Presented by: Dora Drimalas and Brian Flynn
Principal Owners of Hybrid Design
Dora and her husband Brian lead this session and discussed their professional relationship with Nike. It was sweet to see their concept go from the shoe to the clothing and apparel. One stripe could make the design concept jump from the shoe to a brochure, interesting ideas. The main point of their presentation was to show their independent work and how it jumped from a passion of theirs into a paying gig. They turned their love of 80’s sci-fi into t-shirts and wallpaper as well as the love for original Japanese Monster toys into their own creations. They found their niche. It was a fascinating presentation that ended about 30 minutes early. So that gave the audience the opportunity to ask questions. This is where the session became interesting. There was a disconnect between the presenters and the audience. The audience was asking questions about how to get started, how much capital to have, how many t-shirts to print, etc…
They directed them to their nearest phone book and look for printing presses….Wrong!!! There are many ways for designers to market their t-shirt ideas and other art. CafePress.com is one way. Where you customize t-shirts and coffee mugs and other fun accessories and sell it on your blog or in their store. Another thing they spoke about was a magazine they published and realized to turn it into a book and do 4 a year. Instead of going through traditional publishers you can use Lulu.com and publish your own book. There are many ways for designers to self publish their art-flickr, films-youtube, and voice-odeo.
I hope some of the audience participants check this list out or anyone else that wants to know some of the cool tools on-line that will help you self-publish and get your designs out to the world.
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