Okay, you can take this tee two ways. Is it just a funny, literal tee for those of us that have way too many shirts in our closets? Or is it a reference to DVNO by Justice? Either way, a damn cool tee… for people that have too many t-shirts and love gold print (hey, I’m the target demographic!).
I forgot to mention this when it happened, but a little while back Dadawan (who I’ve mentioned quite a lot), and Mad Turnip (who I haven’t, but they share a retail shop in Paris) have joined forces and rebranded themselves as Nukod, and are now operating out of a Big Cartel-powered webstore, which is a bit more browsing friendly then the old Dadawan store.
I can’t be entirely sure, but I think that they are the ones who have released the tees above, that I think are based upon photos of musicians (Iggy Pop, PJ Harvey, Stupefilp and my band of this year and last, Justice) by a French photographer that goes by the name of Natydred.
I’ve mentioned on HYA before that I’m something of a fan of Justice, the rather excellent purveyors of electronic music. I’d noticed that there was a few tees around referencing them and their music, so I thought I’d whip together a post about them. A couple of these are from the infamous video for D.A.N.C.E, but I realise that there a lot more of the tees from that vid can be found on these Daily Tee and Tcritic posts.
1. Teelovers described the tee at the top of this post as the ultimate t-shirt for lovers of Justice. I like the idea of random people in the street not knowing who it is and just thinking you’ve got some weird guys face on your tee (hey, that might be a good idea for a line…). No link since I don’t have a clue where this one if from or if it can even be bought.
2. I think it’s cool that someone would like a song so much that they’d design a tee that references it, especially when the song in question has loads of tees in its video. Link
3. This tee is a totally unofficial homage to one of my favourite tees in the d.a.n.c.e video. I think it would look nice paired with a shirt. Link
4. This tee is also from the d.a.n.c.e video, and tickles the part of me that likes fake clothes, by which I mean t-shirts that aren’t meant to look like t-shirts (the fake tuxedo tee is probably the most famous example). If you go to The Kid America Club store, then put in your region, then click on t-shirts, and you’ll find this beast staring you in the face. I’d give you a link straight the the tee, but KAC are rather particular about how you reach it.
5. Ok, fair enough, this design is from the same collection as number 2, but why mess with something that works? For those of you that aren’t up on your Justice, this tee has the main lyrics to the breakout remix they did (Justice vs Simian – We Are Your Friends) for a radio remix contest that was so good it led to them signing to Ed Banger records, who they’ve been with since 2003. (to see this in yellow, and with more skin than you would have thought was necessary, go here) Link
After seeing rather a lot of sub-par t-shirt videos being posted to YouTube (and therefore my new baby, TeeBurst), I felt that I needed to raise my spirits by finding some videos that were actually worth a few minutes of your time.
1. Justice – D.A.N.C.E: I thought I’d kick off the list with one of my favourite French DJ duos of the moment, Justice, and their amazing music video for D.A.N.C.E which features loads of clever CGI’d tees. I’m amazed that no one has ever released these designs as I’m sure they’d be popular with more than just fans of Justice.
2. The Most T-shirts Ever Worn At Once: There are two videos on YouTube claiming to hold the record for most t-shirts ever worn, one posted by an American radio station, and this one posted by the Guinness Book of World Records… I know who I’m going with (that and the 155 tees to 244 tees discrepancy).
3. How To Fold A T-Shirt: I think this video is proof that I am so manly, I actually need to watch a video to teach me how to fold a shirt! In reality I actually watched it several times before nailing the technique completely, and it has turned into a great space saver for my ever-growing collection of t-shirts.
4. How to Screenprint T-Shirts by Make Magazine: There are lots of tutorials out there showing you how to make your own t-shirts, but Make‘s video (with some help from Etsy) is a bit more professional than most out there.
5. How To Stencil Your Own T-Shirts: If you want to design your own tees but aren’t ready to take the leap into screenprinting, the Threadbanger crew have you well covered with this great instructional video about how to stencil your own t-shirts.
6. The human flipbook: Already HYA featured, but still worth another viewing. How this is promotion for a sandwich shop I don’t know, but it is cool!
7. Connected Ventures Lip Dub: I’m stretching a bit with this one, but I couldn’t really have a list of videos without putting in a lip dub, could I? Here, the Connected Ventures crew (the people behind BustedTees and defunker & some other non-tee related sites) lip dub to HarveyDanger’s “Flagpole Sitta,” and trust me, it’s awesome, and kinda makes me wish that I worked in a cool office.
8. Spreadshirt’s Hands Per Piece: A very, very cool video from the Spreadshirt team showing just how many people are involved with the production of a tee from Spreadshirt. Its reassuring to see how much effort goes into the creation of one of their garments, considering when people usually think of POD services they imagine them to be a rather soulless process.
9. T-Shirt Folding Machine: If #3 was too much effort for you then this t-shirt folding machine might be for you (providing you aren’t too lazy to make one). This is a pretty cool promo by All-Tribes too.
10. Origami T-Shirt: Here’s a video showing you how to make an origami t-shirt out of a £5 note. May I suggest that you try this with a regular piece of paper first?Do you know of any other cool t-shirt related videos? Post ‘em if you got ‘em.
