Print display wearable everyday at NEXT

Roland DG explores the future of T-Shirt culture across 500sqm of print as part of Outpost Project, a first of its kind Street Art festival on Sydney’s Cockatoo Island.

A large format Roland DG AJ-1000i printer handled NEXT Exhibition’s 50-panel print job with ease. The 50 panels were made up of photos of t-shirt artists and designer with their views.

"This project showcases the print quality and reliability of Roland's wide format printers" said Conrad Birkett from Roland DG. "It has been an amazing project to be involved in and great opportunity to expose the Roland brand to the general public and also to leading designers and artists."

According to Anthony McCausland, marketing communications guru at Roland DG, the panels were printed continuously on a single AJ-100 industrial printer for five days straight. “Recently we have sold and installed more than 25 AJ-100s across Australasia,” he adds.



Self-confessed T-shirt connoisseur and NEXT curator, Eddie Zammit travelled the globe with photographer Nicole Reed to capture portraits of the world's leading T-shirt designers and influencers. Their work covers the exhibition panels, creating a gauntlet of creativity with T-shirts hanging overhead.

"The panel displays for NEXT were an ambitious concept and the printing was always going to be a big task. Working with Roland was fantastic and we were amazed with the print quality and the overall result.

“People have been commenting about the quality of the photography in addition to the printing since opening. You really need to go see it for yourself,” says Zammit.

Anyone interested in street art, the political stencilling of Banksy, or T-shirt culture should check out the Outpost Project and NEXT Exhibition on Cockatoo Island before it finishes on 11 December. Entry is free.