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The designer of “The Configurable T-shirt”, Usman Haque, visited our office!
“The Configurable T-shirt” is a design that enables you to create your own t-shirt by coloring the pixels on it.
Time for some interview!
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Hi Usman, nice to meet you! |
| Usman |
Hi! The pleasure is mine! |
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Thank you for joining this year’s T-1 WORLD CUP! |
| Usman |
Thank you for inviting me. Designing a t-shirt is something I rarely get the chance to do, so I was really interested in it. |
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Of course, you’re an architect. Architects design buildings, not t-shirts.
What do you think of the other contestant’s t-shirts? |
| Usman |
Hmmmm…. Personally, I like Tom’s t-shirt the most. I think he’s going to win again this year. I think the “Fighting Club” is another potential winner. The design reminds me of the movie “Shaolin Soccer”! Nando’s design is also interesting… |
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The t-shirts you choose seem to be a lot different from your own design… |
| Usman |
Maybe that’s the reason why I like them. I’m not a “designer” myself, so I’m attracted to these kinds of “designed” t-shirts. |
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Where did you get the idea for “The Configurable T-shirt”? |
| Usman |
In the architectural world today, the general concept is that the architect creates the “architecture” including the interior, and the residents reside in that creation.
I want to change that idea.
I want to create something like a container, where people living in it can freely design the space.
This t-shirt is based on that idea. The t-shirt should be different depending on the person wearing it. |
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I see. How come you designed the “container” for this t-shirt like 2 wings? |
| Usman |
It’s the image of drawing graffiti on walls. You can create two dimensional or three dimensional designs, using these two walls. |
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You made a website where people can try designing this t-shirt, and see other people’s designs like a gallery. |
| Usman |
Yes. A total of 250 people designed their t-shirt in the past 4 days. |
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Wow! |
| Usman |
Some people drew patterns, some people wrote political messages… It’s really interesting to see all the different designs by different people. People can change other people’s design if they want. |
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So the designs keep on changing! |
| Usman |
Yup. If you draw the name of your country on the left wall, and design your national flag on the right wall… |
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I see! You can create “the t-shirt for your country”! |
| Usman |
Actually, someone designed “JPN” and a person kicking the ball on the left, and the right as the goal, so that when you score a goal, the right wall becomes the national flag of Japan! |
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By the way, you sent us a photo of the t-shirts. |
| Usman |
Yes. |
| Usman |
The random colored dots are done by me, and the t-shirt in the middle is done by my wife. “OPEN BUBBLE” is the name of my next project. The one on the right is done by my wife’s brother, a bicycle designer. And my mother is designing another one right now. I’ll send a photo of her when it’s finished! |
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Thanks! We’ll be waiting! Thanks for coming today! |
| Usman |
Not at all! It was great being here! Thanks! |
Usman left us a gift, an assorted package of tea. The tea was flavorful! Thank you!
Check out Usman’s web gallery, and try “configuring” your own t-shirt!
2006/6/26
We hear many favorable comments on Oded Ezer’s Hebrew “T(ypography)-shirt!”
The sample t-shirt we sent to Oded in Israel seem to have arrived in his hands okay….
He sent us a charming picture.
Is that you, Oded, behind the t-shirt?
The e-mail he sent us reads “For the ‘wear-it’ samples…”
So this is how it would look on you, Oded!
Oded sent us a piece of his work along with the picture above, with which you can create your own Hebrew typography.
(C)Design:Oded Ezer Flash Operation:Itamar Lerner
Click the keys above, and the fonts will appear on the screen.
How interesting! How cool!
I have no idea what I’m typing in Hebrew, but it’s really fun!
Oh is this how you write the number “4″ in Hebrew? I would have never guessed!
It’s something everyone can enjoy. Show it to your friends!
Oded, thank you so much for such an amazing piece of work!
2006/6/26
We encountered an amazing happening when we went to visit Tsuguya Inoue the other day, to hand him his first sample t-shirt.
The photo below is a CD of a Thai artist, which Inoue took some effort to find and get in hand.
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What is this? |
| Inoue |
A couple of months ago, I heard their music aired on a TV program so I called the broadcasting company up, and asked the name of the artist. After that I searched for their album. Their album isn’t distributed in Japan, so it took me about two months to actually get the CD. The music is great, and the jacket design is awesome, don’t you think? |
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Thai musicians, I see. Most of the information is in Thai, but some are written in English. Let me see… the name of the group is “Prik”, maybe? The title, “Endorphine”…?
Wow, hold on a sec! Look at the credit for the jacket design! It saids “Phunk Studio” in English! |
| Inoue |
What? Really? |
What a coincidence!
A few days after that, we visited his office again, this time with the final sample t-shirt. As we were looking at the list of the T-1 t-shirts…
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What do you think of this year’s line-up? |
| 井上 |
Fukasawa’s t-shirt is wonderful! It’s really stylish. And Sagmeister, his design is just brilliant! |
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You think so? |
| Inoue |
The color of Taku Satoh’s “104.5 degrees” is really nice. My guess for the champion is Kashiwa’s t-shirt. But you know, Sagmeister’s design is just brilliant. It’s my number one. |
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I see… |
| Inoue |
Tom Vincent comes next, I guess? Yanai’s “WHERE IS YOUR COUNTRY” is truly a Yanai world. But Sagmeister! His design is just so brilliant! |
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You really like Stefan Sagmeister’s design, don’t you? |
| Inoue |
Wait a sec… This design… I think I’ve seen it before… |
●T(ypography)-shirt !
(Oded Ezer)
| Inoue |
I remember! One or two years ago, I saw his design at some design contest, and I thought it was really good that I asked for a copy! I kept that copy in my hands for about a year! Yes, it’s definitely him! |
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Really? Amazing! |
What a coincidence! Or is it really coincidence?
We just but dropped our jaws at the amazing coincidences that occurred around us.
2006/6/23
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