May 12th, 2009 | Published in Design | Comment
As part of the next phase in the evolution of oki-ni (and to make sure that we keep the opinions of our customers at the forefront of what we’re doing), oki-ni.com are launching a worldwide competition.
We’re looking for someone to design a logo that captures the essence of oki-ni.com in any way, shape or form. We need a graphic image (which can be absolutely anything) and a logo which reads oki-ni.com.
The winner/winners (we may use more than one for different projects that we embark upon) will receive £1000 worth of store credit each to spend on anything on the site. All entries should be submitted by midnight on Sunday 17th May, 2009 Please forward all entrants to charlotte@oki-ni.com or post to:
Logo Competition
oki-ni.com
20 Garrett Street
London EC1Y 0TWGood luck!
If you have questions, need details, etc., checkout oki-ni’s Facebook page.
April 9th, 2009 | Published in Style | Comment
Sexy.
Christian Peau is a Japanese fashion house whose design is understood to bridge the gap between modern avant-garde and classical artisan-based fashion. Unlike many cutting edge Japanese designers that have emerged from the last 10 years, Peau’s is much more European in nature. His influences lie in the traditionl artisans from the early 1800s who were understood to be masters in their trade. Drawn from traditional shoemaking and leather master craftsmen,Christian Peau has reinvented the avant-garde in a modern and beautiful manner.
The emphasis is on handmade leather garments—each shoe is made by hand in Japan with an assortment of hand-stained, painted and washed leathers that are compounded and nailed together for a truly unique outcome.
Source via oki-ni.
January 16th, 2009 | Published in Design | 2 Comments
From Johnny Cupcakes:
Randomly putting baked items on t-shirts and having an entire brand revolve around it is free for anyone to do. I don’t own food. However, I did indeed start this brand of mine 8 years ago, having it’s main focus be revolved around cupcakes and anything associated with it. In the independent t-shirt industry, I believe I was the first person to go all out with this cupcake / baking motif. I’ve made a tremendous amount of sacrifices and risks to make it the homegrown, family run, fun, limited business that it is, since I dropped out of high school and sold my t-shirts out of my rusty car. With my brands main focus on my customers and their experience, I think I’ve been doing a pretty swell job at it.
Last Spring I was alerted by a customer who happened to work at a popular mall sportswear store. This customer of mine caught a glimpse of his manager’s catalog which had various items that were being released in the near future at all of their mall locations. One of the items in this companies catalog was a “Make Pastry Not War” t-shirt. Not only was it a very similar slogan, but it had the same EXACT placement, font, EVEN A CUPCAKE in the center of the t-shirt. This was no coincidence. Weeks later my inbox was flooded with furious Johnny Cupcakes customers who saw this same catalog with the ‘Pastry’ design in it. I could of made a big deal about it online, making everyone else aware of it. Instead, I decided not to be a cry baby and post it all over the internet, so I sought out a different route. I decided to contact my trademark attorney, who then contacted the owners of Pastry / Pastry Kicks. We got in touch with the President of a certain mall chain-store who ended up declining the order of all ‘Make Pastry Not War’ t-shirts.
Recently I’ve received several e-mails from confused and upset customers of mine. Now, 2 other designs have appeared on their website. You be the judge…
The thing that baffles me, is why would two girls who’re famous via MTV, have to stoop so low to create such similar items, never mind brand? Maybe they’re both really great girls who happened to hire some not-so-great designers? I’m not sure what the case is, but I do know that this should be brought to everyones attention.
Spread the word, re-post all of this, and/or express your opinions to ALL of the contacts below:
Customer service toll free Number
1-800-970-0776
Mon-Fri 9AM-6PM. Sat 10AM-5PM (ET).
http://www.pastrykicks.com/contact/
http://www.myspace.com/pastrykicks
October 18th, 2008 | Published in Style | Comment
These election hype shirts from Knock-off Clothing are pretty cool.
Want to see more? Then head over to Tcritic for more t-shirt designs “inspired by Barack Obama” =)
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