I used to write about Teetonic quite a bit back in the day, but they do seem to have been in the wilderness for a bit. I got an e-mail from their mailing list saying this:
Hello stranger, just like an old school friend who has just asked you to ‘friend’ them, we’re back. And about time too.
Personally, I’d have appreciated a bit more background than that, especially when directly above that text was a graphic saying “the non-stop design competition.” Still, they’re back, they’re Scottish, and they’re holding a design competition in association with the NEoN conference to find a cool character. The prize fund isn’t massive (£100 cash, tickets to the conference worth £125, and a load of printed materials), but at least it shows that there is life in the old dog yet, and maybe we’ll get a cool character shirt design out of this competition.
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We know you don’t need reminding but it’s only 34 32 days till Christmas. So, to help you beat the crunch we’ve come up with a fantastic 50% OFF offer on all tees bought before Christmas. Just enter the words ‘credit crunch‘ when you’re at the checkout to get your discount. Even Santa Claus isn’t this generous!
I’d never realised just how many cool designs that Teetonic had in their store, and 50% off is a pretty freakin’ sweet deal.
Teetonic
Its times like this that I really wish that I knew how to design t-shirts, because I’d really, really, like to see Rage Against the Machine, but they seem to sell out everywhere that they play. But luckily for Brit designers,
Teetonic have teamed up with
T in the Park to give you an opportunity that money can’t buy!*
All you have to do is design a tee for the music festival, which I presume is pretty simple**, and if your design is chosen then you’ll win 2 weekend camping tickets for the very sold out festival (the lineup for which includes The Verve, The Chemical Brothers, Rage Against the Machine, REM, The Prodigy, Aphex Twin, Justice, Ian Brown, Primal Scream, MGMT, Hot Chip), a two man tent, two sleeping bags, two roll mats, five of the competition winning tees, and £100 in Teetonic vouchers.Considering this tee will probably be bought by thousands of festival-goers, I think that the prize package is actually a little light, but I guess that if you’re a t-shirt designer then being able to say that you designed an official tee for one of the UKs biggest music festivals would be pretty good for your portfolio, but some cash to cover your expenses at the festival probably wouldn’t have gone amiss. The competition is open for submissions until May 30th.
Teetonic: T in the Park t-shirt design competition
*Well, it can, if you’re willing to pay through the nose for a ticket on eBay.
** Kidding, kidding.
More non-sleeved news for your perusing pleasure:
HYA: Since people keep telling me that they can’t reach the site (even though I can), I’ve splashed some cash (even though I’m semi-unemployed) on webhosting in the form of a very generous plan from Dreamhost, made even more affordable by a kick-ass coupon code provided by Teees. So you know what that means, downtime, yep, I’m going to fix the downtime issues by having more downtime… this will occur over the weekend when I’d rather be doing something else, but its gotta be done, and traffic is lower on a weekend so hopefully most people won’t even notice. With all the extra space expect some semi-exciting developments, and for me to stop relying on Flickr for photo-hosting.
Teetonic: Another non-stop design competition business model vying for the title of Britain’s Threadless challenger. Great website design, it drips web 2.0, oh, and the tees are pretty nice too. [via Addicteed]
Heartbreakshirts: I don’t particularly like linking to a non-English site, and one which is Spreadshirt (though I have 2 spreadshirt items which have lasted well), but I really like this idea. It’s two shirts, and they have opposing parts of a heart on them, and underneath the piece of the heart there is the braille symbol for love. It’s kinda cute, but is it the equivalent of twins dressing the same? Left side, right side. [ via designspotter]
Oddica: HYA’s latest affiliate and all round bunch of nice guys are changing their pricing structure, following the May Madness that accompanied their opening month. From now on a single tee is $20, pick up a couple for $30 and three or more runs at $14 per tee. It’s not as great as their opening prices, sure, but for American Apparel and super-soft water-based ink, you’re still getting a pretty good deal. *CLARITY* This isn’t going to be Oddica’s final price scale, this is them continuing their opening sale a while longer, it just isn’t as crazy as before. So if you like anything from this collection and haven’t got around to ordering yet, then do it quick to take advantage.
