Last month we did some work  for a well established UK company who does exactly what we do but on a much larger scale. We were given this order because of a tight deadline and because the goods had to be delivered to Cape Town.  Amazingly, we had a product that was almost identical to the one their client wanted. We delivered the goods within three working days with the branding they required.

About this product

170g Polyester micromesh
Moisture management cooldry fabric
Contract shoulder & side panels.

Available in 11 colourways:
Black/Orange, Black/White, Navy/White, Black/Red, White/Red
White/Orange, Royal/White, White/Royal, White/Black,
Black/Yellow, Red/Black

ADULT SIZES: S – 3XL

Mock-up vs actual.

Mock -up approval

Actual t shirt print

Welcome  back to South Africa Global buddies!

Last year we did some t shirts for this team with a dream, which of course they were happy with… as they’ve asked us to do some more.

Global Buddies t shirt, 2009 design

About Global Buddies

The Global Buddies participants are changed by their experiences together. It’s more than seeing some of the beautiful and historical sites in Cape Town, enjoying fun trips and going to restaurants, or even making new friendships. After their time together, the Global Buddies see themselves and the world around them differently. South African Global Buddies improve their English, start seeing a future that includes education and university, and learn about recycling and fundraising from their American friends. The Los Angeles Buddies learn about South Africa, see ways that joy exists outside of material things, and go home with a different perspective of the abundance in their lives.

When the economy is down, marketing must go up. You need to remain in the minds of potential clients and maintain brand awareness. The greatest mistake that a business can make is to cut the marketing budget when times are tough. It is like amputating the hand that feeds the mouth.

Here are some promotional t shirts we put together for Asrin Property Developers.

The days of web designers are numbered. Better technology leads to better technology and this is why technology is such a wonderful thing.  Yola is an example of the evolution of technology which allows one to build a website without having programming experience.

One thing that we’ve learnt from being an online company is that businesses that utilize the internet as their main marketing tool and make a living from it, are more likely to use other businesses that are internet based.It is probably because as an online company you know that other internet businesses are the same as you are (ethically) and therefore you are more trusting towards them. So if you are still advertising in the Yellow Pages your days are numbered as well because in this fast-paced world of business, nobody has the time (or the muscle) to pick up a heavy book to look for a company,product or service and ….it requires the turning of pages. The www is growing, so that means that there will be more people wanting to use internet based businesses, which means if you don’t have an optimised website, you are not going to be found. The internet is filled will young, time-strapped “internetters” with loads of cash who need to do business quickly.

About Yola

Yola brings website building to the rest of us. Small businesses. Groups and organizations. Non-profits. Your Aunt Martha. The guy in the next cube. Everyone.

Our website builder lets you easily take what’s in your head and turn it into webpages in front of your eyes. Yola lets you make great-looking sites with webpages that work beautifully together.  We do it without imposing banner ads or throwing up pop-up ad windows everywhere.

taken from yola.com

Thank you Yola for trusting Lava Ink with your t shirts.

yola t shirts

These t shirts were printed for the guys at Phelo Pele Pharmacy. They chose VB 180gram long sleeved t shirts as well as our CC 165 gram short sleeved t shirts. To ensure that the end result is what you want, we do a photoshop mock-up of the t shirt for your approval before we proceed with the actual print job.

T shirts : mock vs actual print

The guys in Stellenbosch who study the Earth’s crust couldn’t resist to use Lava Ink for their t shirt job. After all, when lava cools down it forms new surfaces for them to study. Now we’re waiting for the volcanologists .

These long sleeved t shirts were branded for the Department of Geology, Geography and Environmental Science , University of Stellenbosch.

stellenbosch university long sleeved t shirts

We’ve just completed our first direct-to-garment digital print order and the result was amazing. You can’t see the actual print quality from these pictures taken with my Samsung I600 phone but digital is definitely the way to go when the print design is so busy. This client chose the KRTX 200 gram t shirt because the print is more expensive than regular screen printing and thus he chose the best quality t shirt for the job.