Accidental Republic was created by Kevin Hodgetts in 2014 in Machynlleth, Mid Wales, as a means to inject a bit more nihilism, nonsense and humour into the world. We traded briefly out of a shop in Corris (near Machynlleth) and then at various festivals such as Green Man, Womad and Wildnerness. It was at these festivals that we began to find our audience: people who enjoyed the daft humour and liked the emphasis on sustainability.<\/p>
The Republic started as a screen-printing joint where for years everything was produced by hand\u00a0to a soundtrack of loud swearing and hollow maniacal laughter.\u00a0In 2025, after a house move and losing access to a usable workspace the difficult decision to cease screen-printing was made. Nowadays the actual printing work is outsourced to an ethically concerned company who do all they can to minimise\u00a0the environmental impacts and use only organic cotton garments.<\/p>
A major\u00a0advantage of this print-on-demand arrangement is that the quality of the printing is far better than it used to be under my hapless ambit and the range of t-shirt colours is suddenly much expanded. It means I can stop having to\u00a0disappoint people when I cannot find the required variant in my vaults and it means that the central appeal of the Republic - the originality of the design work (otherwise known as 'the jokes') - gets to live another day.\u00a0<\/p>
Why is it called Accidental Republic? Because of the haphazard way the ideas and design work emerge. Often out of over-heard and\/or mis-heard conversations and other random occurances.<\/p>
We are now based in Sheffield in the UK.<\/p>"},"borderRadius":{"id":103716855,"value":"#{text.border.radius}"},"textColor":{"id":103716856,"value":"#{text.color}"},"backgroundColour":{"id":103716857,"value":"#0000"},"truncateHeight":{"id":103716858,"value":null},"padding":{"id":103716860,"value":"6"},"fullWidth":{"id":103716861,"value":"0"},"fullBackgroundColor":{"id":103716862,"value":"#{text.fullBackground.color}"},"published":{"id":103716863,"value":"1"},"conditions":{"id":103716864,"value":"[]"},"template":{"id":103723034,"value":"text"}}},{"id":4316601,"type":"newsletterSubscribe","published":1,"size":{"x":12,"y":0},"order":2,"items":[],"properties":{"padding":{"id":103716865,"value":"6"},"spacing":{"id":103716866,"value":"64px"},"font":{"id":103716867,"value":"#{newsletter.title.font}"},"title":{"id":103716868,"value":"Don't miss out."},"copy":{"id":103716869,"value":"Don't miss out on the latest product launches and updates. Sign up to our newsletter"},"stacked":{"id":103716870,"value":"0"},"backgroundColor":{"id":103716871,"value":"#0000"},"textColor":{"id":103716872,"value":"#{newsletter.text.color}"},"primaryActions":{"id":103716873,"value":"0"},"formBorderRadius":{"id":103716874,"value":"#{form.border.radius}"},"buttonBorderRadius":{"id":103716875,"value":"#{button.border.radius}"},"borderRadius":{"id":103716876,"value":"#{newsletter.border.radius}"},"mailingList":{"id":103716877,"value":62516},"template":{"id":103716878,"value":"newsletterSubscribe"},"fullWidth":{"id":103716879,"value":"1"},"fullBackgroundColor":{"id":103716880,"value":"#{newsletter.fullBackground.color}"},"published":{"id":103716881,"value":"1"},"conditions":{"id":103716882,"value":"[]"}}}],"properties":{"title":{"id":103716808,"value":"About"},"isStorePage":{"id":103716809,"value":"1"},"description":{"id":103716810,"value":"The backstory of Accidental Republic"},"ogImage":{"id":103716811,"value":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/1cnazi8yuuyhjnvoh17cgu2mn9szry6cygrscyxgfdhrqfx4.png.png?w=1200&h=auto"}},"labels":[],"published":1,"sitemap":1,"divisionId":393075,"edited":true}