Welcome to Parallel World

Hi, I’m Nam Le Thanh, and this is Parallel World — a small print-on-demand shop I’ve been building for a while, and it’s finally open.

Parallel World started from a simple idea: everyday objects — a t-shirt, a mug, a tote bag — don’t have to look like everyday objects. A slight shift in angle, a quieter color palette, a detail you notice on the second look instead of the first, and something ordinary starts to feel like it belongs to a slightly different version of our world. That’s where the name comes from.

We sell a wide, mixed catalog on purpose: apparel, art prints, accessories, small home objects. Rather than specializing in one category, Parallel World is built around a single point of view applied across many different things you might actually use every day.

Every product is made to order through a global print-on-demand network, which means nothing is mass-produced or sitting in a warehouse before you buy it. It also means we can ship internationally without keeping stock in any one country — wherever you’re reading this from, we can probably get something to you.

This journal is where I’ll share what’s new, how things get made, and the thinking behind new drops. Thanks for stopping by — have a look around, and welcome to Parallel World.

— Nam Le Thanh