Retail is Detail

Scott Dadich’s [st-artdesign.com] ‘maximal’ (more about this later) redesign of Wired magazine is turning me into a geek… okay, even more of a geek. I don’t think this is such a bad thing, although I’m not getting out as much anymore… anyhoo, the latest issue of Wired (April 2008) [wired.com/16-04] features a lead article on Wired Business Trends 2008 and under the title ‘Rise of the Instapreneur’ (kind of a clunky name for em, if you ask me) they mention a few sites where you can design stuff and get it manufactured via the internet. Being a recent fan of POD (Print on Demand) printing [wikipedia] I checked a few of them out. Zazzle, in particular, caught my eye and as I had a few random designs lying around, it took me no time at all to set up shop. I’m calling my label ‘Retail Fashions’ [zazzle.com/retailfashions] (it’s a bit tounge-in-cheek). If anything, it’s another interesting experiment, although like most online manufactures (or should that be ‘webofacturers’… or something) it’s still a tad pricey when it comes to shipping and the interface could do with a bit of a tidy up. Have a look at see what you think, the mug shown above is my personal fave.