FOUNDER / BUILDER / PHOTOGRAPHERA WORK IN PROGRESS. ALWAYS.

STEVEWINN.

I turn ideas into
things that work.

Building streetshirts and sellshirts. Connecting technology, creativity and the real world.

An idea, made wearable An illustrated cream T-shirt with a bold Make It Real graphic. Use the buttons below to try three different artwork ideas. MAKEITREAL. STAY CURIOUS. MORE PLAY.MORE IDEAS. SW
A LITTLE EXPERIMENT

Pick an idea. Make it yours.

An illustration of the idea. The real thing is at streetshirts.
CREATIVE THINKING. PRACTICAL DOING. KEEP GOING

The interesting bit is
making it happen.

I'm Steve, founder and CEO of streetshirts. I started it as a student in 2002, with a website builder from a computer magazine CD and a few T-shirts to sell. A small experiment that became something much bigger.Read the story

Today, my work across streetshirts and sellshirts connects the experience on a screen, the systems behind it and the product that arrives at someone's door. I'm drawn to the point where a good idea meets a difficult problem — and finding a way to make it work.

streetshirts

From a spark of an idea
to something you can wear.

streetshirts gives people the tools to create custom clothing online — and the production behind it to bring their designs to life.

Explore streetshirts
01

Room to create.Online design tools, your own images and text, and AI features that help take an idea further.

02

Built to become real.In-house printing, automated production and barcode tracking connect the design to the finished garment.

03

For your kind of idea.Personal projects, creators, businesses and events. Custom clothing with no minimum order.

IN PRACTICEHow we're using creative technology at streetshirtsRead the Picsart story

sellshirts

You create.
The possibilities grow.

Explore sellshirts

Turn your creativity
into your own clothing business.

sellshirts helps creators and businesses sell custom clothing without holding inventory. Connect a store, share product links and let the production happen behind the scenes.

With integrations for Shopify, Etsy and WooCommerce, sellshirts takes care of printing, packing and shipping orders straight to your customers.

  1. 01
    You sell.Your designs. Your store.
  2. 02
    We print.Made when it's ordered.
  3. 03
    We ship.Direct to your customer.

A head for systems.
A feel for people.
A bias for doing.

The best work happens when the whole picture connects.

01

Product thinking

Finding the useful idea inside the complicated problem. Making the experience clear, intuitive and worth coming back to.

02

Purposeful technology

Connecting software, AI and automation to practical needs. Better tools should make life easier for the people using them.

03

Operational thinking

Seeing how the moving parts fit together, from the first click to production and fulfilment. A great idea needs a system that delivers.

04

Making it happen

Joining up the creative, technical and commercial decisions. Working through the details that turn a promising idea into a working business.

Joy: a black-and-white portrait of a person laughing with their head tilted back and a hand resting on their chest.
Joy · Steve Winn · 2019View award

A different lens.
The same curiosity.

Alongside the businesses, I make portrait and beauty photographs. Joy captures a spontaneous moment of human emotion — a laugh, a gesture, an unguarded expression.

The series received international recognition and was selected for exhibition in Strasbourg. Other work includes beauty photography for J’adore Models and the photograph used on the official Solidays 2022 poster.

More of my photography on Instagram
ALSO IN PRINT
PHOTOGRAPHIE Issue 1–2/2020 · Photography feature
Black Beauty & Hair December/January 2020/2021 · Photography feature

Out in
the world.

Selected coverage, partner stories and recognition from along the way.

More press & mentions
Vanity Owl
GIFTED CREATOR REVIEW

From a first design to a finished wardrobe.

A guide to creating custom garments, with a hands-on review.

Images magazine
INDUSTRY PRESS

Taking on-demand printing to the trade.

Coverage of streetshirts' launch of a trade DTG printing service.

Stay curious.
Make it useful.
Keep building.

I like ambitious ideas and practical next steps. Understanding the problem, trying things, paying attention to what works — and making it better.

For me, technology gets interesting when it creates something people can actually feel the benefit of.

THE NEXT IDEA STARTS SOMEWHERE.

Keep
in touch.

Meet streetshirts