Threadless: It’s a floorplan!

by Andy on August 7, 2007

in News,Threadless

I really wish I could decide whether I’m posting this with irony or not, but hey, why not?

Straight from their blog (although as of 22:39GMT the site is down):

“Walk into Threadless Chicago and you’ll have 2 choices. Up or down. Downstairs is where the shopping takes place. Upstairs you’ll find a mezzanine area overlooking the first floor with all kinds of different things going on. Primarily, it’s a gallery. The gallery will showcase all kinds of different artists but will consist mainly of work by winning Threadless designers.”

threadlessstorefloorplan Threadless: Its a floorplan!

“There are 6 portable desks, each with 2 chairs and a computer that can be moved in and out of the space depending on the type of event. In addition to having gallery showings and openings, we’ll be hosting various events like group critiques or flying a winning designer in to show how they created their design. Or maybe free milk & cookies on new tee shirt day every week icon smile Threadless: Its a floorplan!

And I saved the best for last! We’ve teamed up with Digital Bootcamp to provide courses on all sorts of different creative subjects and programs right in the store. Anywhere from courses on ideas like web design or photography to specific programs like Photoshop or Illustrator.

There will be no shortage of things to learn, see and do upstairs in the Threadless store… we’ll have a calendar of events put together by the grand opening on September 14th so stay tuned!”

Anyone heading over to the grand opening next month?

  • http://www.seibei.com David

    huh. that’s pretty rad. I’ll be heading to Chicago that week for Renegade Chicago (15th and 16th), and was planning on heading in a day or two earlier to chill out, so maaaaaaybe! If I go, I’ll be sure to take pictures and share.

  • http://compete-tee-tion.blogspot.com MJ

    I’m way too excited about this. The idea of group critiques, classes and gallery space is fantastic, I think it’ll get more local artists to think about designing for the t-shirt medium. It should be interesting to see how the Threadless experience translates into the offline world.

  • Kevin

    I hope they expand to other major cities soon, like SF.

    I can only dream :D

  • http://blog.fantasticbonanza.com Joe

    Unfortunately I’m leaving Chicago for school August 20th, so… nope :(

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