The Great GrubbWeek T-shirt Face-Off

Recycling

In the spirit of Earth Day a few weeks ago, and in light of the fact that discussion about this subject has ceased, I've decided to ressurect a few designs from previous years that didn't make the final cut.  Recycle them, if you will. 

I call this beauty "The Doors", it was created the year we wound up with this shirt...

...as part of a series on concert tshirts that included The Doors, Oasis, Motley Crue, Def Leopard and Nine Inch Nails. 

So, what do you guys think?  Should we revisit the concert tee design?  Are there any iconic shirts/album covers you'd like to re-create in the Grubbweek style?  Coley was fooling around with a Ramones design a few years back...

...(if you can't read it it says "The 11th Annual Grubbweek, Keeping it Alive in 2005"). 

Post your thoughts, comments and criticisms as well as any nifty ideas below by clicking the word "comments" below.

UPDATE: Oh, and I forgot to mention, none of these are green! 

A New Direction?

See, this is what's great about opening up the t-shirt selection process.  The first submission for our GGTFO is not, in fact, a t-shirt.  Ed has submitted a design for a GrubbWeek hat.  Here it is: 

Aside from what we think about the color, design or lack of head coverage - what do we feel about the idea of a GrubbWeek hat?  Is it feasible?  The cost for a hat is slightly higher than a shirt.  While the shirts go for around $10 the hats are $12 to $15.  Here's some other thoughts from Bill to get the discussion started: 

I like the baseball cap idea!  I see that your example is a visor. ... You have to keep in mind that for some of us old guys, we have some thinning space up there and a visor would expose the problem we try so hard to deny!! ... Depending on how much effort one wanted to put in on the project, a reasonable consideration would be to go with an adjustable cap, however, it should not be too difficult to figure out the sizes we would need for ordering traditional caps.  With a traditional cap we would be able to have Sea Isle City in small letters on the back with an small American Flag. You can order the caps with the American Flag already affixed.

So what do you think?  Do you like the idea of a Grubbweek hat?  Post your thoughts in the COMMENTS section (by clicking on the word "comments" below). 

Welcome to the Great Grubbweek T-shirt Face-Off

Or, as I'd like to call it, the GGTFO.  Let me explain. 

In an effort to make the Grubbweek t-shirt selection process more democratic, I'd like to open it up to everyone.  I know traditionally the shirt has been designed in a super-secret fashion - by a cabal of privileged family members who guard the end product with excruciating smugness.  Hinting at the possibilities, dodging questions and not revealing anything until money is in hand. 

In true Revolutionary fashion, I say Power to the People!  Let's throw off the shackles of this oligarchy and open the floodgates to everyone's opinion.  No voice is too small.  If Taylor wants to weigh in - his opinon should be considered.  If Amy feels a certain twang of morning sickness as a result of contemplating a specific design - we all should know about the smallest Grubb's distaste.  And let's not discount our elders.  If Vince can figure out how to use the "series of tubes" we call the interweb - his voice shall be heard.

Here's how I envision this working.  Every few weeks/days/whenever inspiration hits, a new shirt design will be offered up.  Due to the cutting edge technology of www.customink.com one is able to actualize his or her design into a picture of the shirt.  For example, here's the most recent shirt in it's pre-production phase:

The designs can be created by anyone.  If you have an idea, go to the customink site and make it happen.  If you'd rather not, tell me what your idea is, and I'll make it happen.  (Let's face it, I don't have better things to do at work.) 

Once we have a visual, we'll post it to this site for critique, and I'll send out an e-mail alerting the entire Grubb community. 

Comments can be made via e-mail or (preferrably) via the Comments link below each post.  Simply click on the word comments and fill in the appropriate fields in order to share your thoughts.  Anything goes.  Do you think the color choice is poor?  Would you recommend adding an Irish Flag?  Could the font be larger?  (We know some of our "elders" are losing thier eyesight and we want to be sensitive of that.) 

One thing I haven't figured out (besides how to program the html for a voting function) is how we "elect" our winning design.  Should we gather them all and have a straight up vote for your favorite?  Should we create an elaborate bracket system?  Or should we be true to the name of this site and have a Face-Off the moment we have two designs to compare?  What are your thoughts?  Share them in the Comments below!