The idea for this Wilco tee shirt design came after a recent game of the classic board game played with friends. I lost, but this shirt won client approval. We went through several versions, some of which spelled different things like: “CALL WILCO WHO ROCK”, “ON NIFTY FEW”…you get the idea. Our thanks go out to one particular friend who played Scrabble® for what we assume must’ve been hours to see what variations with the letters ‘W-I-L-C-O’ he could create.

So after simplifying the message, shown is the actual printed tee that is now available at the Wilco store here. Make sure to check out the gallery of detail shots and full tee shirt design (don’t lose that empty square!).

“Where on earth am I gonna play that ‘Z’?!”

We recently got the privilege of helping the staff and students at Washington Junior High School in Toledo, Ohio with a T-shirt design. The “EXCELLENT” design is for students who passed both parts of the 7th grade Ohio Achievement Test (reading and math). The Washington Cougars successfully passed the state report card and got he EXCELLENT rating!

An assembly was held to present the T-shirts to all the students and teachers who worked so hard to achieve the rating. Superintendent Patrick Hickey was in attendance to accept plaques on behalf of the district and the WLS schools recognized…and as you can see in the photographs below, the principle of the school lost the bet that the students would get the rating, and now has a LOT less hair to show for it. Classic.

Gomez and their management liked our poster design “Hand Radio” so much, they had us design two new band tee’s from the original artwork. They came out really well, a simple two color print on bright yellow and dark red American Aparrel t-shirts. You can purchase them here: GOMEZ TEES.

We’ve seen these guys live, a truly amazing band! Do yourself a favor and check them out when they come to your town. They even tour GREEN: Gomez Interview. These guys are great chaps!

We just finished up some garment designs for the very talented Yonder Mountain String Band. The design originally came from a poster design that turned into an admat that then turned into tour tee shirts. They are available at the shows (check the tour page out) and eventually the online store. We’ll be posting the official tour poster design and print very soon, a completely different take with similar elements used.

There are some insights into the design samples they chose to feature that you might find interesting, and a short interview as well. Find out things like: Are we educated? What are some of our cultural influences? And what’s our philosophy? Boxers or briefs?

Check out the article here: Communication Arts

We Just finished this admat design for our friends over yonder, Yonder Mountain String Band, out of Colorado. We also just heard the fantastic news that we’re going to be making a screen printed tour poster version AND tee shirt to support the entire 2010 tour! Wahoo! The screen printed art and design will be QUITE different: the print will be on black with metallic inks…OH, YEAH. We’ll post pix of both the tee shirt and the poster when the projects are complete!

The band is an amalgam of musical creativity and instrumental talent from a number of SoCal bands, such as Sebadoh, Earlimart, the Folk Implosion and The Watson Twins. Their latest is called “Ghost Notes” and is available wherever great music is sold.

The band’s site can be found here: http://everestband.com/

Here’s a close-up of the design.

We wish the best to this very talented group of guys!

Check us out here:
http://www.etsy.com/pfahlert

We hope to be adding more items (like posters, buttons, etc) soon.

Recent question:
“What does the “spOILed” Tee shirt look like if I drink a cheap beer with it on?”

Ta-Da.