DN T-Shirt

almost 9 years ago from Matt Achariam, Intent Renderer

Hey DN,

There’s been a long standing request for a Designer News t-shirt. We’re happy to announce that we’ve teamed up with the folks over at Teespring to make that a reality.

For our first run we decided to go with a classic look. We’ve designed a special pixelized version of the DN logo that will be screen printed on high quality American Apparel crew shirts.

Since this is a special occurrence we’ve decided to throw in a limited edition color for your DN Profile.

The Shirt

DN T-Shirt Promo Graphic

The Limited Edition Color

DN Color

Get your t-shirt here

41 comments

Adria Jimenez, almost 9 years ago
I would say 25$ for a t-shirt with just an icon + some company advertising in the back it's pretty expensive...
I would only pay those 25$ if it comes without the advertisement and with some "Designer News" or "DN" or something like that text...
60 points
- Account deleted almost 9 years ago
  I have to agree with this. Is this a LV shirt or a DN one? It looks a lot more like a LV one simply because of the branding. Now, this is where it gets a little wonky... because all my tees from startups and applications were all given to me for free.
  I'd be all about paying for a shirt to show support for the DN community (and to help pay for the expense of running and managing this site), but I feel it should be all about DN. Just my take anyways.
  Also, in regards to another comment on here, was someone really banned for commenting about the shirt?
  27 points
- Brennan Smith, almost 9 years ago
  It's like those "hardcore" road bike enthusiasts that buy 100's of dollars worth of riding gear that turns them into a riding billboard for company's. I never understood this, especially since the professional athletes riding for these company's actually get paid to wear this overpriced gear.
  2 points
  - M. Appelman, almost 9 years ago
    Same as "hardcore" sportsball enthusiasts wearing 100's of dollars worth of sportsball gear etc etc.
    1 point
- Patrick Loonstra, almost 9 years ago
  Agree, just keep this shirt about the community here. I bet most of us do not even use Layervault... yet. Maybe later, but the real value right now is the community they are building.
  0 points
Jonathan Shariat, almost 9 years ago
I thought the guy in the top left was the DN logo
28 points
- Travis Vocino, almost 9 years ago
  NSFW
  38 points
  - Victor Ware, almost 9 years ago
    damnit, can't unsee it now.
    11 points
  - Aaron Calzado, almost 9 years ago
    Haha! Way to take it there.
    4 points
- Marcel Wichmann , almost 9 years ago
  Me too. Took me a second to find where the newspaper is used. Might be time for a more focused branding.
  1 point
Joe Turner, almost 9 years ago
Love the front, but I'm not ordering because of the back.
26 points
Ayca Tank, almost 9 years ago
The solution is simple: Design News should run a contest for t-shirt design.
10 points
anthony thomas, almost 9 years ago
You designed a "DN" t-shirt using a low contrast icon. Yet the words "Designer News" of what it represents is nowhere to be found. Makes no sense to me.
8 points
- Tierney Cyren, almost 9 years ago
  A large part of T-Shirt design is in-jokes (which don't have to be funny, that's just the name I've heard it be called). Most people on DN know that icon has represented DN, and would recognize it if they saw it. That's the in-joke.
  3 points
Chris Slowik, almost 9 years ago (edited almost 9 years ago )
Wow $25/shirt.. you guys must be making a killing!
Doesn't Teespring take only $8/shirt?
EDIT: http://prntscr.com/4wsgu1 Ok it's $9.81 for dual side. not a bad profit.
5 points
- Martin LeBlanc, almost 9 years ago
  There is a big difference in the fabric. I would much rather pay $25 for a good t-shirt, than $8 for some junk I won't wear.
  1 point
  - Chris Slowik, almost 9 years ago
    you're right, the american apparel crew costs $2 more to make...
    2 points
Tierney Cyren, almost 9 years ago
Also, I don't care that the LayerVault logo is on the back. I actually welcome it. Would you be pissed off if Google put their logo on the back of a Chrome shirt, or if Apple put their logo on the back of an iOS shirt? I don't think most people would.
5 points
- Trevor Henry, almost 9 years ago
  Thats the $25 question
  30 points
Tierney Cyren, almost 9 years ago
14 in 35 minutes is pretty damn good.
3 points
Sean Lester, almost 9 years ago
Pre-ordered :B
3 points
- Matt Achariam, almost 9 years ago
  Sweet!
  2 points
Diego Lafuente, almost 9 years ago
My fashion sense alerted me to not use this blue shirt :)
2 points
- Tierney Cyren, almost 9 years ago
  Tell that to those guys who made the HTML5 shirt.
  1 point
Jeff Escalante, almost 9 years ago
No long shadow? I'm out.
2 points
- Kelly Sutton, almost 9 years ago
  But Jeff, your cover photo has no long shadow. I'm not convinced you're dedicated to the long-shadow design trend.
  0 points
  - Jeff Escalante, almost 9 years ago
    My soul has a long shadow
    24 points
    - Sam Garson, almost 9 years ago
      I wish this was on the t shirt
      4 points
Dan Cortes, almost 9 years ago
Just preordered one. 10th person to do so!
2 points
- Jaffar Khorshidi, almost 9 years ago
  Number 33 here!
  2 points
Artur Maklyarevsky, almost 9 years ago (edited almost 9 years ago )
Why offer a mass-produced tshirt, when instead ( for just $20 ) you can offer a customizable one?
Your followers are creative.. after all ;-)
The options for self-expression is endless.
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1 point
Account deleted almost 9 years ago
I would love to buy one, but the shipping to Denmark is almost the same price as the t-shirt itself.
1 point
Josh Osborne, almost 9 years ago
Pre-ordered!
The limited edition profile color sold me, and I feel a little bit dirty because of it.
1 point
Eric H., almost 9 years ago
Why is this still at the top of the homepage?
You should invent some ad space and call it a day.
0 points
Orta Therox, almost 9 years ago (edited almost 9 years ago )
Bought, my Paypal isn't the same as my DN email though ( x+prefixes@gmail.com. ) Seems like a nice way to give back.
0 points
- Matt Achariam, almost 9 years ago
  Awesome, thank you. No worries we'll email everyone instructions once the campaign is over.
  0 points
Frederic Bartl, almost 9 years ago
DOPE!
0 points
Nathan Gathright, almost 9 years ago (edited almost 9 years ago )
So when do pre-orderees get the color?
0 points
- Matt Achariam, almost 9 years ago
  We'll send out an e-mail once the campaign is over.
  1 point

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