Glennz continues his fine run of form with another top notch design. I wonder why he didn’t add faces into the mascots? I know you can’t usually see the face anyway with mascots, but it seems to leave a darkened circle on each character.Costiness=$19.95 Link (also available as a poster for $12.95)

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Now this, this, this is a beast of a t-shirt. I like it so much that I’m going to put another picture in the post straight away!
Yeah, awesome right? I really like it, its got that big rectangular print which we’re seeing more and more at the moment, and the monochrome of the boat sits beautifully on the blue of the waves. If I were to make a suggestion, I think that this would look pretty cool on a lemon or possibly creme blank t-shirt, but it looks pretty great on white too.I guess the price point cuts Americans out of the game, but for us Brits its still pretty attractive, especially with UK shipping included.

Costiness=£22 Link

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I don’t understand any of the physics on this tee since I’ve haven’t been taught about this stuff for more than 5 years and I don’t think we got to stuff that was this complex anyway, but I do think it looks pretty cool, and I like the idea that CERN would produce a t-shirt that such a small percentage of the population would understand. Fortunately for the person that was given this t-shirt as a present, it came with a leaflet that helps the wearer understand what the equations mean.

This equation neatly sums up our current understanding of fundamental particles and forces. It represents mathematically what we call the standard model of particle physics. The top line describes the forces: electricity, magnetism and the strong and weak nuclear forces. The second line describes how these forces act on the fundamental particles of matter, namely the quarks and leptons. The third line describes how these particles obtain their masses from the Higgs boson, and the fourth line enables the Higgs boson to do the job. Many experiments at CERN and other laboratories have verified the top two lines in detail. One of the primary objectives of the LHC is to see whether the Higgs boson exists and behaves as predicted by the last two lines.

Let’s just hope that the large hadron collider doesn’t destroy the universe so that we can all continue wearing t-shirts. I can’t find anywhere online that sells the tee, but if you’re really desperate then a visit to France or Switzerland may well be in order to go to the CERN Shop, I say France or Switzerland since the big ring of CERN straddles the border of those two countries and it isn’t clear which side the shop is on.

Photo Credit: Confusing T-Shirt from CERN by Quisnovus (usual disclaimer: the photo is ‘all rights reserved’, so it may well disappear in the near future if the uploader doesn’t like me using their photo)

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Tags » black • CERN • equations maths • flickr • impending doom • large hadron collider • science • T-shirts • text

I knew who David Lee Roth was since we’re both hard rockin’ amigos (though, admittedly, I didn’t recognise him from the tee), but Patrick Nagel was a new name to me, which I think shows my considerable lack of art history knowledge, but once I found this website about him I did actually recognise the style (I’m cultured!), and the t-shirt started to make a whole lot more sense.

I did something quite unusual with this t-shirt; I wore it on a night out before doing the review. Usually I take the pictures, do the review, and then I’ll wear it at some point in the future, but with this tee I took the pictures then wore it on a Saturday night out with my friends. One of the problems with everyone knowing that I have a large collection of t-shirts that have been sent to me for free rather than me picking and choosing them from shops is that they feel they can say whatever they want about my clothes. Reactions ranged from “that is a horrible t-shirt”, “that looks really weird”, to “isn’t that the guy from Twisted Sister?” Over an entire night only one of my friends realised that the image was of Diamond Dave of Van Halen fame, and none of them were particularly enamoured with it. Out of everyone I know, I’m the only person that actually likes this shirt, so I think that the Patrick Nagel style combined with Roth’s rather ‘unique’ appearance really makes this a ‘love it or hate it’ kind of design, although I guess it could be a British thing, maybe in the US where Van Halen were a lot bigger it would be a whole different story. But its not just the person that I find interesting about this tee, the bright, bold, and numerous colours of Roth and the pink stripes in the background being put over the dullness of the grey t-shirt work really well, providing great contrast.

Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction have been impressing pretty much everyone with their designs, and I’m just as impressed with their quality level, and the press package that they’ve put together. I don’t usually talk about the little press bits that I get sent, but they looked really cool (pics below), and made it feel like they were a company who put a lot more into the design aspect of their business than just the end product. The blank tee is provided by American Apparel, so we all know what the deal is there by now, and the print is amongst the thickest plastisol ink that I’ve ever had (I could be wrong about it being plastisol though). I would imagine that the print is thick because they wanted to produce really solid, vibrant colours, in keeping with Nagel’s style, but it doesn’t make the tee feel at all heavy.

Costiness=$34 Link

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Tags » AITA • Aperican Apparel • Art in the Age • David Lee Roth • grey • music • negative space • Patrick Nagel • T-shirts • Thom Lessner • Van Halen

Its not exactly often I read or write about GAP, but I thought that there were some cool designs in the range, so here it is. According to HighSnobriety:

Gap worked in close partnership with the Whitney Museum of American Art and Art Production Fund to create the collection with the 13 artists, who are all previous Whitney Biennial participants. The Whitney Biennial is a special exhibition held every two years at the Whitney Museum of American Art that features the most important contemporary art in the United States. Gap is a proud sponsor of the 2008 Whitney Biennial.

