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Bare Chests and Al Gore

The day was September 21st, 2006.
The location was Emergency Arts, Chelsea, New York City, USA.
The occasion was the Good Magazine New York Launch Party, put on by Mack Industries.
Doug Jaeger and company had spent most of the night wandering through the many rooms and levels of the party.
Artists. Philanthropists. Celebrities. Al Gore.
You may have noticed […]

Tourorrism.

Having lived in NYC for the past 10 years, I have been subject to Milton Glaser’s “I 41,000 Iraqi deaths) + (>2,640 Coalition Deaths)
Support candidates that oppose war.

September 11, 2001

Johnny & I both worked at TBWA\Chiat\Day in New York during the attacks on the World Trade Center. We were at work early as we saw the attacks takes place on television. It was soon after the attacks, when we invaded IRAQ that we started the T-shirt company. I have always thought of brands being […]

Big In Japan

The design talents of dooker.com have been tapped by a land far far away…
Doug was recently commissioned to design 3 new creations for the popular Japanese design shop Graniph.
If you can’t get yourself to Japan, then we’ve got some good news.
One of Doug’s designs is currently available for viewing and purchasing on Graniph’s website.

Help Us Find Al

So you’ve all seen this movie, right?
Seriously. Two hours out of your life, that will most likely change the way you think, if not interact, with the world around you.
We’re pretty excited about this film. Informative and clearly presented, it’s an incredible force for raising awareness of our surroundings, both environmental and political.
We like Al, […]

Doug knows how to Cut & Paste

On November 19th, 2005 the CUT&PASTE design competition brought together 8 contestants to compete one-on-one and battle their way to design domination at Tribeca’s M1-5. Live camera feeds projected the contestants’ progress throughout the event, which was MCed by Bobbito (of Hot 97 fame).
Doug Jaeger no doubt possesses many skills, cutting and pasting among them. […]

Doug designs “Rat Race” for J3tlag.com t-shirt competition

photo ©doctorjaeger.com
J3tlag.com (of I.Travel Footwear) hosted a T-shirt competition that featured 5 limited edition designs representing major cities across America. The five participating T-shirt companies were each asked to create a design based on an interpretation of their city.
In the effort to “get the fabric of these communities involved, what better way than to commission […]

Semi-Permanent05 NYC: THE BOOK

photo ©doctorjaeger.com
On September 9th and 10th, 2005 the Australian design group Design Is Kinky and their American partner, New York based creative crew, thehappycorp global, co-hosted the US debut of the widely successful Semi-Permanent Design Conference.
Doug Jaeger describes Semi-Permanent in terms of the survival of the fittest. “Design mediums are converging,” he says. “And this […]

USA No. 1 Shooter featured in Karmaloop Design Contest

Über-hip design and culture blog, Coolhunting.com, borrowed our USA No. 1 Shooter shirt (and infamous model) to feature urban clothing/streetware culture site Karmaloop.com’s t-shirt design contest. Thanks guys!

Dooker written up in 200% Cotton

Helen Walter’s second book on T-shirts has a page or two about dooker t-Shirts. They mainly feature USA No. 1 Shooter and Freedom, with brief dialogue about Johhny Vulkan and I. You can purchase the book here.

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