Inspired Mag’s 55 Fresh T-Shirts for Creatives

I am a sucker for a big list of cool t-shirts. Typically, a big list will include about 30 shirts….so I had to feature this one because they bumped it up to 55.

Inspired Magazine has been pretty consistent in coming out with great lists over a wide variety of topics. I really perked up my ears on this one because they featured 55 fresh t-shirts for the creative community. You know I have a little something for tees. :)

Here’s two screenshots with examples from the list. You can click on either one to go to the original article.

Tees Fail

I’d like to ease myself back into updating this blog, and I’m going to start by posting a few t-shirt related fails from award winning website Failblorg.org. Fail Blog is always good for a few laughs, and unlike this site, it’s updated several times daily. It also has a store called the Lol Mart, that features a collection of t-shirts dedicated to some of the greatest internet fads.

Now that I’ve got your attention, I’d like to tell you about a new website that I’ve been working on. It’s called Book Fail, and it’s all about weird, funny, and off-beat. Some of my favorites so far are The Zen of Farting, and How to Shit in the Woods: An Environmentally Sound Approach to a Lost Art. I’ve worked up quite a list so be sure to check it out, and subscribe/bookmark.

Favourite Tees

Oh, hard to follow up t-shirts with Monsters — But what better than Cylons, Skulls & Ray Guns for a friday favourite?

First, i don’t really know what Androids Always Win is about — Maybe i’m missing out on some inside joke? I like the t-shirts anyway. Note the little cylon inside the muni bus! I’m dying of cute over here.

I liked this clever little FTW Skull from Palmer Cash.

And finishing up with a nice, sci-fi geeky touch, I give you Ray Guns! I think this is partially inspired by a great theater experience with the new Star Trek.

Time to go love some geeks.
Love & pocket protectors

Beatnik Aesthetics: Roar T-Shirt or Roar On A Shirt :)

Love the simple but gloriously overdone words on a shirt concept here from Beatnik Aesthetic . Both the Roar T-Shirt and the Love T-Shirt are worthy wardrobe options. It’s always good to have opposing concepts in your T-shirt collection, love one day, Roar the next

Philosoraptor Now Has Video

I wrote about the Philosoraptor a little while ago and a friend of mine just sent me this video. It appears that philosoraptor is now a meme :) I’m kind of bummed I can’t get the shirt as they seem to be constantly out of stock

GM - Government Motors T-Shirt

Love this T-Shirt from Dispair Inc. “in Soviet Amerika car drives you… bankrupt”

Department Of Works T-Shirt Company

The Department of Works just started following me on Twitter so I checked out their stuff and was glad I did. They have a lot of fun concepts, well executed that I would be happy to wear anytime.

Infinite Love by Blend Apparel

Blend Apparel has a wonderful collection of T-Shirts with an incredible collection of positive messages while avoiding being too saccharine. In addition to the positive messages the shirts are made of eco friendly fabrics and even the server is run on wind derived power and the printers run on elastic bands… no i’m kidding about that one. Anyway, check them out, I met the owner at his birthday party at Cafe Gratitude and I can tell you he was a genuinely nice guy, and even though I’d only just met him he invited me out to celebrate with him and his friends and they were all wonderfully warm and welcoming.

Social Media T-Shirt - Unlocking All Behavioral Disorders

Wow, just wow, I love it :) Social Media T-Shirt - Unlocking The Awesome Potential of Behavioral Disorders

Lycanthrope Beer T-Shirt from MiniCassette

I love this T-Shirt from Minicassette T-Shirts, a lycanthrope, as all you underworld fans will know is of course is a werewolf. I really like the way this is designed to look like a beer label, particularly reminiscent of the Löwenbräu brand. A great shirt for all you werewolves that want to fly the flag when you’re out and about

Burp Contest at Print Liberation Store, Philly PA

Yep, these crazy guys at Print Liberation are having a burp contest, if you’re in the area stop by :)

Z.O.U.K Clothing

Zouk; a Zeitgeist of Singapore club culture (active for more than 17 years) and also considered to be among the best clubs in the world has launched its own clothing brand called Z.O.U.K which features some music inspired t-shirt designs and some interesting collaborations (such as the one with ed banger records pictured above). zoukclub.com

Flying Coffins

FlyingCoffin.com

Selector!

