RAYGUN videos
Conversations with RAYGUN about t-shirt design, ethical production, and environmental sustainability.
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How do you focus on environmental sustainability?
- What trade-offs does the speaker describe when comparing regular cotton, organic cotton, and recycled wool?
- How does RAYGUN try to keep clothing out of landfills through product design and by reusing shirts?
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How do you focus on environmental sustainability? — Part 2
- How does the speaker's comparison to a television help explain his distinction between good and bad clothing?
- Why does the speaker describe sustainability as harm reduction rather than eliminating consumption?
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What does it mean to produce clothes ethically?
- How does collective bargaining shape working conditions at RAYGUN, according to the speaker?
- Why might visiting a factory fail to reveal where a company's shirts are actually made? How does subcontracting complicate that picture?
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What does it mean to produce clothes ethically? — Part 2
- Why does the speaker object to putting the responsibility for ethical production on the informed consumer? What responsibility does he give business owners instead?
- What connection does the speaker make between clothing quality and waste, and how does RAYGUN's goal of making shirts last through 100 washes respond to it?
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Do you design and manufacture the shirts yourself?
- Which parts of making and selling a shirt does RAYGUN handle itself, and which part does another factory handle?
- How does the speaker distinguish the cut-and-sew process from the design and screen-printing work RAYGUN does?
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What makes someone want to wear a shirt?
- What does the speaker mean by describing a t-shirt as a way of broadcasting something about yourself? Which examples does he give?
- How do the t-shirt cannon and quilt examples show the different kinds of value people attach to shirts?
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How do you communicate a cause through design choices?
- How did selling shirts to people walking past on a sidewalk shape RAYGUN's approach to text, contrast, and readability?
- According to the speaker, what should a catchphrase do for a complex cause, and why shouldn't it try to explain the entire topic?
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What elements make a t-shirt design “professional”?
- What change does the speaker identify as his move from making art casually to doing it professionally?
- What has stayed the same about RAYGUN's work as it has grown from one small store to a larger production operation?