Two things:

1) this exact concept was on sale at Threadless

2) It is no longer on sale at Threadless because of copyright infringement.

So really, there’s no way this will win. Unless springleap wants to settle a lawsuit, but I tend to think they don’t want any more setbacks.

Based on the Pre-buy notation, this is what is left to be printed per month:

Aug 10/22
Sept 4/11
Oct 6/10
Nov 6/10
Dec 9/11

that includes “featured” designs where applicable. I didn’t bother going earlier than august, because by now they really should have all those printed, and I’d rather ignore than be wrong.

On the one hand, in the last month, they certainly HAVE increased their stock dramatically. On the other, there’s still a lot of slowness on the production line (and to be honest, I’m sure people still waiting on August and September shirts aren’t thrilled that Novembers and Decembers have already come in). I’m excited for these growing pains to be over, but I’m also afraid that by that time, a lot of people will be very done with Springleap. Especially people outside of South Africa. I can only hope, with 4 more business days in March, they can make an even bigger dent before their print anniversary comes up in April.

as a plus, they do seem to be selling pretty well. I hope that, once printing finally gets sorted out, they get on reprints… there’s a lot of stuff that looks like it’ll sell out before some people even get their first orders (and other stuff which seems to have sold out on pre-orders alone). As I’m sure the current print debacle has proven, lack of stock hurts sales. that goes for sold-out as much as not-in-print

He does not!

that’s quite the pun there, JW

This is charmingly odd. nice one

I can’t see a single thing wrong with this, myself. Great design.

I totally agree with the mindset you guys seem to have… good design is good design. I think the most important thing right now is building a brand. Get the contests rolling smoothly, get the rest of your back catalog printed, get things streamlined so future prints are coming out in reasonable time… all the while continuing to produce great shirts from great artists from wherever they may come from.

That said, coming from this American’s POV at least, I think it’d be great once you get to a point where operations are smooth and you can handle something new on your plate, to hold a more SA specific contest monthly. Because a company SHOULD be proud of where it’s from. I think that having a specific SA showcase now and then would help cement that part of your product, while also not taking away from the international contests. It’s all up to you guys, of course… I don’t imagine someone like myself would be clamoring for SA specific goods… but it’s something to think about once everything starts running smoothly again… one more thing to set you apart

Or, vicariously, why be outdated when you can rock an ipod?

I side with the music-maker, myself, but either way sweet design.

Looks great on red, sir. Good luck!

I am excited to finally see a mythical Springleap shirt in person! Which I’m hoping will be soon, since I ordered a September (Rein Dance).

This is definitely my horse for this race. Good luck on winning!

I feel like I just saw this at Itself