2009
FULL UP, SORRY. No more reservations, please.
In a little collaboration with Stefan Goodchild, I'm pleased to present the Analog Industries: Delia Derbyshire t-shirt. (Click the image, and note the AI logo.) Single layer print on the top-of-the-line American Apparel tri-blend t-shirt. I have Stefan's design here, and am ready to order the shirts, but I need to gauge desire so I know how many to get. I won't be re-ordering these, so how ever many I order is however many there will be, ever. If you'd like one (or more), drop me a line and let me know how many and what size. They will be US$18.00 a piece, plus shipping. If these do well (as in "enough to pay for the printing") we'll do others, like Stockhausen and/or others that fit in the Analog Industries ethos. (I wonder if Fletcher would pose...)
If, for some odd reason, you don't know why Delia Derbyshire is just about the coolest person ever in the history of cool, bone up.
Also, the Audio Damage t-shirts will be back in the AD store at the exact same time BigSeq2 is released, so you can get one of those bitches while you're at it. We've got a limited supply, as usual, and once this run is out, we'll delete it and do a new style.
EDIT: Yes, I'll ship to the UK (or anywhere else for that matter); postage will be a bit more, figure around US$8.00. If you want one, email me at the provided link.
EDIT 2: "Gauging interest" was a phrase I picked without properly estimating the desire for something like this, judging from the number of email reservations I've received. I'm meeting with the screenprinters Monday to absolutely verify that they can do what we want (I'm going local PDX for this, as it is a fairly special printing process and I want to stand over their shoulder and make sure it's done right) and I'll be placing the actual order on Tuesday around noon my time (which is GMT-8.) So, if you want one, be sure to reserve it by then, with the knowledge that I'll come knocking for a Paypal payment as soon as I verify shipping costs and the actual shirt costs.
EDIT 3: IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ! Okay, I'm cutting off all reservations right now, as we've reached the limit of what I can deal with without outsourcing this thing to India. I went and met with the printers today, got all the costs and shit sorted out, and will be e-mailing everyone that made a reservation within the next couple hours with a link to a Paypal payment page. If there are any left once the people that have reserved them have payed, I'll put up a notice here with what's available and such.
-CR
posted March 8, 2009 by Chris Randall
In any case, as far as I know the "slimming effect" of American Apparel's TR401 garment doesn't apply to 2X and 3X sizes, just for the record.
-CR
posted March 8, 2009 by Chris Randall
Very cool.
posted March 8, 2009 by jay_dubya
If you have an Obey shirt (pretty much any of them except the black-on-white ones) or one of the printed Calvin Klein t-shirts (not the cheap CK ones, but the actual Calvin Klein t-shirts) you'll have an example of modern discharge printing. They actually print the Calvin Klein ones reversed, inside out, so the image shows through to the normal side, but we won't be doing that.
This is just about the pinnacle of modern screen printing technology, and results in a shirt where the ink is actually inside/part of the shirt, rather than a layer sitting on top of it. Only the best t-shirts use this process, which is quite expensive, and suffice to say this won't be a profitable venture. Stefan and I are just doing it because it's a cool thing to do.
-CR
posted March 8, 2009 by Chris Randall
posted March 8, 2009 by oil_can
It's hard for me to formulate in a way that doesn't minimize Delia by objectifying her, but after watching the videos of her on Youtube, I find her heartbreakingly beautiful and adorable. That design celebrates that, at the same time making iconic a classic studio gesture, every bit as powerful as Shephard Fairey's work.
posted March 8, 2009 by chaircrusher
killer idea and a fitting tribute to a true pioneer. very nice!
posted March 8, 2009 by bleen
how many until Diamond Dave?
posted March 8, 2009 by BirdFLU