Bridge & Burn’s founder and lead designer, Erik Prowell, has been making graphic tees for over a decade and is known for his distinctly Pacific Northwest-inspired ones with sayings like, “The Upper Left Coast”, “Pacific Wonderland” and “Whiskey Will Do”. So when him and friend (and fellow graphic tee designer), Option-G’s Cole Gerst, started talking about creating a tee shirt collab that would be inspired by their shared home of Portland, Oregon, Erik felt it was a natural extension of his already robust tee shirt line. Today, the limited-edition collab showcasing Gerst’s unique geometric art style and made up of four different tee shirt designs, one ball cap and one tote is now available online and at Bridge & Burn’s flagship store in downtown Portland. For images, click here.
“The tee shirt designs are inspired by living in the Pacific Northwest, “ said Gerst. “ I wanted to celebrate our culture and the arrival of Spring when we all get on our bikes, get out and explore and enjoy all the nature around us.”
The multi-disciplinary art director and designer who runs a small design agency named Option-G, developed the four unique graphics from his own original paintings reflecting iconic PNW symbols in nature including animals such as bears, foxes and hummingbirds. Gerst’s artistry shines through in each tee as he uses geometric shapes to piece together each graphic, creating a retro-modernist feel. Simplicity is interwoven with intricacy in each design as a classic woodsy scene and totem poles round out the collection.
Manufactured in San Francisco (where all Bridge & Burn’s tees are born), the tees are incredibly soft and easy to wear over and over again.
The Bridge & Burn + OPTION-G collab is offered in both men’s and women’s sizing and available for a limited time at www.bridgeandburn.com
