Aaron James Draplin's Blog, page 9

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Our DDC-263 The James Brand x DDC "Elko" Folding Knife Collab!

SOLD OUT!!!

SOLD OUT!!!

SOLD OUT!!!

SOLD OUT!!!

In eight minutes!

Another order is already in!

All orders past 12:08 PM PST will be reached out to. Either we sit on it as a pre-order until the new batch comes in, or we get you back. We'll be in touch!

THANK YOU!!!

TJB x DDC!!!

NOW SHIPPING: DDC-270 "DDC25" Torso Cover Reprint!!!

Our updated design! Took us 25 years to get this one back out into the world!

The first shirt we printed back in 1995!

Product Description:
We've been threatening this one for YEARS. Today, we offer up an updated reprint of our "Hand In Gears" design from 1995! Our very first torso cover we printed back in Bend, Oregon. I think we did fifty of them for friends around town? Those guys hunts me down a couple times a year with a, "Draplin, my shirt fell apart in 2004! When you reprinting those!" And I hem and haw and the years whipped by. So today, we're offering up a pre-order on the design you are seeing above. We're calling it "DDC25" to celebrate twenty five years of the DDC! Est'd in 1995! Twenty five years of this shit! And beyond! And beyond! And beyond! NOW SHIPPING!

Product Details:
01. 6-ounce torso cover with chest and shoulder print.

02. An updated design on our "Hand In Gears" design from when we got going!

03. This is a pre-order sort of thing. Lock one in today! Shipping in a couple weeks.

04. All the sizes needeed! S-XXXL, and tall sizes too!

05. 25 years of the DDC! 1995-2020...AND BEYOND!

06. Will be shipped with a SURPRISE.

07. Printed right here in Portland, Oregon.


Ordering Details:

PRE-ORDER: DDC-270 "DDC25" Torso Cover Reprint!!!

Our updated design! Took us 25 years to get this one back out into the world!

The first shirt we printed back in 1995!

Product Description:
We've been threatening this one for YEARS. Today, we offer up an updated reprint of our "Hand In Gears" design from 1995! Our very first torso cover we printed back in Bend, Oregon. I think we did fifty of them for friends around town? Those guys hunts me down a couple times a year with a, "Draplin, my shirt fell apart in 2004! When you reprinting those!" And I hem and haw and the years whipped by. So today, we're offering up a pre-order on the design you are seeing above. We're calling it "DDC25" to celebrate twenty five years of the DDC! Est'd in 1995! Twenty five years of this shit! And beyond! And beyond! And beyond! Snag one on the pre-order. We'll be shipping these in early November!

Product Details:
01. 6-ounce torso cover with chest and shoulder print.

02. An updated design on our "Hand In Gears" design from when we got going!

03. This is a pre-order sort of thing. Lock one in today! Shipping in a couple weeks.

04. 25 years of the DDC! 1995-2020...AND BEYOND!

05. Will be shipped with SURPRISES.

06. Printed right here in Portland, Oregon.


Ordering Details:

��2020 DDC Dry Goods Div., Merch Dept., Portland, Ore.

NOW SHIPPING: DDC-273 ���Handheld Decimal Equivalent Chart���

Product Description:
Oh man, are these AWESOME. And not like, 13/16 (.8125) awesome....like 100/100 (1.0) awesome.

It's a couple times a day where I have to whip open up my little calculator app to get a decimal equivalent. Be it for a patch 3/8 (.375) of the day, or a decal 7/16" (.4375") away from the edge. Or even a tolerance on a poster trap at 3/32 (.09375") where the colors overlap. And it's like 29/32 (.90625) embarrassing. I was raised by a dad who gave these to his machine shop customers. Handheld versions 11/64 (.171875) of the time, and wall versions 49/64 (.765625) of the time. And those bad-asses lived by them. I have a couple of vintage ones in the DDC Archives, but just know if I started using them, I'd beat the hell out of them like 17/32 (.53125) of the time and they go missing or whatever.

Fed up, I made my own. And friends, THESE ARE THE REAL DEAL. These charts proudly feature our mighty "DDC Hardware" typeface from top to bottom.

The EXACT same material and manufacturing processes as you'd see on a nameplate on a piece of Boeing machinery. Exactly the same. So proud of these. Already used mine twice today! Dang.

Special thanks to Steve from IGN in Vancouver, Wash. for the help on this one! Thank you, sir. They turned out PERFECT.

Product Details:
01. Printed on thick, anodized aluminum 1/32" (.03125") thickness!

