Interview by Rachel Gottesman

Hey there Nick, congratulations on another print! Another spaceman print, even. Do you think you could survive in outer space?

Hi Rachel, and thank you. I'm riding the fad with this spaceman stuff. I'm glad people are as into outer space as I am, it really works out. I wonder how long the space fad will last! I kind of hope forever, it's nice when the public t shirt lovers and my own interests sync up.

I really think I could survive in outer space, but not for very long. Like .01 second. Unless I had a space suit, or I paid that Virgin Airlines billionaire who's sending people up there. (Did Lance Bass ever do that?)



I think he chickened out.

I gotta say, it warms my heart to know that we graduated from the same university. What did you go to school for, and do you think you're going to pursue a career in what you trained in?

Yeah! Me too. When my Bermuda Pyramid print came out, I showed a classmate and they were like, oh that's Rachel. I was like yeah it is! She said she had a friend who knew you. We are only 4 degrees away from each other, now. Do you know Kevin Bacon?

I am in my fourth year now for New Media Design which is jargon for graphic design that moves. I'm really happy with my major, it encompasses a lot of things and it's really fast and interesting. I will definitely be heading into the design field (I interned in Brooklyn at a design firm over the summer and loved it).



What do you think is so particularly fun about designing tees? Do you have a favorite tee of all time?

I like to see what people think of my designs the most. It's a pretty good feeling when people buy them or they are printed. I like coming up with a solution of how the graphic will work on the shirt.

My favorite t shirt of all time on Threadless? I wear Dead Shred a lot, along with Justin Fines' select Symbol or Signifier. Oh and I wear Dan Rule's select a lot, too.




I have this old Wild Bill light heather gray shirt with an American Indian riding a buffalo and pointing a rifle. It looks like it was drawn on the shirt with a pencil. It's even better than it sounds.

What's the longest time you have ever spent on the Threadless blogs in one shot? Did you skip any meals or not take any showers for a long time so you could chat on the blogs?

Haha, never that long. I've probably eaten a meal in front of the computer looking around in the blogs though. It's fun in there.

If you had to design a brand new type of clothing item that has never been worn before, what might that be?



Someone already invented the Cap-Sac™ so I think I'm out of luck. Maybe I would invent some kind of belt that had pockets on it. I just wrote that not realizing it's already invented and called a Fanny Pack.

If you were a Hobo what would your hobo name be?

I probably wouldn't change my name if I became homeless. I can't imagine thinking "I'm homeless, time to change my name to Gopher" or something. Probably Gopher.

Living in Brooklyn, there are two bums that we always see across the street who live in front of an old Baptist church. One carries around -- and also sleeps with his head in -- a crate. He is Crate Bum.

There is also one who carries around -- and sleeps on top of -- a cushion. Cushion Bum. They fight and steal each others items, and one time me and my girlfriend were walking past Crate Bum and he ducked under a stoop and peeked over whispering "Who's shadow is that?". It was our shadow, and he didn't recognize that shadow from the other black shapeless forms. That's my homeless person story.



That is only a so-so bum story if you ask me, since it doesn't involve any hobo knives, but whatever.

Which monster is cooler and why: Mothra or Gamera?

Mothra, he can fly.

Thanks for chatting!

Thanks a lot!

Interview by Rachel Gottesman

Read more interviews!