August 2012
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Biographe Blanks - Now Taking Custom Screen...
We are proud to offer Biographe Blanks custom screen printed tee’s. Biographe Blanks is a socially conscious screen printer that employs survivors of the commercial sex trade.
For every 250 custom printed tee’s ordered you provide employment for one survivor for one month!
Check out our new web site Biographe Blanks and place an order or be sure to spread the word to your friends.
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February 2012
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Searching for Fabric
Man, this city is big!! Thank you Mr. Taxi Man, bus driver, and tuk-tuk guy for helping us on our quest for the right fabric. What a treasure hunt!
Back to Bangkok!
Stepped off the train and got smacked in the face by the warm humid air of Bangkok in February… just the welcome back that was needed. Sure does feel good. Fresh pineapple, iced coffee, and papaya salad, here we come.
Headed straight to the Biographe Lab to say hi and check in on the operation. So good to see all the smiling faces again. Our manager, Wen, and her team surprised us with...
September 2011
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The Blind Project Presents "Episodes" // A Gallery...
October 1st, 2011 - 7:00pm (Red Bull Space, 40 Thompson St. NYC)
$35 Pre-Sale, (Includes limited addition Biographe Beta Tee)
$40 at door day of event
The Blind Project, together with DACS (Designers Against Child Slavery), is excited to showcase “Episodes” - Illustrated Stories of Survivors of Trafficking, a dynamic gallery of work from artists all over the globe. All artwork...
May 2011
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Introducing Biographe Beta!
The Blind Project is pleased to announce the launch of Biographe Beta - a limited edition t-shirt line that is used as a training tool to teach survivors of the commercial sex trade a new skill in screen printing, design and production. Biographe Beta goes on sale today!
Each graphic on these limited edition t-shirts is inspired by a woman’s story that has been exploited in the sex trade....
WatchBETA HAS ARRIVED!
April 2011
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WatchBiographe Lab: Week 3
Team Biographer Wen (Biographe Manager) humbly speaks about the struggles of starting a screen printing business abroad.
It’s only week three Wen! We are confident that she will be able to lead her team to great success as they continue to build their technical skills as screen printers.
Thanks for all the hard work team!
Team Biographer Spotlight: Sheila Harper -...
Sheila Harper, biographer and long standing team member of The Blind Project joined us on our recent work abroad. What we love about Sheila is her attention to detail during the design process and her excitement in teaching others her skills. Sheila spent two fast paced weeks abroad teaching jewelry design workshops while making huge strides sourcing local materials in preparation for the launch...
Were Can I Buy The Items?
I read about the project in social earth (your link from there to here is a bit broken, but I found you :-)!)
I’d like to see the items you make and maybe buy some. This is a great idea and something I strongly belive in.
Thank you and Kudus!
hugs :-)
KS
KS Thanks for the support!
We’ll have to notify our friends over at social earth about our broken link. ;( To answer your...
March 2011
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WatchThe screen printing equipment is here!! Thanks to M&R for supplying all the necessary equipment at cost as well as all those who helped haul up over a thousand pounds of machinery up a very awkward and narrow staircase.
The Biographe Model
The Nexus of a Brand...
Biographe is a sustainable style brand in it’s infancy. Built from a collective of volunteers, our aim is to combat modern day slavery with a creative toolbox that inspires change while generating sustainable economic impact abroad.
We don’t sit in big lofty corporate offices or drive fancy sports cars. We work out of our homes, coffeeshops or just about anywhere we can find free...
October 2010
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July 2010
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Be a Biographer: The Blind Project Design... →
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June 2010
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Calling all Artists: Be a Biographer for The Blind... →
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WatchWe want to connect your talents with her needs. For freedom, love, hope, dignity and protection. So we’re inviting designers, artists and creative-minded people to help tell the stories of victims and survivors of the commercial sex trade through their designs.
Take the design challenge: beabiographer.com
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
– Edmund Burke 