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Would you wear this shirt?

Posted by Mathew Patterson on December 6, 2007 in Site Updates

Email Standards Project supporter and talented designer Doug Neiner has answered the call for some Email Standards Project bling with a great t-shirt design.

support the future of email

Great work Doug - I’d wear that for sure! The ‘support the future of email’ is also a good tagline. We’d love to hear what you all think about Doug’s work, so leave a comment below. If you’ve got your own ideas for taglines, shirts, tattoos, or anything else, then let us know.

Grab the logo files from the What you can do page and get cracking. One way or another we will use some of your ideas to promote the Email Standards Project, and we know there is a ton of talent who support what we are trying to do here.

P.S. My contribution to the taglines is “I believe in ESP — the Email Standards Project”. What have you got?

122 Comments so far

Mathew Patterson said...

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Posted 2:14 pm on 07 December 2007 - #1
t0nt said...

Where can I by this shirt

Posted 8:04 pm on 07 December 2007 - #2

Personally, no. I’d rather it had less text and more of a visual flair, plus the orange and grey is soooo 2004. :P

Posted 1:50 am on 08 December 2007 - #3
Wilbur said...

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Posted 2:48 am on 08 December 2007 - #4
Tim Marshall said...

I really like it, and yes i would buy one!!

Posted 3:26 am on 08 December 2007 - #5

Thanks for the feedback. @Michael - want to design us a different one to show us what you mean? :)

Posted 6:35 am on 08 December 2007 - #6
Matt Radel said...

I’d wear it, even if it’s just out of principal. I’m really excited that someone has started this, and I can’t wait to see what kind of an impact it has. Fight the good fight!!!

Posted 7:03 am on 08 December 2007 - #7
Drew Miller said...

I think Id wear it.  I wish I could read what it says a little better....

Good idea to spread the word....

Posted 8:54 am on 08 December 2007 - #8
Tony said...

I think it looks great except for the back. I don’t like tshirts that have a design in the back.

Posted 12:17 pm on 08 December 2007 - #9
Doug Neiner said...

The text on the preview image is small, so for those who were wondering… the back has most of the CSS attributes the Email Standards Project is looking for major email clients to support.

@Tony - I also generally like designs that are only on the front, but in this case we are sending a message “support the future of e-mail” and trying to build awareness for the project itself, which includes the branding, logo and color(@Michael :) Having them on the front and back keeps them from competing to much.

@Matthew, I think something along the lines of your ESP tag line would be a great idea. Maybe we can set them up to have the same back but different tag lines on the front… Hmmmmm… :)

Posted 1:22 pm on 08 December 2007 - #10
Jeff Werner said...

I second the comment; ess text, more impact. Can you summarize the motive or essential goal of the program in one symbol or slogan? And please don’t ask me to design one for you (too busy, etc etc). You asked if we would buy it or not. So far, no.

Posted 11:43 pm on 08 December 2007 - #11
Warren said...

Nice try, but sorry, no. It’s got to be graphically interesting to be a “wearable” tee for me…

Posted 1:25 am on 09 December 2007 - #12
Nick said...

Yes, yes, yes!

Posted 9:54 pm on 18 December 2007 - #13
zeb said...

The front side looks awesome. Will be great to see it in more colors.

Posted 4:15 pm on 20 December 2007 - #14
Aaron Stone said...

Please be sure to at least imply that you’re looking at user-facing email viewing standards, and not on the core technologies or underlying transports that are also being developed with “the future of email” in mind.

Working groups in the IETF and the Open Mobile Alliance are looking at how to reliably get email to all of your devices, work which is well complemented by user-facing usability work such as your own.

Let’s try not to confuse people, though—people need to know at least a few key buzzwords to differentiate what is happening and what isn’t! For example, when Google, says, “We support IMAP for Gmail!” and yet still has issues with displaying basic HTML on the web.

Posted 7:09 am on 18 January 2008 - #15

@Mathew: This shirt looks awesome already as it is! It is fun that you ask for our own ideas for taglines, shirts, tattoos, or anything else. So, I did what you asked and I grabbed the logo files from the What you can do? page. I will ask my team of volunteers from a non-profit organisation in the Netherlands about Law (called: Waarborg Consument en Recht) to come up with good ideas asap. It will be fun for us, and I hope that we can show you and all your readers our results soon.

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Gastouder said...

Nice shirts! I like the design as well. Can anyone tell me if they are for sale in small sizes for children? Thanks for a reply, Annemarie

Posted 12:29 am on 21 January 2008 - #18
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Posted 4:30 am on 04 February 2008 - #19
Chris Bryan said...

I’ll take two! Let me know when they are ready.

Posted 11:00 am on 22 February 2008 - #20
Frouke Taams said...

Currently we are preparing a film (short movie) and we are looking for clothing for some of our actors. The design of the t-shirt is interesting, so we will bookmark this page and will come back to follow your project. Regards, Taams Productions

Posted 7:29 pm on 22 February 2008 - #21

the designs is really wonderfull. i want buy this t-shirt

Posted 9:01 am on 28 March 2008 - #22
Michael said...

I want one of these. Nick in my office just put me onto this

Posted 9:31 pm on 28 March 2008 - #23

It’s a nice t-shirt, I think the question should be “Where would you wear it?” sort of like a firefox t-shirt, it’s only cool when your with other firefox users.

