Stitched binding and packaged in polybag with card.