Is it just me or does that read like part of a press release? I hadn’t actually heard of any of the artists (I’m no art buff), but that doesn’t stop them from being a damn fine line of t-shirts. They’re available from select GAP stores (so the ones in big cities then?), online at GAP.com, a few art museums in the US, and Colette in Paris for between $28 and $32.

‘GAP Artist Edition T-Shirts - Jeff Koons/Barbara Kruger/Chuck Close & More’ by HighSnobriety [via Newshow @ Notcot]

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Tags » artists • GAP • limited edition • T-shirts • whitney biennial

When I first saw this tee I was all like “sweet, negative space!” I later realised that it wasn’t negative space at all, but still a really cool tee that reminds me of ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ a bit, which is usually a good thing when it comes to design style. Printed on an American Apparel blank for both men and women.

Costiness=€22 Link

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I’m a bit of a fan of clothing and technology being brought together in some kinda crazy meeting of fashion and science (fashience? scishion?), and when it can actually have a practical application that’s even better. The t-shirt above, which LiveScience charitably describe as ‘pretty cool-looking’, can monitor a persons vital signs, which would probably be pretty good for people in hospitals, those being rehabilitated at home, and athletes. One version of the t-shirt collects data on an SD card for later analysis, and another version can be synced up with a smartphone or PDA. I think it would be really cool if the shirt had GPS, and then you’d be able to monitor how your body reacted at different points during the day, I know that’s probably information overload for a lot of people, but it could be a pretty interesting project.

T-Shirt Monitors Heart Rate @ LiveScience [via TeeBurst]

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Monsiuer T. have dropped their Spring line which looks totally awesome, every design a potentially popular tee on Rumplo (except for the single hat of the collection). One of them was even worn by a member of The Roots on the freakin’ Colbert Report! See!
Apparently, stocks are very limited for this line so get on it if you want something.Monsieur T. Spring Line

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I was really excited to hear that Concrete Hermit were going to continue releasing a t-shirt to go with their exhibitions when I found out that eBoy was coming to town.I’m in the middle of cooking dinner so here’s an excerpt of the press release to give you the details:

To coincide with the launch of eBoy’s current exhibition Concrete Hermit have produced a special limited edition of 100 T-shirts. Hand screen-printed in London these t-shirts show a detail from eBoy’s colour rich panoramic cityscape of Los Angeles. A series of prints and other products including a unique pure wool blanket have also been produced to mark the occasion and will be available exclusively from Concrete Hermit. The exhibition runs from 9th May - 30th June. Concrete Hermit Gallery, 5a Club Row, London, E1 6JX. Open 10am – 6pm Tuesday-Sunday.

Costiness=£25 Link

CH also have a pretty wide range of eBoy’s city prints for £12, and a very limited edition (just 10 available) blanket for £180.

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Tags » concrete hermit • eBoy • exhibition • limited edition • pixel • pixel art • T-shirts • UK • white

Its a bit of a pity that the product picture of this tee actually shows the packaging, lovely though it is, rather than the t-shirt itself. I think, think, that the tee is meant to look like a glittery winners sash from the Miss World competition. I like the theory, I like the execution, I like the fact it comes in one size fits all (fits all Miss Worlds, presumably) and I like the blurb, which is actually an odd bio for one of the designers (Ivan Duval):

1967 NOT MY CHOICE, BUT FRANCE IS A GOOD PLACE TO BE BORN. ONLY CHILD.
1968-85 ?
1986 ADVERTISING SCHOOL.
1988 WORKS IN SMALL ADVERTISING AGENCY.
1988 MEETS JEAN SÉBASTIEN.
1989 FIRST COLLABORATION WITH JEAN SÉBASTIEN, MAKES OBJECTS WITH PLANE PARTS.
1989 FIREMAN FOR 1 YEAR
1990 SPENDS 3 MONTHS IN NEW YORK, DOING EVERYTHING AND NOTHING.
1990 WORKS IN ANOTHER SMALL ADVERTISING AGENCY.
1991 MEETS LOVE.
1990 WORKS IN ANOTHER SMALL ADVERTISING AGENCY.
1992 WORKS IN BIG ADVERTISING AGENCY. FINALLY.
1997 FIRST AND LAST EXHIBITION AS A PAINTER.
1999 QUITS ADVERTISING.
1999 STARTS ATYPYK.
1999 DAD FOR THE FIRST TIME. TWO LITTLE BOYS (TWINS).
2003 LOOKING FOR A NEW PLACE TO LIVE WITH MY FAMILY. PARIS DISTRICT 10.
2004 FINALLY FOUND THE NICEST FLAT IN THE WORLD.
2005 ATYPYK TAKES OVER THE US
2007 LOOKING AGAIN FOR A NEW PLACE TO LIVE WITH MY FAMILY. PARIS DISTRICT 10. ANYONE ?

Odd, but its a bit more interesting than most bios you read. No word on price, but you can make an enquiry at the link if you would like to buy one.

Link

*Ivan got in touch to say thanks for the post, and also sent over a picture of the tee being worn, it certainly looks better on a blonde model than in a plastic wrapper!

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Tags » glitter • miss world • T-shirts • white • Womens