Student Designers... Threadless 101

My daughter Grace (pictured above wearing the "optical Illusion" threadless) loves Threadless T-shirts. She always asks for them for Christmas.

I recently got this email and thought I would share.

Hi There,

I wanted to let you know about a new program that is being hosted by Threadless which is a community-centered tee-shirt company based out of Chicago, IL called Threadless 101. 

The idea is this: students are given an assignment to create an original design for a tee-shirt-any and all specifications are up to the teacher! Their designs are critiqued and voted for by their classmates, and the student with the highest score will not only be featured in the Threadless newsletter, but will also receive a Threadless gift certificate. Once the assignment is completed and the winning design has been selected for the class, students can easily upload their design to the Threadless site to be included in our regular design challenge to get their tee actually printed. If their design is selected, they will receive a $3,000 tax-free scholarship and $500 each time their tee-shirt is re-printed.

Threadless 101 has just been successfully completed in 3 pilot programs across the United States.

Please let me know if you would like more information about this program and if you could maybe sneak in a post about it on your blog!

Warmly,

Fiona

Fiona Goldstein

Comments

[Judibea]

Hmm---good idea! Will share with book club!

[Bethany Smith]

That is awesome! When I was a Graphic Art teacher I would have my students design their t-shirts and we would screen print them ourselves, but I was lucky to have the equipment to do that. It was a great project and I'm glad that it can reach so many more students now!

[Dennis Harter]

Sheryl, I blame you and this post now for the half hour I've wasted looking and laughing at great t-shirt designs at Threadless. Jeff is mocking me.

What a great program they are offering. I want a shirt from there too.