02. Screen printed.

03. 3" wide x 5-3/8" (5.375") in dimension.

04. Perfect dimension for holding in your hand.

05. 3/16" (.1875") rounded corners for ease-of-use holding/converting.

06. All the big ones, of course. But we've got the sixteenths and thirty-seconds, and hell, sixty-fourths too! We've got you covered.

07. Pairs well with your standard-sized Field Notes memo books.

08. Quick reference for tricky decimal equivalents.

09. This thing can take a beating!

10. Proudly made in the U.S.A.

11. Great for desk, tool kit, basement lair, cave, nook, lathe, machine shop, printing facility or fix-it shop.

12. Proudly manufactured by the good people of IGN in Vancouver, Wash.


Ordering Details:

��2020 DDC Dry Goods Div., Merch Dept., Portland, Ore.

MERCH ALERT: DDC Summer Vacation!

FRIENDS OF THE DDC: We've gone ahead an issued a SITE-WIDE "Merch Alert" to let you know that all orders that come in after August 18th, 2020 will be shipped when we get back on September 11th, 2020.

That said, you are ABSOLUTELY allowed to place an order, and we'll sit on it until we get back. You'll get an email from us letting you know our "vacation timing."

It's been one hell of a summer, and we're taking a little break to drive home to see our families. See some America! And of course, as safe as possible, masked-up, socially-distanced and mindful of each interaction along the way.

We'll be back on September 11th, and thank you for your patience.

SOLD OUT: "TIMEX x DDC" Second Edition...WOOSH!

SOLD OUT: The second edition of the "TIMEX x DDC Stanard Issue Scout Watch" is sold out! 400 went in 4 minutes. Holy shit!

If you still have the link in an open window, please do not purchase. We are out of the watches for the time being. We are counting up the orders, to see what the final tally was. Pretty sure we oversold, and if we did, we will refund your money, with instructions about the third edition. Stay tuned!

THANK YOU FROM ALL OF US AT THE DDC! And thank you to Timex for the second edition run!

48-HOUR WARNING: Our Second Edtion ���TIMEX x DDC Standard Issue Scout Watch" Goes Live Friday at Noon!

FRIDAY AT HIGH NOON: That���s when the link goes live for our the second edition run of our ���TIMEX x DDC Standard Issue Scout Watch!" We���ve got a good chunk on deck and THEY ARE READY TO GO! (I know some people missed out on the first offering in December, and thanks for your patience.)

The purchasing link goes live at noon Friday, PST, right here the main page at draplin.com. On the East Coast, that is 3 PM EST. Just being crystal clear. This is the 48-hour warning, as these are going to go quick when the link goes up. Weird, I know, but we sold 240 in 15 minutes that last time, and it kind of blew us away.

Couple things to think about:

01. We use PayPal. So please check your PayPal account to make sure your email and shipping address lines up with the email and shipping address you use day to day. We had problems when we���d send notifications to old emails and folks would get riled up when they didn���t see it. And, had some watches sent back that were undeliverable due to old mailing addresses. If you don���t have a PayPal account, you can check out as a guest on their site.

02. International orders require extra shipping charges. Place the order as you would, and we���ll reach with further instructions. Check your ���trash��� and ���spam��� folders if you don���t hear from us.

03. We do our best to ship these out QUICK. The orders will come in Friday, and we���ll have the weekend to process and get them out as soon as we can. You will receive tracking notification when they ship.

04. The watches are $84.99 plus $15 shipping/handling.

Thank you and see you Friday!

GROCERY GRATITUDE: Honoring Eric S., Grocery Store Manager

SALUTING THE GROCERY STORE MANAGERS: Ive partnered with Adobe to honor todays heroes. I thought a lot about honoring someone I knew. A number of frontline friends fluttered through my brain, but then it hit me: It had to be someone I didn't know. The couple times we've left the house to hit our neighborhood grocery stores have been surreal. Over and over, I found myself wanting to thank each stocker, deli counter meat-slicer, security guard and cashier.��

So I created "Grocery Gratitude."

It just kept washing over me: how amazingly brave are these people? Putting themselves at risk like this? Powerful stuff. For the rest of us. Think about the folks we often take for granted. During this scary time, and once we get through this.

We appreciate you, Eric S. THANK YOU for keeping the crew members' morals up and making sure facts are known and squashing rumors that are started from fear. Thank you for working side by side with the rest of the crew even though you are manager, you are outside spraying carts down with the rest of them.

I also wanted to dedicate this piece to my friend Rod Snell, who's a nurse working in Hillsboro, Oregon.

Now, I'd like to personally invite you to use your creativity to honor a hero in your life, those who keep our world turning. Share your creation with #HonorHeroes and tag @adobe. Let's honor them and show the world how important they are to us.��

#ddcquarantine #ddclockdown #grocerygratitude #feelingthankful #honorheroes #honorheroes #honorheroes #honorheroes #honorheroes #honorheroes #honorheroes #honorheroes

OUR SIXTH SKILLSHARE CLASS: Design Great Stuff: How to Make Merch with Draplin���

OUT TODAY: Our 6th Skillshare class titled, ���Design Great Stuff: How to Make Merch with Draplin���

Here���s the official Skillshare verbiage about the class:

"Step back into the studio with iconic designer Aaron Draplin! Now, go further than ever before as Aaron pulls back the curtain on how he makes the merch he���s famous for.

From pins and patches to posters and hats, well-designed merch can be a designer���s dream���if it���s done right. Enter, Aaron Draplin. For the past 15 years, Aaron has been designing the best merch in the biz. Now, he���s sharing the tips, tricks, and trade secrets he���s gathered over a career centered on making great stuff. With his usual straight talk and zero funny business (ok, maybe a little funny business), Aaron will walk you through every step he takes each time he wants to create something new���and might just share some never-before-heard stories of mishaps and mayhem along the way.

From first idea to final delivery, you'll discover how to:

- Choose a design that works

- Find the best vendors to make your stuff

- Create un-mess-with-able files for handoff

- Make multiple merch pieces from one design

Plus, Aaron shares the successes and failures behind his favorite designs, from the spectacular journey of his Space Shuttle design to the woeful tale of an ill-fated yardstick.

Makers of all things are invited to join this class, whether you���re looking to expand the services you can offer your next client, open your own online shop, or make t-shirts for your family reunion. When you���re done, you���ll leave with the insider information you need to choose the right items, work with clients and vendors, and design great merchandise that���s a cut above the rest."

DIG INTO THIS ONE with a click HERE!

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AND HEY: Don't forget our first five classes, either:

01. "Logo Design with Draplin: Secrets of Shape, Type and Color"

02. "Circular Logo Design: Combine Type & Icons in a Classic Shape"

03. "Customizing Type: Creating Wordmarks That Work"

04. "Situation Iteration: Iterating with Shape, Style, and Color"

05. "21 Tips for Speeding Up Yer Design Workflow"

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AND OF COURSE: To pull off these classes takes quite an effort by a very talented group of folks. Thank you to Scott Sullivan for patience and strategic, soothing handling of my nightmarish ways, to Bill Antonucci for patience, Craig Finn-ism and directorial vision, to Becca Cloyd for patience, organization clarity and top-notch producing. To the filmers, editors, social media folks, publicists...all of it...THANK YOU from all of us at the DDC.

NOW SHIPPING: DDC-180 "Ass Pocket Handkerchief"

Product Description:
We finally made a bandana. Or handkerchief. Or bandit mask. Or headband. Call it whatever the hell you want. There are many, many ways to use this thing. We provide a list to get you going on the item. Add to that list and let us know. We're calling the thing an "Ass Pocket Handkerchief".

My dad always had a handkerchief in his back pocket. And let me just tell ya, you didn't want to see that thing "later in the day" as there was a good chance the thing was crusty with who-knows-what, all wadded up in his ass pocket*. I remember him whipping that thing out and wiping our noses and faces, and the things being crusty with...well...I still don't really know? What I'd give to have my dad wipe my face again in 1979. Or 2017. Good memories. Come back, Dad.

(*"Ass Pocket" is an R.L. Burnside reference to a bottle of whiskey that'll fit in your back pocket. This handkerchief will fit back there too, hence the name.)

Product Details:
01. Four colorways: "Tacitly Turquoise", "As Orange As Possible", "Blatantly Black" and "Road Rash Red".

02. 20" x 20" in dimension.

03. 100% cotton.

04. Hand-dyed in Philadelphia by Fred at Man Vs. Ink. Thanks!

05. Soft to the touch. Easy on the nose/eyes/whatever else.

06. Machine-washable. A dirty gas station sink will suffice, too.

07. Multiple uses. Get weird with the thing.

08. For both left-handed and right-handed noseblowers, dipstick wipers and/or bandits.

09. This one is for Dad.


Ordering Details:

��2017 DDC Dry Goods Div., Merch Dept., Portland, Ore.