Dana College Gets RDQLUS

RDQLUS Designs a Custom Tee for the New "Follow the Viking" Campaign.

When Dana College called to discuss having a custom t-shirt designed for their upcoming "Follow the Viking" campaign, I was a little leery of designing a campus t-shirt. I remembered the first week on campus, passing by all the tables & getting glad-handed an awful, gaudy tees that end up being your gym shirt more than your wardrobe staple. So taking this as the challenge, I accepted the project and aimed for a minimal, graphic tee that was more wardrobe status than gym-rat fodder.

A few sketches:






Here's the full mockup:




RDQLUS Designs a Custom Tee for the New "Follow the Viking" Campaign.


Thanks to Nikki Kinsey & Dana College (@DanaCollege) for the opportunity.

Limited Edition "Aus10tayshus" Tee for HOWaustin 09

The Time Has Come! Announcing the RDQLUS CREATIVE limited edition "Aus10Tayshus" graphic tee for the HOW Design Conference in Austin TX this June!

With the advice of native-Texan, "Friend of RDQLUS" and killer creative Roby "Swagga'Fitz" Fitzhenry, the earth-tone brown design is the final call. So with that…








For the next two weeks, the tees are going to be made available thru the RDQLUS CREATIVE shop on Zazzle. When (50) total shirts are ordered, or the two-week period is up, the design will be discontinued forever!

Another small-batch, hyper-limited run of hand-numbered, screen-printed shirts will be available from me at HOWaustin. These hyper-limited edition tees will have a variation from the limited edition tees. But don't fret, all who get a tee will feel that special'ness that comes from "rare & exclusive" draped on their bodies!

Look 4 me in my custom 1-of-1 variation at HOWaustin and keep your fingers crossed that I have one left for you!

(The tees will be printed on semi-fitted AmericanApparel™ Organic tees)

"HOW AUS10TAYSHUS" Can RDQLUS Be?!

HOWaustin 09 Custom Tee from RDQLUS CREATIVE

So yesterday, by way of Twitter (@rdqlus_creative), I hinted at a limited edition, custom design for the HOW Design Conference '09 to be held in Austin, TX this summer. Well a sneak-peek of the new design has surfaced!

The overall design is a fun take on the name 'Austin' and features a random-typeset spelling of the word 'ostentatious', meaning: "designed to impress or attract notice". Well, uh… YEAH! The "HOW AUS10TAYSHUS!" design will come in (3) varieties, each featuring one of the RDQLUS identity colors.








The scrolls, stars, and cobbled-together typefaces all have a fun Southwestern feel that is decidedly Texas, while staying contemporary and avoiding and old, campy or played out look. The idea is to give mad props to Austin for all of it's creative vibe and cultivation of contemporary arts and creative cultures!

For more info on the HOW Design Conference, click thru here. Stay tuned to find out when and where this RDQLUS limited edition design will surface! Also check out 'Friends of RDQLUS' 36Point to see their plans for HOWaustin!

RDQLUS Happenings: NikeID Winner? Oh Word? Word!

Okay, so on a whim, fueled by my love of custom sneakers and creativity the like, I cuised on over to Nike's NikeID site to enter their recent Dunk Premium design competition. Literally thousands of people entered (often multiple designs) to try their hand at shoe design and perhaps get some props for the skills.

Well.. Fast forward to this morning when I get an email pop up that the contest is over and they have a sinner. Awww, not me? But hey props to the kid that won grand prize, right? So I'm checking out the page and the hot designs and I notice one that is shockingly similar to mine... but it's not. BUT THE ONE JUST BELOW THAT ONE IS!!!!! WHAT!?





Complete with cheeseball photo that I never thought would see the light of day and my own description of my design, Nike has given a sneakerhead kid like me one of those life dreams come true: I've designed a Nike shoe! Not like I haven't before but this time it's not hanging on my Mama's fridge! Nike likes me, they REALLY like me!