In 2000 we launched the original www.thedesignersrepublic.com site designed with long term collaborators Kleber and with sound design by Simon ‘Freeform’ Pyke. Pre-track-pad, turn of the century computing was all about the mouse, and the mousemat. To celebrate the launch of TDR’s brand new web we decided to mirror the home-page on the limited edition mat so that we would be ‘on’ 24 / 7, and no matter where you were in the ether, you’d always have a reminder to come back to us. We found a few mats, which we archived at the time… they’ve been carefully stored in various secret locations ( but not cryogenically frozen ) for 23 years. They’re still either New and Unused or studio—used.

Measures 242x192mm.