Shop the Brighter Futures Merch Collection

Our collectively designed range of internationalist, anti-racist T-shirts and merchandise is now available to buy at www.praxis-store.org.uk

We worked on throughout summer 2025, and displayed them at the Pathways Art Show at Oxford House in the Autumn. Members also modelled them as part of a showcase of their creative talents at Praxis’ Human Rights Day celebration in December 2025.

Why did we make this range?
As young migrants, we might not be able to be involved in direct action, so we thought designing and making t-shirts would be an effective way for us to create impact and raise awareness.

The t-shirts don’t just represent us, but everyone around the world. Someone might be going through challenges and ups and downs, and these t-shirts can motivate people to believe in a Brighter Future.

If you believe in our mission and would like to support, you can visit our online shop to purchase one of our designs. Every t-shirt sold will help to directly support our group and combat some of the negativity that young migrants face every day.

Brighter Futures members modelling their T-shirt range in October 2025

Our design challenge:

We started our design challenge by making artworks with a powerful statement that address the situations that young migrants are facing. We had some example material to give us ideas, and we created our own images and slogans, in line with the messages we wanted to highlight.

We used lino-cut printing which was a learning curve, but a fun and new experience. To create the white parts of the design you must carve it out of the lino, then you put the ink onto the lino and transfer it to the paper. This creates the designs on the page.

Using a completely new style of art design was amazing and made us think of ways to present our message. We were bringing our creativity to life and we felt connected because we were doing it as a whole group. As one member said, “Not only were we making patterns, we were gaining skills.”

Developing our designs:

In this stage we worked in groups to develop our designs on t-shirts and ended up with a lot of designs! Group members were trying different designs, patterns and having fun.

We were thinking about the final t-shirts and how they must be suitable for people of all ages and genders. When you buy something, you don’t just want to feel beautiful but comfortable too and identified with it.

At this stage we were also thinking about other merch like tote bags and mugs, using the means we have to combat negativity and hate.

Making decisions:

This was a democratic stage where we worked as a group to reason why we liked certain designs. Though every design was perfect in its own way, we had to choose designs that we all resonated with and conveyed our message.

We saw our designs mocked up on models, which helped us make our decisions. We then put our creative minds to work to modify the designs and make changes to make sure they looked the best.