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Can you help us badger
We're still looking for people to join our crusade to distribute badges this month. Be ingenious; leave them on bus seats, put them in peoples pockets, leave them on counters, put...
Posted in Other Stuff by Hannah on Tuesday 2 December 2008The 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, what a nice touch,...
Posted in Ethics and Environment, Other Stuff by Hannah on Tuesday 2 December 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 2008Artist collectives in Berlin
Does anyone know of any interesting art collectives or screen printers in Berlin? In fact, we'd love to hear about any vegan restaurants/cafes, galleries and zine shops too. We're travelling over...
Posted in Other Stuff by Hannah on Friday 21 November 2008Can you help badger
During the month of December we'd like up to 100 people to help us distribute our mountain of badges at a modest 50 badges per person. Distribute them how ever you...
Posted in Other Stuff by Hannah on Wednesday 19 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 2008Vertical Potatoes
I must admit I haven't had a chance to try this out yet (my food growing achievements so far amount to a herb box in my living room window and a...
Posted in Other Stuff by Helen on Friday 31 October 2008
Our very first newsletter
We finally sent out our first e-newsletter yesterday and got a really positive response to it. A big thanks to Alun from Multiple Design for making it look nice...
Posted in Design, Screen Printing, Other Stuff by Hannah on Wednesday 22 October 2008Great 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
Tubular tees
We like the way Fitch have had their tees packaged up. They've all been tagged with screen printed swing tags, rolled up and put into poster tubes. With the labels on...
Posted in Design, Screen Printing, Other Stuff by Hannah on Saturday 30 August 2008
Take off your pants
We love these tees and the cause. Commando Festival is based in Edinburgh but you can join in from anywhere in the world.
The rules are very simple:
... Posted in Design, Other Stuff by Hannah on Tuesday 5 August 2008
The Future of Ink on Paper
The Royal College of Art initiated a 3 year research project called RCA/Print Digital, which investigates the future of print and culminated in a limited edition, digitally-printed book called Control Print.
"If...
Posted in Design, Screen Printing, Thoughts, Other Stuff by Hannah on Friday 25 July 2008British Birds for sale
New limited edition prints by the Bonsai Projects are now available in our shop.
Posted in Design, Screen Printing, Other Stuff by Pete on Friday 25 July 2008
Shelf it
We had a "getting organised in the studio" day today. Here's us with some new shelves.
Posted in Thoughts, Other Stuff by Hannah on Thursday 3 July 2008
A big welcome to Emma
We're happy to welcome Emma Godfrey to the I Dress Myself team this week. Emma has an impressive ten years screen printing experience and will work closely with Helen to run...
Posted in Screen Printing, Other Stuff 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
