Ted and I met in high school. We both enrolled in a vocational class called "Reprographics" taught by a man named Ivan. I first spoke to Ted because we were both wearing T-shirts of punk bands, which at the time was a fairly unpopular musical style. Ted and I quickly became friends and worked together on as many of our class projects as possible. This was before computers* had completely taken over the design and printing industry, so many of the methods and techniques that we learned were immediately outdated or obsolete.

Ted and I were fascinated by the inescapable imperfections of offset lithography, platemaking, half-toning, silk screening, and photocopying**. (All of these were done without the convenience or interference of computers.) We found that by exploiting these imperfections in our work, we were representing the real world we saw around us as well as the world we invented in our heads. Over the last 18 years, Ted and I have continued exploring these worlds and exploiting imperfections. Using Ivan's methods and techniques, we have spent years creating, manipulating and duplicating our ideas, primarily in the form of silk screened T-shirts and other printed materials.

When people ask me, "Where did you get that fucking amazing shirt?" I explain that Ted and I made it. When people then say, "I want one!" I tell them that only two exist, one for Ted and one for me. This is how we want it to be. Exclusive. Personal. This is the fundamental idea behind Post War Science. 

Post War Science is a way for Ted and me to invite a limited number of people into a world of our own invention. Why only a limited number? Because this world isn't for everyone, and frankly, Ted and I wouldn't want it any other way. The relative obscurity of the T-shirts Ted and I were wearing on the day we met was what drew us together. Had we been wearing some Stüssy shirts, we probably never would have become lifelong friends. 

*There were three Apple Macintosh Classic computers and one Apple LC II in the corner of the classroom, but these were not part of the curriculum. I would often reserve the Apple LC II because it was the only computer with a color monitor and because it had Photoshop (v2.0, I seem to recall) and a scanner. I would spend my lunches scanning photos of Ted and myself and manipulating them in Photoshop. As a result, I have been proficient in Photoshop for over 18 years.

**Ted and I were also fascinated by comb-binding, but found that imperfections in this process were just annoying and frustrating.