Goods

From the house. Nothing is made until enough people ask for it.

The tees

The working goes on the back.

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The back of a washed black tee: the long-division bracket, its bar empty, over carry the one. Inset, the front: the motto across the chest.
The answerThe answer on the front. Turn round for the working.Heavyweight cotton jersey, 260 g, garment-washed black. Front: the motto across the chest, 27 cm. Back: the bracket over carry the one, below the collar, 34 cm. Water-based screen print, one bone ink.
The back of a washed black tee: 7 into 1000000 worked as long division down the spine, quotient 142857, the last remainder a vermilion 1.
The remainderA million divided by seven, worked by hand down the back. It comes out at 142857, with one left over.Heavyweight cotton jersey, 260 g, garment-washed black. Back: the whole working down the spine, 44 cm tall. Front: nothing. Water-based screen print in bone; the last 1 in vermilion.
The back of a washed black long-sleeve tee: down the left sleeve, the division bracket and carry the one, a thin bar running to the cuff, the motto small at its end.
The long divisionLong division on a long sleeve. The bar runs from the shoulder to the cuff, and the answer waits at the end.Heavyweight cotton jersey long sleeve, 260 g, garment-washed black, ribbed cuffs. Left sleeve: the bracket at the shoulder, carry the one, the bar down the arm, the motto at the cuff. 50 cm. Water-based screen print, one bone ink.
The back of an ecru tee: 123456789 plus 987654321 equals 1111111110, nine vermilion carried 1s above. Inset, the front: a small disc on the chest.
Nine carries123456789 + 987654321. Every column carries, and the answer is nearly all ones.Heavyweight cotton jersey, 260 g, natural ecru. Back: the sum across the shoulders, 31 cm, nine carried 1s. Front: the disc, 4.6 cm, left chest. Water-based screen print, black and vermilion.
The back of an ecru tee: 1, 2, 3 and plus 4 stacked over the O of the wordmark, a rule, and CARRY THE ONE as the answer, its small 1 in vermilion.
The Sum1, 2, 3 and 4 over a rule, and the answer written out as the name: the 0 is the O, and the 1 is carried.Heavyweight cotton jersey, 260 g, natural ecru. Back: the sum over the wordmark, 31 cm. Front: nothing. Water-based screen print, black and vermilion.
Close on the back of a washed black tee: a vermilion 1 stitched just below the collar. Inset, the front: a small bone plus on the chest.
The carryA plus on the chest. The 1 is carried round to the back of the neck.Heavyweight cotton jersey, 260 g, garment-washed black. Front: a bone plus, 3.2 cm, left chest. Back: a vermilion 1 at the nape, 3.6 cm. The plus in water-based bone ink; the 1 in satin-stitch embroidery.
An ecru pocket tee: the long-division bracket printed round the chest pocket, its bar along the pocket’s top edge, the motto in small mono on the bar.
The pocketThe bracket is drawn round the pocket, so whatever you keep in it is under the division.Heavyweight cotton jersey, 260 g, natural ecru, one patch pocket. Front: the bracket round the pocket, its bar 16 cm, the motto small along the bar. Water-based screen print, one black ink.
The back of an ecru tee: twelve black discs in a grid, the 1 in each turned a further thirty degrees. Inset, the front: a small disc on the chest.
The turnTwelve frames of the disc going round. The first is the mark, at rest.Heavyweight cotton jersey, 260 g, natural ecru. Back: twelve discs in a grid, 27 cm wide. Front: the disc at rest, 4.6 cm, left chest. One black ink; every 1 is the shirt, left unprinted.
The back of an ecru tee: a large, real EAN-13 barcode with a two-digit add-on across the shoulders.
The codeOur barcode, big across the back. It is real, and it scans: 2 000286 000006, issue 00, the house itself.Heavyweight cotton jersey, 260 g, natural ecru. Back: the barcode across the shoulders, 29 cm. Front: nothing. One black ink, printed to scan.
A heavyweight ecru tee laid flat, back up, with the chosen sum printed across the upper back.

Eight backs for the ecru tee. Every one carries, and every one is right.

Things

The disc, doing a job.

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From above: a round black pocket compass, its white needle cut as the leaning 1 and pointing north, so the whole face reads as the disc.
The compassThe case is the disc and the needle is the 1. Turn it until the needle lies where the 1 belongs. Now the mark faces north.Black anodised aluminium, 50 mm, glass crystal. The white needle is cut to the 1 and pivots on the disc’s centre.
A brushed brass page marker in the shape of the long-division bracket, slipped over the top of an open book’s page.
The bracketThe division bracket in brass. Slip it over a page and the page is under the division.Brushed brass, 1.5 mm, 9 cm. One stroke: the bar along the top of the page, the curve down its edge.
A brushed silver signet ring on a hand, its round black face the disc, the leaning 1 cut through so the skin shows as the 1.
The signetThe face is the disc. The 1 is cut clean through, so your finger fills it.Sterling silver, black enamel face, 14 mm. The 1 cut clean through the face.
A black steel disc with the leaning 1 cut through it hangs in a sunny window and throws a bright 1 of sunlight onto the wall and floor.
The sun discHang it in a sunny window and a 1 of light crosses the room all day. Mark where it lands each hour and you've made a sundial.Blackened steel, 20 cm, on a linen thread. The 1 laser cut clean through the disc.
A round titanium key disc on cream paper, the leaning 1 cut clean through it, a split ring through the 1 holding a brass key.
The key discYour ring runs through the 1.Titanium, 38 mm. The 1 cut clean through; the split ring passes through it.
From above: a record on a black turntable, a heavy record weight on the spindle whose face is the disc, the spindle tip showing through the 1.
The record weightIts face is the disc, a label that never changes. The spindle comes up through the 1.Blackened steel, 70 mm, 400 g, felt underneath. The disc printed on the top face, the spindle through the 1.
From above: an empty ecru cup with the black disc and its 1 glazed into the bottom of the bowl.
The cupThe disc is glazed into the bottom. You only reach the 1 when you finish.Stoneware, 180 ml, ecru satin glaze. The disc in black underglaze, inside, at the bottom of the bowl.
In a camera flash: the back of a black coach jacket on a hanger, the black disc barely showing, its leaning 1 glowing silver.
The coach jacketBlack on black. The 1 is reflective, so it only shows when a flash finds it.Nylon coach jacket, black, snap front. Back: the disc, 30 cm, the 1 in reflective ink.
A small round black stool on three slim legs, the leaning 1 cut clean through its seat.
The carry stoolYou lift it by the 1.Ebonised ash. A 34 cm seat, 45 cm high, the 1 cut through as the hand hold.
A black disc on a pale wall at dusk, light coming only through the 1 cut in it, and a thin halo round its edge.
The lightAll of it comes through the 1. The rest stays dark.Black powder-coated steel, 30 cm, standing 3 cm off the wall.
From above: a black pocket scale, a satin steel disc weight with the leaning 1 engraved in it on the platform, the display reading 100.0 g.
The check weightIf your scale says anything but 100.0, it’s the scale.Stainless steel, 60 mm across, adjusted to 100 g. The 1 engraved and filled black.
From above: a black felt slipmat with a large off-white leaning 1 on a matte black turntable, the tonearm at rest.
The slipmatThe disc, back where it came from.Wool felt, for a 12 inch platter.
Two ecru caps: one with a small black plus on the front, the other turned round, a small vermilion 1 embroidered above the strap.
The capA plus on the front. The 1 carried round the back, over the strap.Ecru cotton twill, embroidered.

Twenty-two, for now. None of them is made until enough people ask. When the vote opens, the list decides which.

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