Friday, May 9, 2008

Have A Cow



I know we're making Wal-Mart nervous. As of today, we are what business professors call "horizontally integrated," with solid footings in both the photography and farm animal t-shirt sectors.

The Six Angry Cows t-shirt uses an image I shot on a farm in Damme, Belgium back in 2000 when I was experimenting with Kodak's EIR infrared film. Photo geeks older than 30 might remember that anyone loading, focusing, exposing and developing this invisible light-sensitive film resembled James Bond diffusing a doomsday bomb. The film was so sensitive that you had to load your camera in 100% darkness. But, the grainy, glowing look was really beautiful and even under/over exposures had completely different and usable results. Kodak discontinued EIR film last year and I felt sad to hear the news, even though I went completely digital in 2004.

I had fun with Zazzle's custom apparel website and the interface is wonderfully intuitive. Other e-businesses have a lot to learn from them since they're one of the few who work hard on the front-end design so the consumer can quickly order what they want, minus their money. No "Want to take a survey?" popups or other annoying things that degrade the user experience. Within a few days, the order comes well-packaged and everyone is happy.

For $25 plus shipping, you can wear a piece of bovine beauty and halide history.
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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Great tshirt! my partner and I have been thinking of doing tshirts with an eco friendly message... some samples can be seen on our blog in a past post:
http://www.steady70.blogspot.com
(excuse the shameless plug-in!).. we find you to be an inspiration and hope we acquire to your level when we grow up...:)

all the best,
Iris

Corey Weiner said...

Hi Iris,

No worries about the shameless plug! Thanks for checking out the blog and it's great you get to travel and work with your husband. Your work is great.

Take care...

Corey

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