Threadless T-Shirts - Let's Go Round Again

Let's Go Round Again

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steven218
on Jan 30 '08

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steven218 on Jan 24 '08

I'd been wondering if Threadless would be able to overprint existing shirts, and thought it might be a good idea for the Revolution competition, since the idea of the contest was to try to come up with something new that hasn't (hopefully) been done on a shirt before.

The idea is that Threadless would overprint a random selection of shirts from stock with a transluscent ink so that you could still vaguely see the original design underneath, and the shirt you ended up with would be a bit of a lucky dip. The colour of ink could change too, to suit the shirt it's printed on.

You could get a brand new shirt or something older from stock, but the overprint would mark it out as being something different.

I hope I've described the idea correctly, and you like it. Ta!

6 days later

cmoorenator on Jan 30 '08

I actually kind of really like this idea. Certainly sounds innovative to me!

akaMazi on Jan 30 '08

Interesting concept!

fatheed on Jan 30 '08

I like that this is an idea, rather than a design. It's quite different from other submissions to this comp. This thinking is outside the box, no?

jaffyj on Jan 30 '08

I really like the idea, but can they do that?

citrouille on Jan 30 '08

It would save money. lol.

Ma-Mich on Jan 30 '08

clever using a t-shirt shape instead of the arrow from the recycling symbol! I really like this Idea!

opifan64 on Jan 30 '08

That's actually pretty creative. I like the t-shirt recycling logo too, lol. The only problem I can see is that there might be a lot more leftover shirts in certain sizes, but $5 for originality and revolutionary spirit.

AlexMacDuff on Jan 30 '08

Way to think outside the box!

willypiva on Jan 30 '08

Awesome concept, $5!

Monkey III on Jan 30 '08

very original!

Underaged_hobo on Jan 30 '08

awesome
=D

farflung on Jan 30 '08

coooool!

Talking To The Ground on Jan 30 '08

Yeah, I give you that this concept is interesting, but the way the print things here would probably not allow it to be printed over again like you incision it... the specialty inks they use on some shirts would probably fail under reprinting, and for this to be feasible they would have to print entire new shirts... well, I am not 100% sure, lol I am no printer!
Good luck anyways!
!..! ^_^ !..!

jrouse1 on Jan 30 '08

i really like the idea. i seen other companies do something like this before. take an old shirt that didn't get sold and make it brand spankin' new!

BlueManBass on Jan 30 '08

this is an incredibly neat idea, and if they can't print over existing shirts, the concept certainly lends itself to a sort of special edition series of shirts that haven't been printed in ages.

bortwein on Jan 30 '08

I'd even buy the graphic on a blank shirt. Nice job.

funkie fresh on Jan 30 '08

great concept! the tee arrows are an excellent touch

theangeli on Jan 31 '08

nice move... I'd buy something that's been teecycled

MCS4096 on Jan 31 '08

awesome idea! It'd be sweet if you didn't know which shirt you were going to get.. unless thats what you meant by "lucky dip", unfamiliar with that phrase :P

FRICKINAWESOME on Jan 31 '08

That should TOTALLY be the logo for Re-Threaded. I applaud you on your new-fangled concept for older unsold Threadless stock, although I don't think i'd purchase these tees since the images would probably not blend together very well. But once i saw a few examples of possibilities, i might change my tune. Great example of revolutionary thinking tho.

Raid71 on Jan 31 '08

Interesting idea, very original thinking

pilihp on Jan 31 '08

great idea!

(matthijs) on Jan 31 '08

excellent, you can do this to all our unsold stuff

ilovedoodle on Jan 31 '08

fresh idea, i love the logo

imcrazy8 on Jan 31 '08

this is a pretty sweet idea...kudos and 5$ all around

TheW on Jan 31 '08

this idea is excellent. very revolutionary thougts on this idea. also the logo is 5 and more.

stingerstyler on Jan 31 '08

very clever, awesome unconventional idea for this contest!

pickledbib on Jan 31 '08

love the transluscent logo... nice take on the theme.

suceda on Jan 31 '08

interesting, most innovative revo idea!

wotto on Jan 31 '08

this is revolutionary. nice idea. I love it.

Ian Leino on Jan 31 '08

Very strong and creative concept, and the t-shirt recycle logo is a stroke of genius!

shs2455 on Jan 31 '08

eugh please, whats wrong w/ you ppl..."ohh so interesting, what a new concept..." looks like crap

sonmi on Jan 31 '08

heh, i like how critiques like shs2455's are so easy to disregard in their wording.

this is such a greatt idea. i also think it'd be sweet to not know what shirt you're getting.

kennybanzai on Jan 31 '08

Great Idea! Translucent ink!

J-Ray on Jan 31 '08

pretty neat... I guess its impact would really depend on which shirt is used.

Rubb3rDucky on Jan 31 '08

Finally something that is truly revolutionary, it makes any threadless tee into one with a great message.

