# Bandung Distro Graphics > Screenprinted T-shirt, jacket, sticker and poster graphics of Bandung's independent distros, which grew from the underground music scene's do-it-yourself band merchandise into a local clothing economy built on small runs, originality and scarcity. Sources describe the economy far better than the look, so the visual rules here (logo-led designs, band-style lettering, local-pride slogans, cluttered sticker-and-poster shop walls) are tentative. - Period: 1993–present - Where: Southeast Asia - Origin: Bandung, West Java, Indonesia: independent-music shops such as Reverse (1993) and clothing labels such as UNKL347 (1996) that grew into a city-wide distro economy - Branch: Counterculture - Also known as: Distro, Bandung indie clothing graphics, UNKL347 style - Page: https://stylogeny.com/styles/bandung-distro/ ## How it works - Print graphics as small-run screenprints on shirts, jackets and stickers, with the T-shirt as the signature item. - Give each product its own design, images and text so the graphic carries the label's identity. - Likely draw on hardcore, skate and street lettering alongside local slogans so the brand claims its city (tentative; the sources do not describe the lettering). - Make runs small and scarce, so originality becomes the selling point. - Let stickers, posters and badges spill beyond the garment onto shop walls and gig giveaways so the label reads as a scene. ## Its design choices Defining choices make the style, characteristic ones are usual, occasional ones turn up now and then. ### Layout & composition - [Isolated object](https://stylogeny.com/design-choices/isolated-object/) (characteristic) - [Collage & layering](https://stylogeny.com/design-choices/collage-and-layering/) (characteristic) - [Dynamic asymmetry](https://stylogeny.com/design-choices/dynamic-asymmetry/) (occasional) ### Space & hierarchy - [Single focal point](https://stylogeny.com/design-choices/single-focal-point/) (characteristic) - [Horror vacui](https://stylogeny.com/design-choices/horror-vacui/) (characteristic) ### Typography - [Hand-lettering](https://stylogeny.com/design-choices/hand-lettering/) (characteristic) - [All caps](https://stylogeny.com/design-choices/all-caps/) (characteristic) - [Eclectic mixing](https://stylogeny.com/design-choices/eclectic-mixing/) (characteristic) ### Colour - [Limited spot colours](https://stylogeny.com/design-choices/limited-spot-colours/) (characteristic) - [Flat fields](https://stylogeny.com/design-choices/flat-fields/) (characteristic) - [Dark ground](https://stylogeny.com/design-choices/dark-ground/) (characteristic) ### Form & shape - [Stylised figuration](https://stylogeny.com/design-choices/stylised-figuration/) (occasional) ### Surface & texture - [Flat](https://stylogeny.com/design-choices/flat/) (defining) - [Photocopy & distress](https://stylogeny.com/design-choices/photocopy-and-distress/) (characteristic) ### Ornament - [Emblems & badges](https://stylogeny.com/design-choices/emblems-and-badges/) (characteristic) ### Imagery - [Icons & pictograms](https://stylogeny.com/design-choices/icons-and-pictograms/) (characteristic) - [Found & vernacular imagery](https://stylogeny.com/design-choices/found-and-vernacular-imagery/) (characteristic) ### Medium & production - [Screen printing](https://stylogeny.com/design-choices/screen-printing/) (defining) - [Textile & craft](https://stylogeny.com/design-choices/textile-and-craft/) (occasional) ### Tone & intent - [Communal & popular](https://stylogeny.com/design-choices/communal-and-popular/) (defining) - [Rebellious & subversive](https://stylogeny.com/design-choices/rebellious-and-subversive/) (defining) Avoids: Abundant decoration, Generous white space, Pastel, Didone Palette: #111111, #f2efe6, #d0211c, #f2b705, #1f5fa8 Typefaces: Hardcore and skate-style band logo lettering, Hand-lettered and stencil street lettering, Bold sans-serif display faces Known for: UNKL347 (founded 1996 in Bandung), including the 2008 design book After Ten Years, Friends Call Us Unkle; Reverse (1993), a Bandung music studio and shop selling independent band merchandise; Riotic Distro (from c.1997), whose publishing arm Riotic Papers produced the political zine Submissive Riot; The 'This is not made in China' label printed by UNKL347, a pro-domestic-goods campaign slogan ## Where it comes from, and what it’s close to - Grew out of: [Punk & DIY Zine](https://stylogeny.com/styles/punk-diy.md) (1976–1986) - Influenced by: [Graffiti & Hip-Hop Graphics](https://stylogeny.com/styles/hip-hop-graffiti.md) (1972–present) - Influenced by: [Grunge Typography](https://stylogeny.com/styles/grunge-typography.md) (1990–2000) - Influenced by: [Stencil Street Art](https://stylogeny.com/styles/stencil-street-art.md) (1978–present) - Alike in its design choices: [South African Resistance Poster](https://stylogeny.com/styles/anti-apartheid-poster.md) (1978–1994), 67% alike - Alike in its design choices: [Chicano Screenprint Poster](https://stylogeny.com/styles/chicano-poster.md) (1965–present), 67% alike - Alike in its design choices: [Latin American Feminist Protest Graphics (Ni Una Menos and the Green Wave)](https://stylogeny.com/styles/marea-verde-graphics.md) (2015–present), 63% alike - Alike in its design choices: [Pop Art Graphics](https://stylogeny.com/styles/pop-art.md) (1955–1975), 61% alike - Alike in its design choices: [Gráfica del 68 (Mexican Student Movement Graphics)](https://stylogeny.com/styles/grafica-68-mexico.md) (1968), 60% alike - Alike in its design choices: [Hong Kong Protest Art (Umbrella Movement to the 2019–20 Protests)](https://stylogeny.com/styles/hong-kong-protest-art.md) (2014–2020), 60% alike ## Sources - Inside Indonesia, Distro (https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-8522/distro): Reverse (1993), Riotic Papers and Submissive Riot, small runs, originality and scarcity, stickers and posters covering shop walls, shift to local labels - Wikipedia, UNKL347 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNKL347): founding in 1996, the 2008 book and the 'This is not made in China' label - Liputan6, Sejarah distro yang identik dengan kota Bandung (https://www.liputan6.com/lifestyle/read/5713520/sejarah-distro-yang-identik-dengan-kota-bandung): early distro as identity clothing, limited production, T-shirt as signature item - UNKL347, After Ten Years, Friends Call Us Unkle (2008) --- From Stylogeny (https://stylogeny.com/), an atlas of graphic-design styles by Van Riel Online Services. How it is made: https://stylogeny.com/about/. Cite as: Stylogeny, “Bandung Distro Graphics”, https://stylogeny.com/styles/bandung-distro/