The selection criteria are simple and clear. "Is it interesting or not?
Selected by dojoe
Item01_Test Print T-Shirt
Nakano: Let me start this time as well. First of all, this is a test print. This is a test print. In short, it is a test print at a print factory, so basically, it is something that will never appear on the market. Since they are not considered for sale in the first place, it is interesting to find out what they are. It is interesting to find something that is not for sale.
Hatanaka: This is printed not only on the front but also on the back.
Nakano: That's interesting, too. The middle one is a back view of a dog on the front, but on the back is a message print with a completely different taste. The best part of this test print is the discomfort of having completely different things on one T-shirt and body. And on the right is a color test. The right is a color test to check if the colors come out correctly. In my opinion, the left one is more like an ink check than a test. In short, it is similar to the number of meshes used for silk-screening plates...am I getting a little technical here? (smiles).
Hatanaka: (Laughter). No, it's okay, go on!
Nakano: This is the one that was printed to check whether this design could be printed properly with this hardness of ink.
Hatanaka: I'm interested in whether the detailed text and design can be expressed without being crushed.
Izmt: Yes, yes. Print shops make these as samples for their customers. They say, "We can do this much detail," or "We can make darker colors on a black body. I think this is for practice. I think this one is for practice. The type in the middle is sometimes seen in the used clothing market, but it is rare to find one for testing colors and inks.
Hatanaka: So it's like a test for a test. If it were normal, I would throw it away.
Nakano: So I was really happy when I found them. I found the left one and the right one at the same thrift store, but I felt like "I found three big E's from Levi's! I felt like "I found 3 big E's from Levi's!
Item02_Miss Print T-Shirt
Nakano: And this second one here is a misprint, a B product. The text part is printed normally, but the middle part is ...... can you tell?
Hatanaka: Ahhh, something like that, I can see the checkered flag, but it's a drag race. This is more amazing to see it live than in a photo.
Nakano: This one, too, will never appear on the market. But on the contrary, this kind of discomfort is fun and a point I like.
Hatanaka: At first glance, I thought the middle part was a photo and an inkjet print, but it's a silkscreen plate shift that gives it a blurry look. Interesting.
Nakano: One of the points we find interesting is "distortion. From the printing side, we never want to show this part, but that's why it looks so cool. It is embarrassing for a professional to make mistakes like this. But from someone else's point of view, that's what makes it interesting.
Hatanaka: I know, I know. That's a goofy point.
Izmt: (Laughter). No, really. I think I'm taking it too far in a good direction, though (laughs). I remember the misprint, but I recently got a T-shirt with the "Y" in "ARMY" printed too late, so it became "ARMV" and I wear it a lot. It's a mistake, but it looks better. That's exactly what it means, isn't it?
Hatanaka: This is the one that is not popular with the general public (laughs). To understand the fun of this, you need to know something about silkscreen printing, and it is quite geeky. By listening to the explanation, you can see it as a completely different thing and understand its merits.
Nakano: And then the listeners, in their mind, would see the value increase from 2,800 yen to 3,800 yen (laughs).
Item03_ MiXXy Hand Parody T-Shirt
Nakano: Next is a T-shirt parodying Micky's hand. It's really nothing more, it's a joke T-shirt that you can find at Don Quixote if you want. ......
Hatanaka: "I'M HERS"?
Nakano: In short, the boyfriend puts it on and points at her next to him.... I'm hers," he says. And here's where things get a little weird. ......
Hatanaka: Oh, it's started! Nakano-kun, you weave a tale out of a T-shirt.
Nakano: You can tell by touching it, but they use a transfer sheet for the print. While it helps keep costs down, it's the kind that ages and gets ragged with each repeated washing. I wear this T-shirt, and after 10 years of spending time with her, it gets nice and ragged. This is why I wanted people to enjoy the relationship between the two of them as it ages and changes with the passage of time. I think this is the idea behind the T-shirt.
Hatanaka: Maybe they thought that far ahead and decided to use transfer prints.
Izmt: No, it would never happen. If he had made that much calculation, he would have been completely screwed (laughs).
Item04_ My Grandkids T-Shirt
Nakano: Let's continue with another transfer print story. Americans make original T-shirts for every event such as birthdays and graduation ceremonies. The design has been around for a long time, but when I saw a vintage clothing store in Osaka, "Chappie," name this type of T-shirt "Who's that? (Laughs.) So, this is a "Sun Yannen T", isn't it?
All: (Laughter).
Nakano: I've seen it the other way around, a pattern where the grandchildren make it for the grandfather. But in this case, the pattern is that the grandfather made it because he liked his grandchildren too much.
Hatanaka: I see. But this print rubbing is a bit of a horror story. ......
Izmt: Normally, this kind of item would be worn once and then finished, which is the opposite of sustainable. But this one has been worn a lot.
Nakano: No, you would wear it! All grandfathers love their grandchildren.
Izmt: On top of that, I'm just wondering why so many of my favorite grandchildren's T-shirts are thrifted.
Hatanaka: Indeed (laughs). But it passed from an unknown old man on the other side of the Pacific Ocean to Nakano's hands, and then to the hands of someone else. That is, in a sense, sustainable.
Item05_ Microsoft T-Shirt
Nakano: Finally, I wanted to be catchy: IT motif T-shirts are popular, but this time I focused on "Microsoft. While the plain logos are fine, I like the contests in which programmers compete to develop software, geeky software, and the cell phones that were being developed at the time. I guess they were basically distributed at events for sales promotions, but the composition, use of color, and other design elements are usually excellent.
Izmt: I'm not at all familiar with this kind of thing.
Hatanaka: I knew it. Compared to "Apple," is "Microsoft" still coming out in the U.S.?
Nakano: No, the prices have already skyrocketed in the past year or two as well. Especially, things from the 2000's are very hard to find.
Hatanaka: Heh. But it's amazing. The tag is woven with the "Windows" logo, and in full color! They really put a lot of effort into this.
Nakano: Since last year, the number of people who collect them has been increasing. Logos are popular, but if you shift the focus a bit, you can still find interesting things. I hate to say it, but this is a perfect selling point (laughs).
Hatanaka: What about, say, Hewlett-Packard?
Nakano: ?? ...... Oh, hp (laughs). I don't know about that.
