Memetic Tees Explore the shop

William Gibson and the Chatsubo Bar T-shirt

William Gibson meets a fan wearing a Chatsubo Bar T-shirt from Memetic Tees
When I designed the Chatsubo Bar T-shirt back in 2008, I couldn’t have imagined that someday Mr. William Gibson would see one of them.

My jaw dropped when I saw this picture posted to my Facebook wall by Blake wearing his Chatsubo Bar T-shirt at a reading of Mr. Gibson at the University of Calgary in Canada.

What can I say? I admire Gibson and my designs are the result of my passion for the worlds he creates. Have you seen his funny expression? He looks like a great guy. I doubt that I’ll ever have a chance to be that close to him, but I am delighted that one of my designs -a tribute to his work- had that privilege.

Filed under

, ,

Signal list

Get the next signal

New concepts, the thinking behind them, and notes from the design process. Sent when there is something worth sending.




Your address is used only to send this newsletter. It is never sold or shared.

6 responses to “William Gibson and the Chatsubo Bar T-shirt”

  1. AI

    ::thumbs::

    must be a glorious moment for you 🙂

    1. Anonymous

      Yeees, I felt good!

  2. Mata Haggis

    I wrote a PhD about Gibson’s books, pretty much dedicating seven years of my life to furthering the critical analysis of his work, and I had the honour of a half hour chat with him just after that release of Zero History. I’m pleased to say that you are absolutely right – he is a great guy. Extremely intelligent, witty, thoughtful, full of fascinating bits of information and new perspectives while also filled with a hunger to get new information from whomever he is talking to.

    Needless to say, I’ll be ordering some T-shirts from you soon 😀

    1. Anonymous

      A PhD about Gibson’s books! Now that’s interesting! I share your admiration for him and I see that that half hour must have been memorable. I envy you.

  3. Robin

    Would you believe I took that picture?  As I remember from the short conversation that we had with Gibson he was aware that your shirts existed, but he hadn’t had a chance to check them out yet.  He was very happy to see one being worn by a fan.

    1. Anonymous

      Hi Robin, it makes me happy to hear that, I’d have liked to have that conversation. By the way, good picture, you captured the right moment.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *