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Partnership / Printed Pages

Win a limited edition T-shirt and a copy of Printed Pages with Beams

Words by Owen Pritchard, Wednesday 09 March 2016

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Printed Pages has collaborated with Japanese fashion brand Beams to commission a limited-edition collection designed by some of our favourite designers. Following on from our 2015 collection, the new garments feature designs by Martin Groch, Charlotte Mei and Linda Linko. Finnish illustrator Linda incorporates her inimitable hand drawn type into her design, Slovakian designer Martin has contributed a monochrome cartoon to the collection and London-based Charlotte has personified an apple and worm as part of her creation. The collection was shot by 2015 It’s Nice That Graduate Sophie Mayanne.

The T-shirts are available exclusively through Beams in Japan but we have one of each design, and a copy of Printed Pages, to give away to our readers. Just complete the form here. The competition ends on Sunday 13th March.

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