"I’m here now" deliverable

Info

Name: I’m Here Now
Type: T-Shirt
Campaign: Goodies
Status: Preparing
Affiliation: Official
Original idea: @micheleminno
Coordinator: TBD
General discussion: forum topic
Open issues: github

Summary

T-shirt design that makes people aware how they are absorbed in their smartphone.

Goals

Create a cool t-shirt that draws attention to the fact smartphone use is not always very social.
Promote the Humane Tech Community and Center for Humane Technology at the same time.

Concept

Concept designs for this deliverable where first created by @micheleminno, as part of the Humane Technology Design Contest that started on April 2018.

I'm here now, Concept on black t-shirt

Two T-shirt designs, one in black and one in white background. The person wearing it will show the solution to the problem simply walking and being aware of the world and the people around her or him, in contrast to what is depicted on the front of t-shirt.

People around her/him will be caught by the optical effect of the same person both walking eyes up and sucked on the phone, and they will realize the augmented value of the person not being on their smartphone, but being here in that moment.

This could also be used as part of a viral campaign, maybe with hashtag #imherenow, combined with pictures taken by people while being present in the here and now and aware of the beauty of the world around them (e.g. like this person on Instagram).

The t-shirt can also be used as a gift to active community members, and reward in future crowdfunding campaigns.

Status

Most of the online printing webshops can print only in a square in the fore and the back of the t-shirt (here’s the list). A few of them provide ‘all over’ printing service, but it’s not clear how much it would cost per unit and the time needed to print and ship the units or they ship only to US (i.e. this one).

A number of things need to be done, for the t-shirt to become available. You can see the open issues here.

Resources

Artwork files for the T-shirt design can be found here in the Github Artwork repository
Reference to the Humane Tech Design Contest forum topic and Github location.
Design contest Discussion topic containing first draft of the design.