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It’s a Mystery to Me

RCA Secret, the Little Shop of Horrors & Hipstery offer a dash of creative surprise

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Aside from tax inspections, break-ins and impressively convincing transsexuals called Mary, nothing beats a slice of oft-forgotten surprise to brighten one’s day. A dash of mystery to put a spring in the old step. A brush with the unknown to turn that frown upside-down.

Perhaps the original ‘creative whodunnit’, this year’s RCA Secret is already peeking around the corner (Nov 13-20). Y’know the one: a wall of beautiful postcards at £40 each, all secretly signed on the reverse: maybe you get a priceless Emin, maybe a pretty-but-less-collectable Ermine.

Should you fancy your creativity even more mysterious then wander Hackney-wards, where Viktor/Silas (even his name is an mystery) Wynd and Suzette Field of The Last Tuesday Society infamy have recently launched their Little Shop of Horrors for everything from two-headed skeletons to antique gynaecologica, with no doubt a few gin-soaked talks in-between.

Of course, if you’re more of a heart-on-your-sleeve, surprise-on-your-chest (and less a formaldehyde and specula) type, then I urge you to check out Hipstery. You pay 17Euros and tell them your size. They send you an eminently cool, limited-edition, rare as hen’s teeth t-shirt. And you get no say in the matter. At all.

See, isn’t surprise wonderful? Even if her name isn’t really Mary.

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RCA Secret

by AC

20/10/2009

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Springwise newsletter | 14 October 2009

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In the midst of an explosion of information and choice, are consumers missing out on surprise? The team behindHipstery, a web store for mystery t-shirts, thinks they are. Which is why there are no t-shirt designs to choose from on Hipestry's site. Instead, customers select a size, pay EUR 17 (plus shipping) and answer a series of questions about themselves. The Hipstery's 'style scientists' run the responses to this quiz through their 'innovative style algorithm'—both concepts which the site's irreverent tone would lead us to interpret loosely—to select the right t-shirt from their exclusive range of designs, many of which are out-of-print shirts from small suppliers.

 

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لگوماهی:ایده ی تجاری متفاوت: فروشگاه تی شرت های مخفی

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Gilscout Adventures: The Hipstery

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Hello You Creatives | My Hipstery Experience

I’ve blogged Hipstery before, the t-shirt company that uses arcane magic and scientific voodoo to pick the t-shirt for you, and now finally is the follow up.

Sadly the T-shirt they picked for me took longer to arrive than normal thanks to the Royal Mail postal strike but today it arrived. It came all the way from Deutschland. Which to the uninformed is the “Land of the Deutsch”.



I enjoy the little touches, the hand written UK and spray “?”


Purple, the colour of kings.


Check out my impressive package.



My package contains two awesome old time photos & some funky 3D Glasses.
We shall be modelling these later in the office.


Our experience of the t-shirt

I wore this t-shirt to the shop and the shop keeper gave me the keys to the store. He said I looked like “a leader of men and style” before setting himself on fire so I’d be the last thing he’d see. So overall the experience has been positive

 

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Dis moi qui tu es, je te dirai le t-shirt qui est pour toi… | Wow Effect !

Sur la même base que l’application 16Apps dont je vous parlais récemment, Hipstery vous propose ici de trouver, pas des applications iPhone mais, le t-shirt qui vous correspond le mieux. Sur leur site, pas de visuels de t-shirts, juste une taille à choisir, une somme de 17 euros à payer et une série de questions à propos de vous auxquelles vous allez devoir répondre. C’est ensuite l’algorythme complexe de Hipstery qui va travailler pour vous faire parvenir le t-shirt idéal (pas de soucis, si vous n’aimez pas, vous pouvez le changer ;-)).

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05/11/09

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A Thank You to Hipstery & Loving This Tee! | GritFX Magazine

Last month Hipstery held a t-shirt giveaway with the help of Loving This Tee Blog… and I won!

At first, I was a little sceptical of the concept that is behind Hipstery – the brand that is “liberating you from the burden of choice”. However, experiencing the process – a series of entertaining questions which the Hipstery team use to allocate customers their ”mystery shirt” from the Hipstery vault of brands – I’m now a believer! I love my tee!

I tip my hat to the team for their innovative concept! If you’re a t-shirt lover or art lover and up for something new, drop by Hipstery and experience the mystery for yourself.

Me (Manz) in my Scribtee T-Shirt… I may not look that happy, but I do assure you all that I was very happy when my tee arrived!
Me (Manz) in my Scribtee that I won from Hipstery + Loving This Tee Blog!

 

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Infomat Trends| ENTREPRENEURIAL IDEAS SPRINGWISE, International Trend Forecasting Report For Fashion Business

In the midst of an explosion of information and choice, are consumers missing out on surprise? The team behind Hipstery, a web store for mystery t-shirts, thinks they are. Which is why there are no t-shirt designs to choose from on Hipestry's site. Instead, customers select a size, pay EUR 17 (plus shipping) and answer a series of questions about themselves. The Hipstery's 'style scientists' run the responses to this quiz through their 'innovative style algorithm'-both concepts which the site's irreverent tone would lead us to interpret loosely-to select the right t-shirt from their exclusive range of designs, many of which are out-of-print shirts from small suppliers.

Leipzig-based Hipstery's openly opaque business model latches onto an anti-trend noted by our sister-site trendwatching in last month's briefing about transparency. While most companies are providing ever more choice and ever more information, a gap is opening for businesses who can relieve consumers of the burden of decision. Acknowledging that this is a big responsibility to hand over, Hipstery will replace any t-shirts that customers don't like, with the option of a refund if they're wrong the second time. Sometimes a lack of choice is a good thing, especially if used to surprise and delight consumers. It's a theme creative entrepreneurs should have fun exploring. (Related: Soft drinks for the undecided - Kashiwa Mystery Cafe.)

 

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Tirage au sort hautement scientifique de t-shirts | laFraise Blog

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Die besten Graphic Shirts: Mein tolles neues Mystery-Shirt von The Hipstery ist da!

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