There is a short, exclusive list of things I will wake up at 6:30 am on a weekend for. Until last Saturday, the list included only 3 items:
Christmas Field Trips to Amusement Parks International Flights
As I’ve only traveled internationally twice in my life and I stopped going on field trips to amusement parks [...]
Continue Reading →It’s fair to say that I love everything about baseball season. Hand-in-hand with the other best season, summer, baseball adds a slew of perks to my life every year. Fireworks on Fridays, crazy fans, hometown loyalty, food that isn’t socially acceptable in other venues, and an uncanny ease of play. Is it me, or do [...]
Continue Reading →What in the hell happened to my T-shirt pricing?
Cotton – Nearby December cotton closed today at 1.29, up 3.19%. This price matches the all time high of $1.29 hit last Tuesday. A new decline in the US dollar seems to be attracting speculation while demand remains strong from spinners. Futures are above $1.20 through [...]
Continue Reading →So, you need a t-shirt designed for your (fill in the blank) and you don’t design. What now?
Well, what most people do is grab some images off the Internet, find a friend or relative to design something, or run screaming into the night without a clue as to what to do. Then, [...]
Continue Reading →I spend a lot of time thinking about t-shirts, noticing t-shirts, reading t-shirts. This weekend was no different. In a restaurant I sat people watching, mostly t-shirt watching actually. Summertime in San Diego is great for t-shirt watching. I can see the Southern CA t-shirt influences, the out-of-state/tourist t-shirt influences, the younger generation, the [...]
Continue Reading →The Evolution of the T-Shirt
T-shirts have to be one of the most enduring of all clothing styles for the last 50 or more years. The plain white t-shirt was broken out of its “undershirt” role by rebels like James Dean, Marlon Brando and Paul Newman, overexposed by Fonzie only to be re-invented again [...]
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I’ve been thinking about signs a lot lately. Not sure why. It may be that our office is located off an extremely busy thoroughfare that is packed with stores and strip malls all vying for the traffic’s attention. Every retailer dreams of high traffic counts in front of their store but of course [...]
The SAAC just ended a two-day run in Long Beach and I was lucky enough to be able to attend yesterday. For those of you who are outside of California, and I know that a lot of you are, the SAAC is the Specialty Advertising Association of California. California as most of [...]
Continue Reading →I know this horse has been beaten to death but everyday I am reminded of the terrible state of customer service by the actions of those hired (and paid) by companies to serve me; be it in a restaurant, a coffee kiosk, a grocery store, even a toll booth. [...]
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