Teecycling for the win!

Mr Rocks on Jan 31 '08

This is such a clever idea. Put this design here asap!!

http://www.threadless.com/product/942/Bad_Reception

bananaphone on Jan 31 '08

I like your logo but I think there's probably too many manufacturing problems and artist politics involved for this to make it. You know there are going to be artist whingers that don't want their t-shirts overprinted, and you know that applying this process to specific t-shirts with different coloured inks etc. each time is a logistical nightmare.

koager on Jan 31 '08

interesting...
but i would save the money to buy the actual design :/

Tunnel on Jan 31 '08

this is fanfuckintastic

steven218 on Feb 01 '08

i know what you mean to an extent matt, but i was trying to go for something a bit uncharted with this idea, and see what happens. i'd like to think that the threadless guys have allowed this through because they think it's a workable idea.

the logistics could be worked out, but i wanted to get the idea out there first and take it from there.

Andreas Mohacsy on Feb 01 '08

great idea but i'd rather have the shirts without random stuff on top

Luke... on Feb 01 '08

great concept

Maddog58 on Feb 01 '08

Nice idea...it deserves at least a test run.

igo2cairo on Feb 01 '08

Ha, that's a great idea! I did a total double-take when I first looked at this.

shakethesheets on Feb 01 '08

It's a very cool, revolutionary idea and a nice recycling t-shirt logo... While I like the idea, and could see myself wearing shirts with something printed over the original design, I don't think it would be a recycling arrow. Proposing a series of new designs that would be printed on existing shirts incorporating the old design would be really exciting, though. I hope someone pursues this.

jenraskopf on Feb 01 '08

I really dig the logo, but I don't know that having it on a shirt I didn't already want to buy would convince me to buy it.
Hmmm.

Very cool idea though.

cristinaish on Feb 01 '08

really interesting idea

noponies on Feb 01 '08

sweet approach

Ste7en on Feb 01 '08

Great idea, and if it helps my first print, from so long ago, sell out, then so be it! 5$

oneitis on Feb 01 '08

I think the idea isn't bad, but I'd be pretty pissed if a shirt I really wanted to buy would be printed over with this :/ you know? If so, threadless should only take shirts of which there are still "plenty in stock".

Rxd Rxxf on Feb 02 '08

the whole concept goes out the window since these shirts have never been worn. Just because they're lying around the warehouse doesn't mean that printing over them is recycling them, and it doesn't make anything cheaper because now you just have to add the previous production costs to the cost of the new logo you're printing over it. Would be better as a stencil for old or secondhand shirts.

oneitis on Feb 03 '08

^I agree.

grayehound on Feb 03 '08

well, beyond the criticism of the idea, this one of the most creative ideas i've seen on here in a long time. taking the design beyond the art on the shirt is a truly revolutionary concept...call it working in the metadesign world. nice work steve!

cheryl222 on Feb 03 '08

I have alot of other things I'd rather waster my money on than wearing recycled crap that still looks like crap!

steven218 on Feb 04 '08

i'm sure you do, thanks for the constructive crit though! ;)

Hero Status on Feb 04 '08

seems like a cop out to making a real design, if you ask me.
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jesstune on Feb 04 '08

brilliant.

yanmos on Feb 05 '08

great shirt!

albeck74 on Feb 05 '08

I love this idea! Really 'revolutionary'

Ewidge on Feb 05 '08

Cute, but it'd just be confusing for anyone who sees you in the shirt...

kaleigh07 on Feb 05 '08

interesting idea, and the fact that you would have to explain to people what it meant when you wore it haha. 5$

ANCHORESSE on Feb 05 '08

correct me if i'm wrong, but hasn't threadless sold out of every shirt they've ever printed? hence the new reprints every week?

while i think it's a good idea, i hardly find this to be "revolutionary" like every kid on here seems to think. slightly original, but hardly revolutionary. regardless, the t-shirts comprising the recycling arrows is a solid, solid graphic.

Chuckyfreak on Feb 05 '08

awesome idea. this should win

d3d on Feb 06 '08

that's a cool idea. very Pop Art. good luck man.

fc gravy on Feb 06 '08

now that's thinking with your noggin. simple and sweet, i digg it.

bananaphone on Feb 06 '08

"correct me if i'm wrong, but hasn't threadless sold out of every shirt they've ever printed? hence the new reprints every week?"

Then why are there t-shirts available in the stock chart?

steven218 on Feb 06 '08

cheers matt, i didn't want to be the one to say that

alexa_zoe on Feb 06 '08

I really like this idea.
I'd buy one.

Milx on Feb 06 '08

Awesome idea! There are kids in Seattle that buy up crappy t's from thrift stores, print over the art and sell them. Maybe Threadless could buy overstock t's from other companies and print the t-recycle logo over top. Could be legal/licensing issues that would have to be worked through, but it would be a good way to not have to cover up good art!