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Saving time and water
This isn’t just any plastic box - THIS is a plastic box that enables us to save water and time. If only it could do that for everyone. It’s a tank...
Posted in Screen Printing, Ethics and Environment by Hannah on Monday 18 October 2010
Permaset Pete
Pete received the best t shirt ever the other day.
We are sponsored by Colormaker Industries and use their Permaset Aqua water based inks for...
Posted in Screen Printing, Ethics and Environment, Thoughts, Other Stuff by Louise on Thursday 7 October 2010
She died of beauty
We printed a series of monochromatic T-shirts and tote bags for She Died Of Beauty, a new brand launched this month by super model Erin O'Connor and stylist Kate Halfpenny. Here...
Posted in Design, Screen Printing, Ethics and Environment by Hannah on Friday 10 September 2010
I want to be...
We printed these totes for Jodie Fowler - a volunteer teacher at Adjiringanor Primary School in Ghana, where she teaches the children Art and English. Having been very frustrated with the...
Posted in Design, Screen Printing, Ethics and Environment by Hannah on Monday 26 July 2010
Environmental Justice Foundation
We think that the Environmental Justice Foundation do really good work.
Particularly relevant is their campaign to clean up cotton, in relation to child labour, pesticides and the use of...
Posted in Ethics and Environment, Thoughts, Other Stuff by Louise on Thursday 17 June 2010Net Neutrality
Many internet users know about net neutrality, but if not then listen up!
Net Neutrality is the idea to keep the net free and open, without restriction from large ISP companies like...
Posted in Ethics and Environment, Thoughts, Other Stuff by on Friday 30 April 2010
Rag time
We often get asked for stuff. But it is not often someone calls up and asks us for our old rags. We have donated a load of misprinted tees...
Posted in Ethics and Environment by Hannah on Friday 9 April 2010Ink Shelves
We had an amazing shelving unit for our inks custom built for the studio.
It means that we can store all the inks we mix up for different print jobs and...
Posted in Screen Printing, Ethics and Environment by Louise on Thursday 14 January 2010
The Magnificent Revolution
I heard about these guys The Magnificent Revolution when they had a cycle powered cinema here in Nottingham as part of the Hinterland Projects
I...
Posted in Ethics and Environment, Thoughts, Other Stuff by Louise on Monday 21 December 2009Bring Back British Rail
Bring Back British Rail is a new UK-wide campaign. They are demanding:
- An end to private interest in public transport.
- A fully integrated, publicly-owned rail network, in which the passengers are...
Posted in Ethics and Environment, Other Stuff by Pete on Tuesday 24 November 2009
Water reclamation and recycling
We have teamed up with the Environmental Technology Centre at Nottingham University to design and build a water reclamation and recycling system for washing the ink off our screens. The ETC...
Posted in Ethics and Environment by Hannah on Thursday 30 July 2009Sustainable print book
We are featured in the new and beautiful Print and Production Finished for Sustainable Design (phew) book written by Edward Denison and published by Rotovision. We would definitely recommend the book...
Posted in Design, Screen Printing, Ethics and Environment by Hannah on Wednesday 27 May 2009
This is not for charity
In mid June Julian Emre Sayarer will be departing from Rouen, France, to cycle 18,000 miles in six months. Julian is hoping to make a new world record for the feat...
Posted in Ethics and Environment, Other Stuff by Hannah on Saturday 23 May 2009
Cotton on
A one-day conference open to everyone with an interest in cotton, from fashion students to ethical consumers, from textile manufacturers to campaigners, from clothing retailers to certifiers, from development students to designers. It...
Posted in Ethics and Environment by Hannah on Tuesday 7 April 2009
Your unwanted postcards or photos
If you've got a collection of old post cards or photos or just happen to have some hanging around that you don't want anymore send them to us! We're screen printing...
Posted in Design, Screen Printing, Ethics and Environment by Hannah on Thursday 19 February 2009
Know your phthalic acids
If you're considering using a plastisol ink that's phthalate-free, look into it a bit more. Some manufacturers get around this by changing the position of the phthalic acid carbon group....
Posted in Screen Printing, Ethics and Environment by Hannah on Tuesday 10 February 2009
Trans Europe Express
We took the sleeper train from Paris to Berlin and loved it. We got a 4-berth couchette, which was pretty cosy. The 6-berth must’ve been pretty tight as it’s...
Posted in Ethics and Environment, Other Stuff by Hannah on Tuesday 3 February 2009pesticide poisoning in the UK
We consider the effects of pesticide use in the developing world, which cause 20,000 deaths per year. That's why we only source fabrics that haven't had pesticides used on the crop....
Posted in Ethics and Environment by Hannah on Wednesday 28 January 2009
Waste not want not
I was bought the book 'Waste not want not' as a Christmas present. This book has 200 quite incredible ideas for recycling and reusing everyday things.
Examples include:
"Dustcover
Simply cut the flaps...
The best packaging
We source tote bags and tea towels from Bristol-based Bishopston Trading. They import organic cotton goods from rural India with the sole aim of fair trading.
AND everything is sent out...
Posted in Ethics and Environment, Other Stuff by Hannah on Tuesday 2 December 2008
In case of emergency
Today the Public Interest Research Centre will present the 'Climate Safety' report in Euston, London.
With Arctic sea ice melting away faster than anyone had predicted, the climate seems more sensitive than...
Posted in Ethics and Environment by Hannah on Thursday 27 November 2008
Hairy Humbug
Its that time of the year when we have to empty the shrapnel out of our pockets and i have to suck on a hairy humbug found at the bottom of...
Posted in Ethics and Environment, Other Stuff by Emma on Wednesday 26 November 2008Eco-friendly Couriers
We are constantly looking for more ways we can reduce our impact on the environment and today I started looking for an eco-friendly courier company.
