Shop Talk. These are all free talks. These are all happening at the Ink Kitchen Hangout Area. These are not the usual suspects, these are folks doing the work every day, not professional speakers. Booth 3521. Hope to see y’all there. See and hear amazing things. Bring questions. Speaker Session Date Time FRIDAY KC…
Ink Kitchen has a Youtube channel with a bunch of interviews. There is a three part interview we did with Dov Charney (CEO of Los Angeles Apparel and founder of American Apparel). You can watch the first part here: The man can talk and he covers a whole lot of ground in a relatively short…
At this point it is such a cliche to make New Year’s Resolution, and so many people have the experience of making them and not keeping them that it can seem futile. However, setting goals, making timelines for those goals, and periodically reviewing those goals is always a good idea and a New Year is…
I just joined yet another screenprinter’s group on Facebook. The groups are good ways to share knowledge with your peers. They also are a good place to share complaints with each other, since our families, friends and co-workers long ago stopped wanting to hear about such things. This group had an interesting initiation, to keep…
Some reflections at year’s end on lies and truth in our industry, here are a lucky 7 of each for you: Lies: “One Coat” ink is the answer to all your printing problems.” I made that name up, but no ink is the answer to all your printing problems. There is no miracle white ink…
The Associated Press and NPR/Frontline and the New York Times and other news outlets are reporting that Chinese internment camps are forcing inmates to make apparel including for Badger Sportswear, the North Carolina based company. Ethnic Uighurs and Kasakhs who are discriminated against in Western China are forced into internment camps and for no pay…
Gildan released their third quarter results and you can read them in French or English here. They appear to be in a steady course to take over the world garment trade. Of note are the following: They secured a major underwear contract, private label for their largest customer. Fruit of the Loom/Jerzees and Hanes lost most…
Come by Booth 241 where the Ink Kitchen will be hosting the ISS Shop Talks right on the damn show floor, free of charge. You can learn something from the speakers, you can hang out with your brothers and sisters from the industry, and we’ll have some cool vinyl to listen to. Come hang out.…
Let’s start with the conclusion, which is that simple prints done well sell best. I coordinate the merchandise for Farm Aid (farmaid.org) every year, Farm Aid works to support family farmers and they put on a yearly concert that features Willie Nelson, Neil Young, Dave Matthews, John Mellencamp and other artists who this year included…
My buddy KC Hruby has created a few imaginary designs in order to protect the innocent. Today’s subject relates to mock ups of designs and how one must imagine all the folks that might be eventually wearing the shirts. We have run into quite a number of instances where a perfectly innocent design was going…
