In February, on our second birthday, we released our first ever T-Shirt as part of Example.  The "Setting An Example" T-Shirt, designed by myself, has been repped at some of the UK's biggest nights including Renegade Hardware, Critical at Fabric and also on DNBTV. For summer we wanted to bring something fresh and we wanted to introduce our first guest artist.  

For T-Shirt number two we chose to get graphic design badman Pale of Name Graphic involved.  So to officially announce and launch Example T Shirt number two the "Manchester T" Designed by Pale here is an interview and your first peek at the kit. 

Example : Pale who are you and what do you do ? 

Pale : Mellowed Mancunian scally with an addiction to creating things that please the eye.

Example : How did you get into graphic design? 

Pale : I was the quiet kid in school that was always drawing on shit. did all the usual tagging and graf writing, but it was brand logo's that  I really buzzed off, i would spend my days copying nike, fila, reebok, mercedes, VW, travel fox logos to perfection. I was an undercover geek.  Then there was 2000AD magazines, Judge Dredd. ABC warriors, Rogue trooper.  Later on I went through a phase of drawing futuristic concept cars, fuck i should of stuck with that one! 

The other major influence on me around that time had to be rave flyers, I would go to town on a saturday and collect them from the independent record stores, there was some seriously wicked flyer designs during the 90's  Now I think back there has never been a time when i've said to myself i'm going to be a  graphic designer, it was just a path I found myself on.

Example : What sort of stuff have you been doing?

Pale : The majority of my work is print based, so logos, branding, flyers, album covers, clothing… Most recently i worked on the Soul:r records rebrand which included the artwork for the long overdue LP '21' from Marcus Intalex.

Having been a drum & bass activist for years it felt great to be able to channel that passion into my graphics work. And Marcus is a great guy to work with even if he does have a bad habit of  accidentally ringing me at 4am in the

morning! Other recent work includes a Virus Syndicate cover, Broke'n'English's DRS cover, Problem Child, Soul:ution, Chimpo logo, Fox logo with plenty more in the pipeline.    

 

Example : What have you got coming up ?

Pale : that would be telling



Example :What was your thought process when you produced the design for Example? 

Pale : Its a blatant rip from a famous tee-shirt Experimental Jetset designed for  Japanese label '2k by Gingham' back in 2001. The original listed the four members of the  Beatles 'John & Paul & Ringo & George' In the classic

Helvetica Font. There has been plenty of other takes on the design so i had been playing with the idea of doing one of my own

for a while. The thought process was pretty simple…what is Manchester famous for? conclusion…Music & Rain & Cotton & Guns

 

Example : Who would be your dream client? 

Pale : One that would let me do what i want haha

 

Example : Can you colour in without going over the lines? 

Pale : Only if i shut one eye and bite my tongue

Example : Can you recommend a good felt tip brand?

Pale : No

Example : Crayons or Felt Tips? 

Pale : you're taking the piss now

Example: Who's your design hero?

Pale : There are loads, but the a few that spring to mind for me are: Herb Lubalin, Mode 2, Mies van der Rohe, The Designers Rebublic, Wim Crouwel, Dick Bruna, Josef Müller-Brockmann, 123klan, Diam...  

Example : What was the first and last piece of music you bought? 

Pale : The first was a tape cassette of the Batman soundtrack. The last two were Dego's 'A Wha' Him Deh Pon?' LP and Fracture & Neptune's 'Retrospect' LP

 

Example : An interesting fact ? 

Pale: The Nike swoosh was designed by Carolyn Davidson in 1971, while she was a student at Portland State University. She was paid $35.

 

 

 

 

THE MANCHESTER TEE IS NOW AVAILABLE TO BUY IN EASTERN BLOC AND FROM THE EXAMPLE ONLINE SHOP 

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