After trawling the internet for a while...
Posted in Ethics and Environment, Other Stuff by Helen on Friday 21 November 2008
E-on powerless literally
We've just heard that the E-on offices (just round the corner from our studio) have had a power cut! Now that's karma for you. Apparently their poor call centre operatives are...
Posted in Ethics and Environment, Other Stuff by Hannah on Friday 21 November 2008You need hands
Hands are important at I Dress Myself. We've resisted the change to automatic printers because we appreciate the craft involved in the screen printing process. It means we are in control...
Posted in Screen Printing, Ethics and Environment, Thoughts by Hannah on Wednesday 19 November 2008
Brightly coloured totes
We've just received a sample pack of the new EarthPositive tote bags from Continental and are amazed by the colours. You can get them in black, red, khaki, green, purple, blue...
Posted in Screen Printing, Ethics and Environment by Hannah on Thursday 13 November 2008
Co-operative living and toasty feet
We've just moved house from a rented house to a (much smaller) detached flat that's part of Ned's housing cooperative in Nottingham. Co-operative life has been great so far and...
Posted in Ethics and Environment, Other Stuff by Hannah on Tuesday 11 November 2008Permaprint ink tests
We collaborate with Colormaker Industries and recently got a tester pack of their new water based printing inks for paper and have decided to use these Permaprint inks for all...
Posted in Screen Printing, Ethics and Environment by Hannah on Tuesday 14 October 2008
Great Tape
We get through a lot of tape here as we are constantly rebuilding boxes to package up tee orders that we've printed for people, so it's great to find a tape...
Posted in Ethics and Environment, Other Stuff by Helen on Friday 10 October 2008
Best of a bad situation
Unfortunately our landlord unwittingly signed a long-term energy contract with E-on. E-on are generally considered the worst offenders with plans to open a series of new coal-fired power stations. We were...
Posted in Ethics and Environment by Hannah on Friday 3 October 2008Kingsnorth Activists Not Guilty
On September 10th, 6 activists were found not guilty of commiting the offense of criminal damage at the Kingsnorth Coal Fired power station in Kent owned by the energy company E-On....
Posted in Ethics and Environment by Pete on Thursday 18 September 2008
North Pole Island
This month, satellite pictures have confirmed that, due to global warming, the north pole is now officially an island for the first time in it's history since before the last ice...
Posted in Ethics and Environment by Pete on Thursday 18 September 2008
and fertilize the plants
Disposal instructions for Permaset inks suggest that waste water can be poured onto the garden - apparently the nutrients help fertilize the plants (although not every day). Obviously you have to...
Posted in Screen Printing, Ethics and Environment by Hannah on Friday 29 August 2008
From Heathrow to Kingsnorth
I spent a couple of days this week walking with the climate caravan, a group of people walking and cycling the 60 mile route from Heathrow to Kingsnorth in Kent, calling...
Posted in Ethics and Environment by Hannah on Thursday 31 July 2008
How big is yours
I've been looking at my carbon footprint using a really useful calculator at myfootprint.org. Apparently the average person in the UK has a carbon footprint of 48.1 gha (global...
Posted in Ethics and Environment by Hannah on Tuesday 22 July 2008
Organic EarthPositive tees cost less
From Monday our supplier is reducing the price of their EarthPositive tees for Men and Women. This is because their production process - from spinning to packing - is powered by...
Posted in Ethics and Environment by Hannah on Saturday 19 July 2008
Saving a square mile of sea
The amount of plastic waste in the sea - an average of 46,000 bits of plastic float on or near the surface of every square mile of sea - is enough...
Posted in Ethics and Environment by Hannah on Saturday 5 July 2008
The wonder of the stapleless stapler
We came across the stapleless stapler about a month ago and it still gets me every day. A stapler...without staples. Brilliant!
You fold the papers over at the...
Posted in Design, Ethics and Environment, Thoughts by Hannah on Thursday 3 July 2008
Aldous Huxley and the ecological problem
I found this interview with Aldous Huxley the other day in which he talks about the ecological problem of an accelerating population and a limited environment.
For the relevant part... Posted in Ethics and Environment, Thoughts, Other Stuff by Pete on Monday 23 June 2008
Green Innovation Winners
We are joint winners of the BEST Experian Green Innovation Award for East Midlands along with Sherwood Press, also based in Nottingham. We won £2,500 AND Pete got to have...
Posted in Screen Printing, Ethics and Environment, Other Stuff by Hannah on Wednesday 12 December 2007
On the BBC England homepage
At least for a day.
Have a look at Pete printing some T-shirts in the feature Making an ethical t-shirt in its usual home on the BBC Nottingham website.
Organic Cotton forever
The World Health Organisation estimates that 20,000 people in the developing world die every year because of pesticide poisoning, much of which is used on cotton crops. Pesticide poisoning is also...
Posted in Screen Printing, Ethics and Environment by Hannah on Thursday 1 November 2007
An ode to Modbury Town
Our new limited edition of 150 Ode to Modbury tote bags are now available.
1.2 trillion plastic carrier bags are used every year, which equates to 300 carrier bags...
Nominated for the Nottingham Creative Business Awards 2007
We've been nominated for the Special Award for Innovation at the first ever Nottingham Creative Business Awards 2007. The ceremony will be held on 18th October at the Council House...
Posted in Design, Ethics and Environment by Hannah on Tuesday 2 October 2007
Now only using eco-friendly water based inks
We're happy to announce that we’re using only eco-friendly water based inks now. We've been testing Permaset textile inks by Colormaker for the last few months and they've surpassed our...
Posted in Screen Printing, Ethics and Environment by Hannah on Tuesday 1 May 2007