Posted 10:16 pm on 28 March 2008 - #24
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Posted 11:18 am on 23 April 2008 - #25

It certainly looks like a worthy shirt to me!

Posted 4:09 am on 04 May 2008 - #26

I’d totally wear that shirt! the colors are great and the simplicity really catches the eye… in this crazy world we live in, the simple design really stands out nowadays! Great shirt!

Posted 2:05 pm on 07 May 2008 - #27
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I really like the colors too.  Looks good to me!

Posted 5:47 am on 10 May 2008 - #28

I would wear that t-shirt!

Posted 2:51 am on 22 May 2008 - #29
Peter said...

Nice shirts! I like the design as well. Can anyone tell me if they are for sale in small sizes for children?

Posted 1:26 pm on 23 May 2008 - #30
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Interesting, i would love to wear this shirt… How can i get one of those.

Posted 12:59 pm on 24 May 2008 - #31

I want to buy one of them for my father.

Posted 11:49 am on 31 May 2008 - #32
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Posted 10:17 pm on 14 June 2008 - #33

Its a cool idea but i agree with some of the above comments, ie where would you ware it!  After all you dont want to look geeky for the ladies!

Posted 11:43 pm on 15 June 2008 - #34

I think I would not like to waer it, its a little unimaginative for me, could do with some more flair.

Posted 1:24 am on 17 June 2008 - #35
Anders said...

I prefer to have some anti-Spam t-shirt

Posted 6:53 pm on 26 June 2008 - #36

Nice design, i would buy one if white color is onsale, but where/who i can buy it from?

Posted 1:24 am on 28 June 2008 - #37

Yeah i would wear it and i would make that shirt look good!

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Posted 3:32 am on 08 July 2008 - #42

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Posted 12:44 pm on 20 July 2008 - #43
Oyun said...

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Posted 4:01 am on 21 July 2008 - #44

@Mathew Patterson: you ask your readers to [...leave a comment. If you’ve got your own ideas for taglines, shirts, tattoos, or anything else, then let us know.]
Our suggestion is to add a QR-code, that contains a link to your website. Succes with the project.

Posted 5:57 am on 22 July 2008 - #45
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Posted 3:05 am on 23 July 2008 - #46

Mathew Patterson: you ask your readers to [...leave a comment. If you’ve got your own ideas for taglines, shirts, tattoos, or anything else, then let us know.]
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Posted 12:21 pm on 04 August 2008 - #47
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@ESP team: Where can we find the list of suggestions that you received?

Posted 7:40 pm on 04 August 2008 - #48
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Posted 6:26 pm on 15 August 2008 - #50
World's craziest email said...

I’d wear that shirt in a second.  First off, orange on a gray background is great.  Plus it’s not too loud and still gets the message across.

Posted 2:27 pm on 17 August 2008 - #51
jj said...

not me. too much text, and too small.

Posted 9:05 pm on 25 August 2008 - #52

maybe if it came in Pink ;)

Posted 10:55 pm on 29 August 2008 - #53
clear pores said...

Looks very plain, and colors really contrast each other. Maybe a good thing or a bad thing.

Posted 6:30 pm on 02 September 2008 - #54

good overall design. I too wonder if the text on the back might be too small.

Posted 3:17 am on 05 September 2008 - #55

I’d wear it

Posted 12:53 am on 06 September 2008 - #56
earth4energy said...

Gray on orange doesn’t mix

Posted 3:31 am on 14 September 2008 - #57
Earth4Energy said...

I personally like the colors. Why not?

Posted 10:42 pm on 05 October 2008 - #58

Nice thing!

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Posted 5:09 am on 17 November 2008 - #63
Oyun indir said...

I would not like to waer it, its a little unimaginative for me, could do with some more flair.

Posted 4:40 am on 18 November 2008 - #64

Grab the logo files from the What you can do page and get cracking. One way or another we will use some of your ideas to promote the Email Standards Project, and we know there is a ton of talent who support what we are trying to do here.

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Posted 12:54 am on 20 November 2008 - #66
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Interesting, i would love to wear this shirt… How can i get one of those.

Posted 5:05 am on 20 November 2008 - #67
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Posted 11:28 am on 22 November 2008 - #68
Lifestyle said...

Very nice! We would like 10 shirts in the colour ‘navy dark blue’. Is that possible? Regards Marleen

Posted 10:20 am on 26 November 2008 - #69

So, I did what you asked and I grabbed the logo files from the What you can do? page. I will ask my team of volunteers from a non-profit organisation in the Netherlands about Law (called: Waarborg Consument en Recht) to come up with good ideas asap. It will be fun for us, and I hope that we can show you and all your readers our results soon.

Posted 8:53 am on 05 December 2008 - #70
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we are looking for clothing for some of our actors. The design of the t-shirt is interesting, so we will bookmark this page and will come back to follow your project. Regards, Taams Productions

Posted 8:54 am on 05 December 2008 - #71

This is an awesome shirt! It promotes the idea very well

Posted 9:35 am on 05 December 2008 - #72

Nice shirt. I’ve heard for Doug Neiner before, just can’t remember where.

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Posted 7:37 pm on 25 January 2009 - #86

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