About

TypoShirt One is about typography on T-shirts. It is definitely not the first publication that deals with the topic of “T-shirts”, but it’s the first one that focuses exclusively on the typography phenomenon in T-shirt culture. Only shirt motifs created explicitly with typographic means shall be presented in this publication. You can’t find so many examples of extremely expressive and fascinating claims, statements, type-images and “mobile posters” on any other piece of clothing. The transmitted messages gain a non-reversible strength and power through the motifs that are reduced to their substance, related to the form and content.

This book is edited by Florian Gaertner, Lars Harmsen, Ulrich Weiß, MAGMA Brand Design and will be published in 2010 by Index Books in Barcelona. The publication aims at graphic- and fashion-designers, but also at typographers and type designers.

Participation

• Fee: There is no entry fee.
• Type of work: Photography of the physical T-shirt with your own design. We're interested in the application of your design on the T-shirt, not the design files themselves.
• File formats: Your presented works should be able to be reproduced at large format. Please provide highres file formats (jpg, 300 dpi, min. 800x1200px up to max. 2400x3500px). Work's original format – no cropping marks, etc. Color mode RGB. The editor will not accept responsibility for color-matching or additional color-correction of digital files.
• File naming convention: When naming your files, please adhere to the following convention: YourName_01.jpg
• You can upload as many files as you want

Timeline

This is a time-sensitive project.
Call for entries: 25.01.2010
Submission deadline: 19.03.2010

Register & Upload

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Becoming a registered member (see Disclaimer below) is simple - just fill in the form here.

Disclaimer

At MAGMA Brand Design we take special care of your personal data. The registration of this data is for the purpose of maintaining a good relationship with MAGMA Brand Design, facilitating the purchase and sending process, keeping you informed at all times of any incidence with reference to your participation. In compliance with article 5 of the Organic Law 15/1999 of 13 December (Ley Orgánica 15/1999) for the Protection of Personal Data and pursuant to its contents, we inform you that the data with which you provide us voluntarily by means of formulae or e-mail, will be incorporated into an automated file. If you wish to exercise your rights of access, rectification, cancellation or opposition, you may put your petition in writing to: MAGMA Brand Design


Grant of rights

Please, read the Grant of Rights form attentively and accept it by ticking it off in the suggested field.

There is no entry fee.
The undersigned hereby grants to MAGMA Brand Design the right to reproduce the work identified above in its forthcoming book, TypoShirt One (the Book), in all editions, revisions, and reprintings of the Book; in promotional materials thereto; and in all media which makes the Book available in visual form for reading; and as a contribution to other collected works in all such media. The below signed hereby confirms that (1) the information attached hereto is correct, (2) the below signed is either the sole owner of all rights to the work (and to any and all photographs, samples, and transparencies of the work being submitted) or has been authorized by the owner(s) of such rights to grant the rights herein granted, and (3) the publication of the work will not violate the rights of any third party. The below signed agrees that (1) the below signed will not receive any direct financial compensation from MAGMA Brand Design for granting these rights herein, (2) the materials submitted will not be returned except upon request, (3) the below signed shall not hold MAGMA Brand Design responsible for the safekeeping of any materials in MAGMA Brand Design possession, and (4) MAGMA Brand Design is entitled to rely for permission on a facsimile of this original.

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Herewith we admit MAGMA Brand Design to use and print our uploaded work for the Publication TypoShirt One.

What happens next

If the MAGMA Brand Design chooses your work, you will receive a confirmation e-mail. Due of the number of participating designers, and the fact that participation is free of charge, we can only send you one free copy.

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Subject:* Hey! Check this site, it's great. You can upload your best typographic T-shirt design and there's a chance it will be published in a compendium of works put together by MAGMA Brand Design and published by IndexBooks. The distribution of the book is on a global scale.

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Contact

Julia Kahl: +49 721 824 858 50
typoshirt@magmabranddesign.de
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MAGMA Brand Design

MAGMA Brand Design represents a high-quality, challenging, and reflective approach toward graphic design. The Editors' work has received more than 25 internationally renowned awards to date, and is regularly featured in numerous design publications. Side projects include Slanted (www.slanted.de and Slanted Magazine) - a typography weblog and magazine, The Bastard Project - an on-going work in progress about fluctuating identities in a globalized world and Volcano Type - our type foundry