Monday, February 25, 2008

Inspiration Information

Threadless, one of my favorite custom tee companies has teamed with Blik, a California based "surface graphic" manufacturer that develops great "wall graphic" designs. In the past, Blik created some cool designs inhouse, but this recent alliance with Threadless now offers us new, cutting edge designs that have previously graced Threadless Tees. These wall decals are transferable and they are often bold and graphically pleasing (and they are not cheap).

Blik has taken some of their fav Threadless designs and converted them to wall graphics following the Threadless model of letting site visitors vote on their favorite design. The most popular designs have been chosen, turned into vinyl graphics and are for sale on the Blik website. Every six weeks the Blik team posts new Threadless designs for review.

The Blik site features some of the winners that have been made into decals and displays them on location (on walls). The beauty lies in the fact that you can take the stickers and rearrange them yourself into your own versions of the design! This works well with some designs, some more that others. I wonder if all of the designers enjoy having their meticulously crafted designs rearranged by others. One one hand, a lot of time was probably spent getting all the graphics in the 'just right' location on the original art, on the other hand, it is cool to see how others can re-interpret your designs.

Talk a look at the Blik site- click here.
I really like the Stone Jungle and above pictured Radios.

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