[Ubuntu-be] own t-shirts, follow up and design ideas

[Jan Bongaerts]

I would go for v3 in order to stay in line with the canonical products.
Together with the baseball cap, it can become an outfit!
Jan.

On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 9:37 PM, jean7491 <jean7491 at gmail.com> wrote:

>  Hi to all,
>
> Here 4 suggestions of t-shirt design based on the new Ubuntu logos : such
> t-shirts could be proposed to other LoCo teams and presented in events and
> meetings like FOSDEM, ...
>
> v1v2
> v3v4
>
> jean7491
> Ubuntu Belgium Events Team
>
> Le 30/06/10 01:15, Ward De Ridder a écrit :
>
> Hello ubuntu-be
>
>
> A couple weeks ago I’ve sent an e-mail with the idea that we can print our
> own t-shirts. They will be cheaper than the t-shirts ordered from the
> canonical (ubuntu) shop, and we’ll be able to choose the print ourselves.
>
> Everyone I’ve told about this, on the IRC-meeting and in the mailing list,
> was very positive about the idea. We also agreed that the t-shirts should be
> both eco-friendly and fair-trade. JanC and I have done some research about
> that, and we found out that Earth Positive t-shirts are probably the best
> choice. Those t-shirts are a little more expensive compared to other
> branches like Fruit of the Loom, but we will still be able to sell them for
> €10 / t-shirt (we sell the t-shirts from the ubuntu store for about €13 -
> €20).
>
> There are a couple more things to be done before the t-shirts can be
> ordered. First of all we need a good design to print on the t-shirts, that’s
> why we need your help. You can send your ideas and your designs to the
> mailinglist, later we'll open a wiki page to show al the designs, and to
> choose one.
>
> Here are some important things to keep in mind when designing:
>
>    - You can choose the background color from this list:
>    http://www.cotton-shirts.eu/typo3temp/pics/EP02_complete_1_f0ee92a4ef.jpg, for men’s t-shirts there are some more choices:
>    http://www.cotton-shirts.eu/typo3temp/pics/EP01_complete_622f2a8927.jpg, but it’s best to have to same color for all the t-shirts.
>
>
>    - The less colors you use, the lower the price (max 5 different
>    colors), the better. If you want to use light colors on a dark background,
>    you should count one more color.
>
>
>    - If you know how to use inkscape, or another vector graphics editor,
>    please use it! If you don’t know how to use it I, or someone else, can
>    convert it to a vectorial image if your design is the best. If you’ve got a
>    lot of creativity, but don’t know how to work with any image-editing
>    software you can always share your ideas, and maybe someone else can do
>    something with it.
>
>
>    - You can use the ubuntu-be logo in the design, but if we also want to
>    sell the t-shirts at fosdem to foreign visitors, maybe it’s better not to do
>    so. This way we can also ask neighbour  countries if they are interested to
>    participate. The more t-shirts we buy, the cheaper the price / t-shirt.
>
> It’s not 100% sure yet the t-shirts will be printed, but  a good design
> will help to make it easier to decide. The biggest question we’ve got is
> where to get the money to buy the t-shirts. It will cost us about €600 to
> buy 100, and that’s a lot of money. We are quite sure t-shirts at a good
> price with a good design will sell, definitely if we promote them a bit, but
> we have to pay them first.
>
> If you’ve got some ideas let us know!
>
> Ward De Ridder
>
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