Raglan Sleeves

Rachel was watching University Challenge on TV the other day and came up with a good fact about Raglan sleeves being named after a British general. A dig on the net came up with the explanation: Lord Raglan and the Raglan Sleeve Lord Raglan lost an arm in the Crimean War. To make dressing easier … Read more

Sports Performance Clothing

The Guardian has a good article today about performance, base-layer, sports clothing for elite athletes. I was reading it over someone’s shoulder on the train this morning on the way into work but the person annoyingly left the train at Clapham Junction so I didn’t get to finish it! Luckily the Guardian website is very … Read more

Super Mum

When we had a request at short notice, to supply some promotional tees for this year’s Motor Show, we decided to put our services to the test! We had to turn the tees around sharpish for the fast approaching high profile press day.Now, like any company who uses couriers will know, there are always certain … Read more

Party Pics

Are now online on Flickr: Indigo Party, 20 Oct 06

The day after the night before

Ouch, my head hurts today! Last night was Indigo’s (late) 4th birthday party (see email invite). It was a great night, thanks go to all those who came and those that bought raffle tickets for Get Kids Going, the charity Julia Parker (Indigo’s first staff member) is collecting money for whilst training for the ING … Read more

Google and T-Shirt Printing

Checking Google today, it is nice to see Indigo is in the number one spot for ‘T-Shirt Printing‘ and for ‘Promotional Clothing‘, the two big keywords for our printwear industry. Indigo’s rapid growth has been partly due to our Google ranking. We don’t employ third parties to help us (I can’t believe the number of … Read more

Chimp my Ride

Chimp My Ride is available on guys/girls Black tees, an Army zip hoodie, and a Black kids tee from US t-shirt store Oddica. [Disclaimer: We like this t-shirt, we didn’t print it, it is made in the USA]

Purple Cows

A client of mine invited me to drinks and a talk he was hosting near Trafalgar Square last summer. I agreed, thinking maybe it would be a good networking opportunity, would keep my client happy and it was hardly out of my way considering Indigo is based in the City. At the same time I … Read more

Get Kids Going

Today I am supporting Get Kids Going, by playing (landscaping or ‘turf moving’ as some would describe my game) in a charity golf tournament as part of ‘Team Indigo’. Joining me is James Long and Dickie ‘The Monk’ Heathcote, both of whom have done some hard hours in the Indigo office during the earlier stages … Read more

LowerCaseTee and the Coudal Partners

A Chicago based design firm, Coudal Partners made a stir during the last US presidential elections, with their anti-Bush Lower Case Tee project. Computer Arts have a great indepth interview with founder Jim Coudal.