SB005
Sound Bridge vol. 3:
Meet and Bleep t-shirts
DATE
17th October, 2024
FORMAT
Apparel
DESIGN
Klaus Buchholz
PRODUCTION
Wesley Taylor
Alongside posters, a small collection of T‑shirts was produced for the event and made available for sale at the Talking Dolls studio shop. Staying true to the city's iconography, the T‑shirt design adapted Detroit's famous pizza chain mascot. Reimagining Little Caesars as 'Little Bleepers', the event's logo features a Roland 808 on a screwdriver instead of a pizza, surrounded by patch cables, a cassette tape, and decorative synthesiser waveforms.
Designed and conceptualised by Klaus Buchholz and screen printed by Wes Taylor at Talking Dolls studio. Wes shared the textile printing process with us, giving us a better understanding of the collaborative practices and techniques behind it.
The graphics and design play with Detroit's industrial and sonic heritage. The screwdriver nods to the city's mechanical roots, the 808 points to its history in electronic music and hip hop, and the cassette tape refers to music sharing and mixtape culture. The general mashup of fast‑food iconography and studio gear hints at the joy of playful improvisation together with others.
The T‑shirts (and posters) are not only artefacts from the event but physical symbols of the personal and colourful connections that Sound Bridge continues to build.