Inksie’s online shop launched on Monday.

The shop, envisioned as a core part of the brand, is the fruit of a year-long effort. We currently have three custom designed t-shirts, two prints and a set of Scout Books notebooks available for purchase. We aim to increase the number of products and expand our product base as we evolve. Sign up for the newsletter to receive the latest news on Inksie releases.

The Inksie Shop and Journal of Design & Culture are currently in beta. Our team is tirelessly testing the site for glitches and bugs, but that doesn’t mean we’ll catch everything. If you see something that needs addressing, please don’t hesitate to drop us a line.

On the Inksie Journal

We foster an appreciation for design and its expressive qualities. To this end, we operate The Inksie Journal of Design & Culture, where we interview highly regarded professionals, feature exceptional artists and more. Through visual and conceptual content we aim to grow.

So goes the mantra for the Inksie Journal, aptly titled “Growth by Inspiration.” As you may have seen in previous posts, The Journal is not the place to search for the “latest,” most “advanced” Photoshop techniques or recent, re-appropriated visuals of mediocre, “minimal” “design.” Instead, we aspire to provide creatives and non-creatives alike with a source for traditional and non-traditional inspiration, education and relevant news.

Plans for the Future

Unfortunately, the shop launch has, due to time limitations, detracted from The Journal’s consistency. We’d like to put more of a focus on The Journal, as we feel it important to educate and provide interesting content to those in the industry and enthusiasts.

The Journal is intended to be a champion of reading in the digital age. We would like to continue exploring Design while also examining Culture. These topics are heavily influenced by one another – design directly impacts cultural trends, culture shapes the needs and requirements of design. In these realms, we seek to maintain a consistent level of quality and are continually striving to improve upon the content that we provide to our readers.

Here’s what you can look forward to:

• Visual work of interest and importance from well-known and unknown artists and designers
• Interviews with acclaimed artists and designers
• Tasteful opinion pieces of relevant content
• Cohesive editorial illustration
• Written series on various design- and culture-related topics

If you have an idea of what you’d like to see on The Journal, please leave a comment.

A Call for Contributors

The Inksie Journal of Design & Culture is looking to hire contributors – both writers and illustrators – in an effort to push its content. Please review the requirements. If you would like to be considered for one of the contributor spots, please email The Journal’s editors.

Update: We are looking to pay contributors, depending on experience. Please email us for more information.

Writers

We are seeking writers who are comfortable writing essays or brief discourses on various topics ranging from culture to design, specifically in the fields of design or the visual arts. In addition, we are looking for individuals with perspectives and opinions on various topics. Please provide:

• 2-3 writing samples
• A list of blogs you currently follow
• Topics you are interested in writing about

Illustrators & Designers

We are looking for illustrators and designs who are able to think conceptually and bring a new level of understanding to a written piece through visuals. We are looking for illustrators who are able to glean relevant information from an article and create a visual from it. We are looking for designers who work with information graphics, expressive typography and other visual elements to add interest to a written piece.

• Link to portfolio
• List of blogs you currently follow
• Topics you are interested in