{"id":217,"date":"2010-10-10T21:59:02","date_gmt":"2010-10-10T21:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/memetictees.com\/blog\/?p=217"},"modified":"2010-10-10T21:59:02","modified_gmt":"2010-10-10T21:59:02","slug":"tessier-ashpool-a-walk-on-the-geek-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/memetictees.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/tessier-ashpool-a-walk-on-the-geek-side\/","title":{"rendered":"Tessier-Ashpool: A walk on the geek side"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script src=\"http:\/\/www.stumbleupon.com\/hostedbadge.php?s=1\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This is real geek stuff. T-shirts based on the fictitious company Tessier-Ashpool S.A. from the book Neuromancer by William Gibson.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike other designs on Memetic Tees, the idea here wasn&#8217;t to create a striking logo but a serious corporate image that would serve as a base for the shirts of the company and its various departments (IT, AI R&amp;D&#8230;). Are you a geek? \u00a0Do you work in an IT Dept.? \u00a0What if you had been working for Tessier-Ashpool?<\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Tessier Ashpool IT Department\" src=\"http:\/\/memetictees.com\/images\/Tessier-Ashpool-IT.jpg\" alt=\"Tessier Ashpool IT Department\" width=\"410\" height=\"389\" \/><\/div>\n<p>It all started with the suggestions of <a title=\"The Doctor's Page\" href=\"http:\/\/drwho.virtadpt.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;The Doctor&#8221;<\/a> who among other things suggested a design with Hideo as a protagonist.<\/p>\n<p>In the novel, Hideo is a cybernetically-modified, genetically-engineered clone bodyguard\/assassin in service of the Tessier-Ashpools. Highly trained in ninja martial arts, he is loyal and dangerous.<\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Tessier-Ashpool Special Ops\" src=\"http:\/\/memetictees.com\/images\/Tessier-Ashpool_Special_Ops.jpg\" alt=\"Tessier-Ashpool Special Ops\" width=\"410\" height=\"389\" \/><\/div>\n<p>This shirt is saying \u201cDon\u2019t mess with me or the last thing you\u2019ll see will be my blade \u00a0sticking through your throat&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For the &#8220;IT Department&#8221; T-shirt, you can select your color. 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