This is Barbie Lowenberg and Iain Sellar a company/collective i have been following for a few years now. I like the products they put out as they are mostly in black and white with nice crafted line work and strong images.
Abandon Ship Apparel https://www.abandonshipapparel.com/ I have been following this company on social media since they started out. Over the years i have loved what they have with they brand. They have worked with some of my favorite artist/illustrators such as Hydro74, Mcabees, Iain Seller and Tom J Newell. I really like the designs that they put on garments and I own a few of they products. The bold use of image on they t-shirt and the fact that they use just black and white on most of the shirts is what appeals to me, they do use color in some of they designs but its the B+W foor me. Also they seem to produce what they want to be produce and don't always go chasing the recent trends. They have always been very active in using social media to interact with the customers, this gives they direct feedback and contact from the people who buy they product new product. This is something I have watched and seen that direct contact with customers gives your company a voice that people feel they can interact with. Death Hell Gravehttp://deathhellgrave.bigcartel.com/ This guy has been on my browser for a while too, his t-shirt and patch products are my thing from him. He uses a lot of skulls in his work which is a must for me in a product but not just a sandard skull one with the artist's own twist on. Some of his Embroidered patches. Impericon Ihttp://www.impericon.com/uk/ This company seem to be a the big dog in the alternative music industry when it comes to merchandise. I have seen them introduce bands that are very talented and have already got a bit of a buzz around they merch and then help them rocket to success using they merch as a great advertising tool. When i attend Download Festival they seem to be the ones with the biggest marquee and the most amount of garments for sale.
www.disturbia.co.uk Disturbia are an alternative merchandise company who have been producing clothing for Goths and metal heads for a number of years. They bring in artist like Godmachine to produsse work for them to be added to t-shirts and jumpers. They focus or both Women and Mens clothing with illustrations of dark creatures and symbols often associated to alternative faith leaders.
Sunday, 9 October 2016
Collectives
Looking round at what collectives get up to and producys the make and how the operate. These are collectives that I like and the work they produces.