Selector! is a brand for reggae fans, by reggae fans, launched in the summer of 2006. The goal is to offer appealing graphics inspired by Jamaican music ranging from ska, rocksteady, and foundation artists, through to the latest in dancehall. .riddimselector.com

Stussy Great Minds T-Shirt Series

Great Minds Series T-Shirts

TEE TEST: Art In The Age Of Mechanical Reproduction

I like long names. Maybe this is because I have a particularly long name myself - two middle names both with three syllables. Of all my names I like my surname the least, mainly due to the fact that it only has three letters.

Perhaps slightly pre-determined by my fondness for the gratiutously named, I love Art In The Age Of Mechanical Reproduction (despite me being too lazy to type their name in full again - "aita" from here on out). When aita asked if they could send a shirt for review I took two quick looks at their impressive roster and said "I'll take two thanks."

To my joy the impressive nature of aita did not conclude with a lengthy title and a pretty website. The package I received contained the two shirts wrapped in the sexiest tissue paper I have ever seen (hell, I didn't know tissue paper could even be sexy until now) and a plethora of impressive marketing material that they were kind enough to send. Sure, it may seem inconsequential, but I think that a company that can get their marketing looking tight is well on the way to success.

The shirts continued to impress. The guys logo tee is so freaking soft it feels like underwear. Which is a good thing. In fact it's softer than my underwear... The softness comes via an American Apparel 50/25/25 track shirt - and because it's AA you know it's going to fit well. I'm also quite fond of the logo and the way it subtley humanizes the industrial subject. Deep right?

While the guys shirt is subtle, the girls shirt is straight-up crazy. Screenprinted front and back with catastrophic imagery, in an engraved style that you'd expect to see in a 19th century history book. Typhoons, volcanoes, tidal waves and even aliens destroy everything in sight. Sweet. I'm not sure as to the origins of the shirt itself but it's 100% cotton and comes from Peru. Awesome.

My only concern with these shirts was the slight twist in the seem (check the photo) on the girls shirt. I'm told that this is not common and is due to the shirts being "unique and individually printed," and it actually looks kind of cool when the shirt is being worn - although I'm sure it may bug some people.

Aita's other shirts also feature amazing art work and are totally worth checking out. They've just released some new one's too - be the first in town to grab them. A great range from a nice little label that sticks by it's name and produces some great artwork, hand prints their shirts and pays attention to the small details.

RRP: Mens Logo Tee $28 (USD), Womens Catastrophe Tee $36 (USD)

Imaginary Foundation

Sometimes almost a bit scary to see what designers do when you give them unlimited possess of (printing) techniques. And we still admire the unique way of style of the Imaginary Foundation, though.

WOODWOOD. The End Of Times

Our neighbours in Frankfurt, AZITA, always have the right touch with everything you could put on your body. This time it was this tee from WOODWOOD. Unfortunately sold out.

Glamour KILLS

This is Glamour Kills from the States. To be honest, we are not the biggest fans of their whole line but had a crush on these three items. We Like.

Tshirt of the week

David Flores Collaboration Tee is a Tshirt by Dissizit!, available at karmaloop:

Hang Loose tee

“Hang Loose” tshirt, available at Karmaloop:

Terratag x Tokyo PLastic

At UrbanRetro they have just put up some new designs for the very popular brand Terratag which features some very cool robot art on t-shirts.
The highlight of the collection are the Tokyo Plastic x Terratag Collaborations based on some toy designs and art they created.

Piaggiolino

Teeshirt PIAGGIOLINO for kids 2.4 and 6 years old, by our friends at LowRider.
“Gelati, spiaggia e le belle machine sono la dolce vita a l italiana !”

PAID IN FULL

Philip from 316Graphics have just launched their new graphic T line PAID IN FULL apparel.


And they’re running a sale this week: Tee’s for $16 (us). Inventory is extrememly limited so these will go fast!