Style: Graniph Design Tshirts
Tom on April 13, 2009
Sydney is the latest recipient of a Graniph design t-shirts store, the vital brand from Tokyo that is spreading the typographic goodness around our wardrobes.
I haven’t had much time to visit them over the past few months but I finally had a chance to take a proper look over the Easter weekend, and came away with two shirts.
The shirts
‘Helvetica Pink’. I think it types speaks for itself.
‘Hidden Alphabet’.
More Helvetica-ry goodness.
The store
The store is located in Galeries Victoria. Although the brand has been westernised to some extent, there are obvious cues from the Japanese origins – the tags are full of Japanese script and many prices are in yen!
Graniph Sydney. Photo credit to JJ on Flickr.
The shirts are everywhere – neatly folded, one on top of the other. There are only ever two or three of a kind so they are snapped up very quickly before different designs replace them.
The prices are high – the more you buy, the cheaper each shirt gets. But buying one shirt will cost between A$30 and A$40.
The packaging
Packaging is minimal. But the carrybags are fantastic – bright orange tight Helvetica on white.
Graniph carrybag, propped up on my trusty MacBook Pro.
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Graniph is a totally niche brand and the experience is very different… but it’s absolutely refreshing to have a taste of type in our clothing. And apart from stuff like the Helvetica shirt, they have genuinely good taste and style in their whole range.
What: Graniph Design Tshirts store, Sydney
Where: Shop RG09, The Galeries Victoria
500 George Street, Sydney
I’ll make sure that I visit it next time I make the long flight down to Sydney!
Comment by John R on July 21, 2009 at 7:27 pm