Designer T-Shirts For Good
When designer Jeff Sheldon started Ugmonk, a small T-shirt line, in 2008, he had no idea that in just two years it would become his full-time gig. Now Sheldon is using his business to give back to the world. Buy any T-shirt or other product from Ugmonk between now and the end of the year and the company will donate a meal to an orphan in need through Rice Bowls. And these aren’t just any old T-shirts. I’m salivating over these typographic designs: “It’s the little things,” “Don’t just stand there” and that super sexy ampersand sweatshirt.



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Jeff Sheldon and I worked together several years ago as the two in-house graphic designers for a software company. He was just getting started designing t-shirts on the side then, so it’s been an amazing privilege to follow his growth as an entrepreneurial designer and to watch the resulting rise of Ugmonk as a model of a socially conscious business. Congratulations, Jeff and Ugmonk!