Helvetica Hoodies for the Holidays + Letterpress t-shirt + AIGA Fund
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- typographyshop
When I'm not designing for clients I run Typographyshop. http://typographyshop.com
If you haven't checked us out we've been quite well received among designers and typophiles in 23 countries. By popular demand we've just released Helvetica Neue Descending an Eco-Friendly Hoodie http://typographyshop.com/helvet… just in time for the holidays.We've also got a new t-shirt up: Letterpress. http://typographyshop.com/letter…
In other news, since our inception, we've stated that a portion of all our sales would be donated to Design Education Programs.
We're pleased to announce that the AIGA Education Fund is the first recipient of our donations. The fund supports AIGA's education and scholarship programs which help students, usually from inner cities, who demonstrate talent and are willing to serve a social purpose as well as a personal goal.
Learn more about the fund here: http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/…
- baseline_shift0
do you accept credit cards?
- typographyshop0
Yes we do, via PayPal.
- ukit0
Can you make one that says, "Finding myself a bit hungry, so i may go and get a snack"
- fooler20
those are nice but I do not advertise that I'm a designer
- o_O0
what kind of zippers do you use? your answer will either make or break the sale of the hoodie.
- < he's not kidding
version3 - dear me, epee.detritus
- i just wondering if its a cheap-o or a YKK or a RIRI or a metal, or nylon...o_O
- i want to see how far the "desigener" used their skills to make it.o_O
- or am i just purchasing a screen print on a hoodie made from american apparel?o_O
- sorry, i mean letterpress.o_O
- its also spoken about the eco friendly nature of the product so i am interested in the zips.o_O
- there is a lot of talk of eco friendly products lately, just wondering what it is here.o_O
- < he's not kidding
- dyspl0
usually not fan of thes kind of tshirts, but yours are quite nice.
- typographyshop0
Thanks for the compliments. Type of zipper. It's a full length hidden zipper with a metal pull. The zipper appears not to be metal if that's what you're asking.
My printer says these are the best hoodies he's seen in years.
- utopian0
Are you looking for some additional helvetica designs for your website?
- typographyshop0
We're going to be running a public contest soon. We're trying to formulate a fair general submission process that makes sure the designers continue to profit from their designs. The sticky thing we're worried about is someone submitting something similar to designs we've got in the queue already.
- threadless doesn't care that submissions were based on other submissions, they're rich. why would you?version3
- yes +1 it is a Paradox
http://www.newyorker…o_O - We don't want to be in the same boat as threadless and other contest sites who throw designers a few bucks or a few t-shirts and go on to sell it forever. We're working with designers we respect and want to treat as creatives making a living.typographyshop
- t-shirts and go on to print it forever. We want to work with designers we respect and want to see them rewarded.typographyshop
- neue75_bold0
maybe you'd be interested in using my tee series [4] based on the poster series I've made...
project here —
http://mgiesser.com/work/print/w…I've been meaning to set something up through cafe press but not sure I can be bothered...
- desmo0
I like the 'make the logo smaller' tshirt.
now i may have to make a purchase
- typographyshop0
I really dig your AA shirts, though the San Serif one reminds me a bit of the American Apparel Helvetica shirts they did with several letters.
What is that second face? Is that an old ITC cut?
- someone has said this before but I have no idea what they were talking about.. even went in to AA last week andneue75_bold
- didn't see anything similar...
The second one is ITC Grouch..neue75_bold - although my posters have been floating around the web for over a year so AA might have ripped me ;)neue75_bold
- I wouldn't put it past them. Here in Philly we have Urban Outfitters who are so legendary for stealing from designers that someone launched a site called Urban Counterfeiters. I'll try and fnd the American Apparel shirt.typographyshop
- dbloc0
did you even try to clone the shirt or just put black over it?
- typographyshop0
Well, he was wearing another design from another site I run. It was a ton of work removing it. We're long overdue for a photoshoot.
Any willing models in the Philadelphia area?
- typographyshop0
Found the American Apparel version on a group I run at flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fab…
- oh jeez... VERY similar... oh well, mine are different enough and based on a larger idea...neue75_bold
- typographyshop0
Ah yes, Grouch. I'm old enough to have set that on a typositor. These shirts are really sweet. I'm going to show these to a few people. These could be good for our site.
Write me at with a couple higher res images if you could. We also want to offer posters soon, so maybe that format could work too.
- rosem0
this whole "typography is the end all, be all of design" needs to stop.
- LOLukit
- web designer eh?neue75_bold
- I'd hate type too if I had to work with 6 bad typefaces everyday...neue75_bold
- don't make me cough up my coca cola all over your pretty username sweetumsa_iver
- I'd hate type too if I had to work with 6 bad typefaces everyday...
We've talked about putting out a shirt that says something to that effect. Typographic Hell. With those faces named below.typographyshop - a t-shirt that says just that with the faces you mentioned listed below.typographyshop
- typographyshop0
We'll have plenty of typefaces (and their attendant fonts) down the road. What typeface designed in your lifetime would you like to see featured? And what might we improve about the display of them? Always appreciate constructive input from fellow designers. (And this is the first time on QBN that I've seen a string remain fairly civilized and polite. What's up with that?)
As far as the "this whole "typography is the end all, be all of design" needs to stop comment, would you say to a painter "this whole color obsession has to stop." Or to a musician that the obsession with notes must end?
I've had students who've said "I'm not really into type." I've told them to go become illustrators or photographers, not graphic designers. We exist not to make pretty pictures but to further words and ideas. If someone can't make those words properly represent the concept they need to learn more about type. Type, like a note in a painting or sonata is a conscious choice reflecting ones aesthetics and abilities as a designer.
The endless selection of faces we have available are a palette that musicians stuck with 8 notes would kill for. Or a web designer with 6 fonts, for that matter.
- who are you?janne76
- Go to our About Us page; http://typographysho…typographyshop
- janne760
i for one, wished only 8 fonts existed. it would make shit far less complicated.
aaaand, in the end most clients barely give a #.