TID1162: Professional Practice - Live Brief - The Level Collective (Research PDF)

t-shirt design document

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the level collective “We are The Level Collective – an independent ethical clothing label about design, adventure and change. We work with designers and ethical makers from across the world to create; Ethical Apparel – Designed For Adventure. We are based in Sheffield, UK and have followers and customers worldwide.”

“Our range of ethical apparel derives its original styling through working with a variety of creative designers and ethical makers. The designs for our graphic T-shirts and Jumpers are created by some of the finest emerging illustrators / graphic designers / Typographers. We hand-screenprint the designs onto our uber soft ethically-made Bamboo and Organic cotton garments using water-based eco inks right here in Sheffield, UK. Our extra chunky Beanie Hats are ethically handmade in Romania and then hand-finished in Sheffield with our hand-screenprinted cotton drill tags.”

“We are all about living and loving life to the full – being out there exploring and experiencing new places whether on foot, wheel or board – on water, forest or mountain. You can join our adventures at Instagram @thelevelcollective”

“All of our clothing is made ethically and sustainably – our T-Shirts are Bamboo / Organic cotton blend, our Jumpers are 100% organic cotton and the working conditions, pay, working hours, employee rights of the makers have been formally approved by FairWear Foundation. Our Beanie Hats are custom handmade in Romania by a social enterprise that works to create opportunities for families to help themselves out of poverty. Men and women are trained, and employed to create our Beanies – providing the steady income and the support needed to move towards independence and to step out of poverty.

We love to support independent design and our designers are paid a generous commission for every garment sold featuring their design – its part of our ‘collective’ ethos.

We create original ethical apparel to the highest quality using authentic skilled processes.

Our designs start with pencil sketches, which are then painstakingly refined through to final designs ready to be hand screen printed by skilled printers. In short: we do things properly – but this process isn’t fast and isn’t cheap. But the end result is apparel and a brand that we are truly proud of. That said, we do try to keep prices as fair as possible for our customers.”

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inspiration purple 3

inspiration grey 4

inspiration green 5

inspiration blue 6

inspiration red 7

inspiration gold 8

inspiration

inspiration white 9

designs

king/queen of the peaks

dripping mountains

the peaks 10

designs

fully fearxless

fearxless script

fearxless /back 11

designs

carexbear

grizzly f#?ker

grizzly 12

designs

let’s run away from here

let’s run away from here /alternative

au naturale 13

designs

usa surf team /front

usa surf team /back

usa surf team /alternative 14

designs

lumber jack’s portland logging

lumber jack’s profile

lumer jack’s profile /alternative 15

designs

property of the peaks /alternative

property of the peaks

alaska walking club 16

designs

casual traveller /alternative

casual traveller

casual traveller patch 17

designs

travel

surf club

surf club /back 18

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sail away

adventure is calling

adventure is calling /alternative 19

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not all those who wander are lost.

breathe

glaciers are mint 20

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lose control

lose control /back

lose control /alternative 21

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fully lose control badge

lose control badge

+ve vibes 22

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explore

explore more

alpine 23

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young, wild, free

wander lust

adventure is out there 24

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totem head

totem pole

fly away 25

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pines circle

pines circle /back

the level collective 26

end

go outside 27