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London nervously awaits the results of the Mayoral elections 2008, wondering which clown won. Indigo Clothing screen printed the t-shirts for the ‘London Elects‘ staff, the organisation running the election. Last night the polls were very close, with second choice votes looking important for both Boris and Ken.
I am not going to add to the millions of words that have been wasted on this subject already and simply want to wish everyone a lovely bank holiday weekend!
I used the British Library for the first time last Thursday. An incredible building not far from the Indigo Clothing offices and near Kings Cross train station. Did you know they receive a copy of every publication produced in the UK and Ireland and the collection includes 150 million items, in most known languages?
Trying to get a card to access one of the many reading rooms seemed harder than renewing my UK passport, so if you are tempted to use the facility make sure you have all the ID they demand, before they begin the lengthy process of taking a digital photo and checking your reading list. Then, even if you cross your fingers, join the cloakroom queue to hand in your bag and pens (only pencils allowed!), you’ll be told there are in fact no seats left in the reading room and books take over an hour to be fetched from the basement. Next time I go, I am going to arrive early and better prepared!
The BL has an excellent Business and IP Centre which is well worth using too and in the past Indigo has helped members of this department with their research. Last year we also produced t-shirts for one of their excellent exhibitions, Sacred; so it is worth visiting even if you are not going to seek a book or publication.
A pat on the back for Opal in the customer service team email inbox!
—–Original Message—–
Sent: 06 March 2008 15:31
To: Opal Witney
Subject: New Client Reply - [INDIGO !32923]: Some queriesThanks so much, Opal. I’ll look forward to receiving the swatches/colour charts, and then we can make a firm decision and place our order next week.
You really are so very efficient and I do appreciate it. Some companies are terrible about replying to e mails, or dealing with queries effectively.
I’m so impressed by your promptness and helpfulness. I’d like to send you a copy of the first book in the series to say thank you - where shall I send it? Could you remind me of your company’s address and I’ll send it c/o there. We have a fan base growing in Australia, although the series isn’t yet available there. So it’ll be great to have another Aussie Stonewylder!
Kit Berry (Stonewylde)
Over the past months, Indigo has carried out two jobs for Quentin Blake, the much loved children’s illustrator of the Roald Dahl books. Quentin Blake is President of the Downing College Cambridge Alumni Association (he read English at Downing, 1953-56) and the t-shirts, screen printed with the artwork above, are for the Association so that they can raise funds for the many projects they support. Indigo has also printed t-shirts for Quentin’s team of staff.
Disclaimer: Alex is a member of the Downing College Association. Artwork copyright Quentin Blake. and reproduced with kind permission, granted by Dr. H. Hedgeland, 2008.
Indigo recently completed a rush job for Kensington Palace (part of Historic Royal Palaces) consisting of Fruit of the Loom Long sleeve Valueweight t-shirts with a one colour front and one colour back screen print as part of their ‘Kids go free‘ campaign. It seems the client was very happy with our service too:
To: Jo Myronidis
Subject: Re: Client approval attachedSuper Turnaround. They look the business. We will definitely call on you in the future. Hopefully not in such a rush…
Happy St. Valentine’s day!
Maureen
Historic Royal Palaces
Indigo screen printed the above design, “TV is Evil,” along with another design, called “Corporation Domination,” for new organic t-shirt company, Waneye-Tedd.
Their site, waneye-tedd.com, tells you more about the brand:
Waneye Tedd is a one eyed ted, using his one eye to see the world around us, and focus on the details.
The designs are responses to the world around us, sometimes on issues that effect great numbers, to enable people to ask themselves questions, to enhance their lives and make it better for others. Other designs are more focused in view, a small capture of life to bring around with you, to tempt you to see your life and surroundings in such detail as well.
The designs are printed on organic mens jersey t-shirts, by Continental Clothing. London and Turkey based, Continental is one of Indigo’s key suppliers of organic and fashionable promotional clothing and have taken great leaps over the past 12 months to become a completely ethical supplier.
Indigo wish David, and all the team at Waneye-Tedd, the best of luck with their new brand!
UK sports retailing giant, JJB Sports, are having an “up to 90% off sale“. Indigo Clothing produced 20,000 t-shirts for their promotion, screen printed with a one-colour front and back print onto black Stedman Classic tees, back in November, ready for the January 2008 sales.
A few weeks ago, Indigo Clothing carried out a Jerzees Soft-Shell promotion, sending out jackets and info packs to some selected clients. Was so lovely to get this email in response:
Hello Jo,
I don’t know if you had anything to do with organising it but I received a complimentary sample of your latest jacket in the post this week…
Firstly, I just wanted to say thank you. But more importantly I wanted to report back how great I thought it was. I must admit that I put it to the ultimate test this week and cycled home in it on Monday evening (a particularly cold and windy night). I cycle over ten miles to work and have been getting rather cold lately but with your new jacket on I stayed snug the whole way home.
I do have other coats that would also keep me warm but would leave me sweaty from the exercise, not to mention their bulk. Your breathable jacket really did let me breath while also completely sheltering me from the freezing wind.
So thank you and well done! Good luck with the sales, I will certainly keep in mind should we have the need for a jacket within the coming year.
Best wishes,
Catherine Hoskins
Project Director
Indigo have just screen printed and packed a new line of stock for the WordPress Merchandise Shop and the hoodies are now sitting in their respective fulfilment centres in LA, Chicago and London waiting for fans of the open-source blog platform to snap them up.
The WordPress logo is screen printed twice, in white, onto the navy blue American Apparel, unisex, hooded sweatshirts to give a crisp bright image. They are available is sizes from Extra-Small (XS) through to Extra-Large (XL) and will be limited edition. Once ’sold out’ no more navy hoodies will be printed.
Indigo Clothing set up the WordPress store in the Summer, 2007 and not only produced the initial red t-shirts but also built and hosted the e-commerce website, offering two versions, one for the ‘Americas’ and one for ‘Rest of the World’.
Opal, one of Indigo’s client services team, models the new hoodie above and was joined on the photo shoot, on the local streets of Hoxton, London, by co-worker Stephan. The pictures are on the dedicated WordPress Apparel Flickr Group where customers can also post pictures of themselves wearing the the tees and sweats.
Give the blogger in your life the a cosy Christmas present (just don’t let them wear them at ‘Bluewater’ shopping mall) 
Buy at: World Store | Americas Store
Tonight, I am off to the Strand to have drinks with the man, nicknamed ‘The Major’ at uni, who is credited with placing the first ever order with Indigo back in 2001! After leaving university, ‘The Major’ went off to serve in Iraq with the British Army as part of OP TELIC 3 and continued to order copious quantities of embroidered t-shirts which we dispatched via the BFPO (British Forces Post Office). Looking forward to catching up!
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