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http://kharmanyc.com/index.php/pages/our-story

We do good.
We don’t put peace signs on everything we sell.

We’re designers, bloggers, creators, foodies, shitty skaters, urbanites, and maybe above all, consumers. We love uniqueness. We buy beautiful things.
Expensive things. Things that we sometimes probably shouldn’t. But My God, there is just so much beautiful shit out there.

And we don’t think there’s a damn thing wrong with that. But we thought, maybe beautiful things should do good things too.

So we sought to make consumption beautiful. With each product we make, and each piece of ours that’s purchased,
you are benefiting a cause that’s real and human. It’s as simple as that.

We work with organizations that inspire us. And in the same way that we love uniqueness, we love people who are changing the world
in a unique way. So we make pieces that will support them and help spread their message.

Kharma is our method of creating beautiful products that have a tangible effect on the world around us.

If you believe in what we do, follow us, friends us, #fb post about us, tweet about us, tell your friends know about us.
Scream it from the top of your digital lungs. We’ll be unconditionally grateful.

Kharma thanks you.
Kele Dobrinski
creative director // founder
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   Awesome Awesome Awesomeness. Kele Dobrinski has started a clothing brand aimed at “colliding the worlds of consumption and good deeds.” They choose designers to specifically create a t-shirt design, pair it with a worthy cause, and boom = artwork for change. Artwork for awareness. Whether it’s to bring awareness to environmental issues or rare unknown medical disorders, these t-shirts are created for a cause, and most of the proceeds go towards their respective organizations to help support them. These artists have created these designs because in some way a cause has impacted their life and moved them to take action. This is inspiring. Art works to move you.

Here is a quote from Kharma discussing their new project:

“We are uncontrollably excited to be launching our first project, aimed to bring attention to a amazing lesser known causes/organizations. Coined “This is What Matters to Me”, we asked 9 internationally recognized designers to take a step back from their commercially focused work and create a piece of artwork for an organization and cause that has had an impact on their lives.”