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Using Edmonton as inspiration for design

CBC's This is Edmonton podcast looks at how local makers put our city on your sleeve.

This is Edmonton podcast looks at how local makers put our city on your sleeve

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A man stands in front of a printing press holding a screen. He has a T shirt laid out before him under the screen, and is lining up the black design so it matches.
Chris Wilson is the owner of the Cosmodemonic Telegraph Company, an Edmonton business that prints shirts and sweaters featuring locally inspired designs. (Clare Bonnyman/CBC)

During the holiday season there's a push to shop local, a push that can come from postal disruptions, a desire to support local businesses, or the search for a unique and special gift.

Edmonton-centric items — T-shirts or sweaters with Edmonton-specific sayings, places and jokes — are popular and plentiful.

But why is there such a big market for these YEG clothing items? And does it speak to a larger Edmonton brand or esthetic?

14:38Designing the most Edmonton T-shirt
This is the season of Christmas markets and #shoplocal, but why are there so many Edmonton themed T-shirts, and shops that sell them? Does our city have a brand? We meet the designer behind Cosmodemonic Telegraph Company to talk about how we wear Edmonton on our sleeves.

On this week's episode of This is Edmonton, host Clare Bonnyman and producer Tahirih Foroozan talk about the ways we wear our love for the city on our sleeves. We meet Chris Wilson, who runs the Cosmodemonic Telegraph Company, to talk about his designs.

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