T-Shirt Design · Past workshop
Edward Alsop homeless hostel, Victoria, London · Partner: Look Ahead
We worked with Look Ahead so people could design their own T-shirts and begin to see the value in their own work.
Why it mattered
With Look Ahead
We worked with Look Ahead to create a workshop where people could design their own T-shirts, with the possibility of developing longer-term collaborations.
Learning as you make
Participants can have the opportunity to feature their T-shirts on the BrushPast website while learning about social media marketing and basic business principles.
Value in your own work
The idea is to encourage people to recognise the value in their own work, stories, lived experience, creativity, and self-expression. We are following up with an arranged marketing workshop to help participants put their designs out into the world.
The making
One afternoon. Real people. Original work made by hand — from first mark to finished tee.
Let's begin
First ideas
Taking shape
Sharing & creating
The tools
Colour & character
Proud moment
A living archive
This Edward Alsop workshop marks a chapter of the BrushPast archive: creativity shared in a hostel, with room for longer collaborations to grow.
Partner: Look Ahead.
Edward Alsop
Victoria • London · Partner: Look Ahead
9
creators
9
original designs
1
shared experience
Worn stories
Each design is evidence — not of talent reserved for studios, but of creativity showing up in an ordinary afternoon.
Design 01
Design 02
Design 03
Design 04
Design 05
Every collection starts with people recognising the value in their own work.
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