After the winter of our discontent, well at least in our Northern climes, Spring is (almost) here. Thoughts turn to verse: You can’t see Canada across lake Erie, but you know it’s there. It’s the same with spring. You have to have faith, especially in Cleveland. ~Paul Fleischman People ask me what I do in…
ISS Long Beach 2015 was another strong show. The Ink Kitchen was there of course, doing what we do. Checkout the show highlights.
Day 1 of the Atlantic City ISS show was fast paced, with lots of people coming by all day. I got out and saw a few cool things. The coolest thing I saw was Ross Balfour of Saati had a Seek add-on camera to his smartphone that both visually shows you infrared images and reads…
If you’re at ISS Atlantic City come by booth 505 and celebrate the comeback of Know-It-All Rick Roth.
Call me old fashioned, but I still love the soft well-made Beefy T’s. They are the only real ring spun cotton 6.1 ounce t-shirt. This year and in particular at the AC ISS Hanes is celebrating 40 years since the Beefy T was born with some cool old shirts on display, some funny baby bulls ads,…
The Ink Kitchen will have our “Know-It-All” booth at #505. We have many industry luminaries stopping by, some cool shirts to check out, wanted and unwanted advice, recommendations for every aspect of the garment trade and decorating garments, and a few free cool gifts. For what we don’t know, we have a Magic 8 Ball.…
Come on by and see us in booth 505 at the ISS Atlantic City show this weekend. Not only can we help you navigate the show, we can tell you good places to eat, too!
Trust Printshop recently redesigned their website to coincide with their move to a new facility in Fort Worth. Owner Matt Lucas is not only a good friend of The Ink Kitchen but is also one of the smartest and most talented people in the industry today. Congratulations to Matt and the team at Trust on their…
There is a very funny Vice posting supposing what fashion might be like for us all as we age into geezers and geezettes – American Apparel, Champion, etc for the future, sort of…
I was recently talking to friend in the industry about offering custom printing vs. contract printing vs. doing both. My thoughts on this matter have been consistent for the past ten years: choose one or the other, not both. I do not recommend offering both for specific reasons, i.e: the inevitable conflicts of interest that arise when you…
