New T-shirt: The Econscious Value T

by | May 20, 2009 | News

TSD is proud to announce it will soon be offering the GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard) certified econscious value T alongside our other sustainable t-shirt offerings. The GOTS certification verifies the value t’s 100% organic cotton content and its...

TSD Honored as Sustainability All-Star

by | Apr 30, 2009 | News, Sustainability

On March 24th, TSD was honored by Apparel Magazine as one of five Sustainability All-Stars at its Tech Conference West in Irvine, CA. The winners were chosen based upon having taken significant steps toward incorporating sustainable best practices in their businesses....

Wanted: Operations Coordinator [FILLED]

by | Apr 16, 2009 | News

THIS POSITION HAS BEEN FILLED TS Designs is looking for a fulltime operations coordinator Responsibilities: Providing support to salespeople and customers for active orders including quoting orders, advising scheduled deliveries, and process limitations Acting as...

Our Inks – An Experiment in Transparency

by | Apr 13, 2009 | Sustainability

Below are some comparisons of standard plastisol ink contents compared to TSD water-based ink contents. As an obligatory disclaimer, this information is to the best of my knowledge based on what I researched in early 2009. It’s important to know that not all...

Wanted: Screenprinting Press Loader

by | Mar 31, 2009 | News

TS Designs is looking for a fulltime press loader. Responsibilities: • Setting up a press for production • Loading t-shirts onto screenprinting press pallets • Coordinating a 3-person press team Requirements: • Can handle repeated rapid movement • Good hand-eye...

TSD Spotlight: Smart Green

by | Mar 17, 2009 | Our Community, Sustainability

Jon Estes, author of Smart Green, profiles TSD in a new video series “Envision Smart Green.” You can find out more about Jon and what he’s doing over at smartgreenbusiness.com. Envision Smart Green Episode 1 Featurette: TS Designs from Envision Smart...

TSD in the News: Ecopreneurist

by | Feb 27, 2009 | News

A Thriving “Triple Bottom Line” Enterprise: T.S. Designs John Ivanko profiles TSD in his Feb. 25th article for Ecopreneurist.  Check the full story out here.

Cotton of the Carolinas

by | Feb 12, 2009 | Cotton of the Carolinas

Today TS Designs officially announced Cotton of the Carolinas, an innovative new program that will grow, make, and sell t-shirts in the Carolinas, during the first CotC Stakeholder Meeting. The meeting was a great success, thanks to the stakeholders, press, and...

TSD in the News: Inauguration T-Shirts

by | Jan 13, 2009 | News

The Burlington Times News covers the production of t-shirts for the historical presidential inauguration of Barack Obama.  See the full article here. NOTE: There is a misquote in the article.  Shannon Clark, our production manager, is quoted as saying “This is a...

Saving the Big 3

by | Nov 24, 2008 | News, Sustainability

by Eric Henry and Eric Michel I recently celebrated the fifth anniversary of running my 2000 Volkswagen TDI on locally-made biodiesel. That’s over 100,000 miles on a fuel that was made from waste vegetable oil, collected from restaurants right here in Alamance...

Carolina Farm Stewardship Award

by | Nov 4, 2008 | News

On Halloween, Tom and Eric were pleasantly surprised to receive the Business of the Year award from the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association.  CFSA promotes local and organic agriculture in the Carolinas by inspiring, educating, and organizing farmers and...

Visitors at TSD

by | Sep 22, 2008 | Our Community

Monday afternoon TS was graced with the presence of Judy Wicks and Lyle Estill. Judy is the founder of BALLE (Business Alliance for Local Living Economies) and Lyle is the founder of Piedmont Biofuels.