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Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] swag for the shop
From:       Jos Poortvliet <jospoortvliet () gmail ! com>
Date:       2010-04-03 12:36:02
Message-ID: 201004031436.02846.jospoortvliet () gmail ! com
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On Saturday 03 April 2010 14:34:52 Jos Poortvliet wrote:
> On Monday 29 March 2010 02:10:00 Justin Kirby wrote:
> > Hey all,
> > 
> > I've updated the wiki page based on a response I got from the board.
> > 
> >  They're leaving us in charge of the approval process (hahah...they must
> > 
> > not know who's on this team! *kidding*).  Anyways, I think this means all
> > systems go.  I will be less shy about posting designs now.  What is the
> > group's opinion about what is on the wiki at this point?  Is there
> > anything we want to go ahead and post now?
> 
> Frankly, I only like the in progress ones A BIT, the other stuff is cool
> but I don't think it really fits on a t-shirt. Then again, when it comes
> to t-shirt I'm more for things which convey meaning in a very simple way.
> As I mailed before, the Gnome Love t-shirt is amazingly well thought out
> and implemented (gnome love = the one showing a foot, a + sign, a
> computer, an = sign and a heart).
> 
> Such basic ideas convey a powerful feeling - we need at least *some* of
> those. Pretty pictures - nice, but they rarely look good on t-shirts...
> 
> So I'm all for pictographic stuff - monochrome, 1 color. Our artists seem
> to like their colorful screens a bit too much ;-)
> 
> I only have gnomy examples cuz I wouldn't know where else to look:
> http://www.zazzle.com/gnome
> 
> Hehe and I found this on threadless. darn cool t-shirts there:
> http://www.threadless.com/product/2234/Almighty_s#zoom
> 
> but that's contrary to what I was just preaching so forget it right away
> plz ;-)
> 
> 
> Back to being serious, I think the designs we've seen are cool but not
> really for on t-shirts. I'm no artist, nor very creative, so I'm afraid I
> can't help - only be critical, sorry about that...
> 
> > And I'm also wondering if
> > maybe we should ask the board to then sponsor an initial purchase of some
> > of these things for the designer of each shirt to make sure they look
> > good in person? (quality of print/color/etc)
> 
> Yes, we should do that.
> 
> > Thoughts?
> > 
> > - Justin
Ok nice stuff in this shop too:
http://store.linux.com/

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