Thread's Not Dead: The Designer's Guide to the Apparel Industry
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| Rating | : | 4.85 (656 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01LYSS8II |
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| Number of Pages | : | 392 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-13 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Thread's Not Dead is the essential strategy guide for dominating the t-shirt design business! Start your own clothing line, design for your favorite brands, and more. You can become the next Mark Ecko, Obey, or Johnny Cupcakes! This book covers everything you need to know. Written by successful designer and entrepreneur Jeff Finley (formerly of Go Media and Weapons of Mass Creation Festival). Key topics include design, freelancing, band merchandise, personal branding, marketing, sales, printing & production, retail, business strategy, and e-commerce. His goal is to help you create a popular and successful clothing line. The book features contributions from Justin Kamerer (Designer, Angryblue), Matt Wigham (Big Cartel, Emptees), Rob Dobi (Designer, Full Bleed), Jeffrey Kalmikoff (Formerly of Threadless), Brandon Rike (Designer), Munk One (Designer, Illustrator), Richard Minino (Horsebites, Black Axe), Ben Scrivens (Founder, Fright Rags), Dave Pearson (Founder, Paint the Stars), Jamie Tallerico (Designer, AE Outfitters), Jon Kruse (Designer, Blogger), Mark Capicotto (Founder, Glamour Kills), Marc Hemeon (Formerly Design by Humans), Maxx242 (Designer, Illustrator), Adam Hendle (Blogger, I am the Trend), Rikki Burns (Designer), LT Magnotto (Color Seps, Jakprints), Kelly Kiernan (Founder, Cure Apparel).. Learn the secrets and strategies used by the most successful clothing brands
"VERY helpful" according to Zombie Jake. This book was stab in the dark for me. I purchased with little exposure to the author, his blog, or his work. Ultimately it was very helpful in setting up my shirt company. There were sections that didn't apply directly to my company or target audience but I read them anyway for the information. Highly recommend this book.Only negative for me was the amount of time the author spend espousing participation in the indie clothing scene. This was only a negative because, as I found when attempting to follow the advice, not all target audiences and the associated aest. TY Mr. Finley Patrick Corpuz So a buddy of mine asks me to start a tshirt/clothing company with him Its something ive always wanted to do but have never pulled the trigger so we decide that we are going to just go for it but where do we start??? so i begin to research and i find a video on youtube of Adam from Iamthetrend talking about a book by Jeff Finley called, Threads Not Dead ordered the book and its simply amazing Somewhat of a blueprint, a road map, an insiders look into the industry of where it has been and where it is at present time Like Adam said in his video the first half of th. Great Coffee Table Book and also Informative Material This book is a great high quality hardcover book for the coffee table and bonus, it is also informative. I am always looking for interesting, high quality books to put out as conversation starters, and this one joins the list with other art related books like Alternative Movie Posters: Film Art from the Underground, Crazy Great Coffee Table Book and also Informative Material yourmom This book is a great high quality hardcover book for the coffee table and bonus, it is also informative. I am always looking for interesting, high quality books to put out as conversation starters, and this one joins the list with other art related books like Alternative Movie Posters: Film Art from the Underground, Crazy 4 Cult and Star Trek: The Art of Juan Ortiz.I stumbled upon this gem, when I was doing research for some new edgy t-shirt designs for my film festival. I was originally just going to get the digital version for the information, but I ordered it . Cult and Star Trek: The Art of Juan Ortiz.I stumbled upon this gem, when I was doing research for some new edgy t-shirt designs for my film festival. I was originally just going to get the digital version for the information, but I ordered it