December 12, 2005
Album Art Apparel and Prints
TUNiPOP prints album and cd cover designs on shirts and premium art paper. Basically, you send them an album jacket or cd insert design that you own, they scan the cover, make a shirt and/or art print, and send it all back to you. They can only make one copy of either a shirt or print design for any one customer due to copyright restrictions. The only reason they can do this at all (legally), is that they are acting as a transformation service only - as such they don't duplicate or archive anything - hence their strict single copy restriction.
Personally I don't think every album cover design makes for a great looking t-shirt. Having a big square shape in the middle of a shirt, even if it's great cover design always looks a little cheap to me.
The art prints on the other hand, particularly when framed, have a nice vintage look, similar to old movie posters. If the cover is a little beat up, it can even add to the vintage effect. I think the right album art would be great in an office, a themed bar or restaurant, or in a room used for entertaining. TUNiPOP can print covers in 3 sizes - 19x19, 24x24 and 31x31, each with different prices for different paper qualities.
The service may not appeal to a mass audience, but TUNiPOP shows that classic album art is suitable for wearing, and suitable for framing.
Comments
Thanks for the feedback on the site. I agree with you on the shirts, particularly on white background, shortly we will be offering the ability to print on dark colors (black), which will lessen the look of the “big square” somewhat and believe the shirts will appeal to a younger demographic. I also agree that prints are much more compelling than the shirt, but since we are just getting started, we have to sort things out and see where they go. I’ll be putting up more representative samples of prints shortly. Thanks again for your insight.
Posted by: Ayoung at December 14, 2005 08:30 AM
No problem Ayoung. Best of luck with the venture, I think it's a great idea. I may dig through my old LPs and see if there's something for my office meeting room - your prints would definitely be a good conversation piece.
Posted by: Rico at December 16, 2005 12:13 PM
