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Optical Illusion T-shirts

July 12, 2012 by · Leave a Comment

If you’re a t-shirt enthusiast you may be looking for the next big thing. From novelty tees to sports memorabilia there is a t-shirt to fit every personality or occasion. However, if you are looking for something that is new and cutting edge you might want to consider investing in an optical illusion t-shirt. This style of shirt is very original and can really add to your collection of tees.

The idea behind optical illusion t-shirts is to create a message or image that is hidden within symbols or pictures. So while you may be viewing one thing, there is another message hidden beneath. Many like these types of shirts because they create confusion among those who pass by. Imagine the look on people’s faces as they try and solve the mystery on your shirt. Or watch their reaction as they have just solved the puzzle wondering if they really saw what they think they saw!

You can find great optical illusion t-shirts by shopping online and many of them are very affordable. If you’re an artist of sorts you could try creating an image or message yourself through the use of symbols, pictures, and other graphics! The possibilities are endless and the fun you’ll have with these tees will put a smile on anyone’s face. So if you’re the type that likes to solve a mystery, or you like to receive a lot of attention from passersby, an optical illusion t-shirt might be just up your alley!

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I Wear Your Shirt

June 26, 2012 by · Leave a Comment

Selling ad space on your chest is a brilliant idea “to make some extra money without actually working”. This idea came to Jason Sadler, from Florida, in 2008 and established an advertising company that uses t-shirts to advertise businesses, I Wear Your Shirt. I Wear Your Shirt allows a company to buy a day in which Sadler wears a shirt with the company’s logo and advertise in an interactive way by taking pictures and videos about the company, and upload them to Ustream and Youtube, making him wear different shirts every day of the year.

Sadler decided to capitalize on t-shirts because people love to wear them, they’re easy to sell, and inexpensive. A unique pricing model is complied by this advertising company. Advertising on the first day of the year costs $1. The price increases everyday which makes advertising on the last day of the year costs $365.There is also a revised model, where a week is paid by the advertisers to give more individualized attention.

On their first six months, the whole year was sold out, bringing in $70,000 for the first year. This had caught the attention of the New York Times, Fast Company and other media outlets. Now, I Wear Your Shirt is composed of a team of five and earns $500,000 per year. Their clients include Arizona Tea, Starbucks, Pizza Hut, Nissan, and Lucky Brand. The company is continuously growing and will be shifting to a new direction soon.

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Neon Colors for Antisparkle Summer line

June 20, 2012 by · Leave a Comment

It’s summer time and everybody knows that everything seems to be brighter during this season. It is also the best time of the year to wear bright colors. Antisparkle Apparel, a private company in Haven Florida established in 2010, came out with their Summer 2012 Collection, consisted of t-shirts in dazzling neon colors.

Neon colors have once again topped fashion trend just like in the 80’s when striking pop fashion started which is influenced by icons such as Madonna. Colors such as hot pink, yellow, orange and green were everywhere!

Neon colors t-shirts are very cool and are a perfect summer outfit with our sun-kissed skin underneath. They also add a playful characteristic to those who are wearing them. The shop-owner and designer, Monique Malcolm, is very hands-on in making these t-shirts. All products are created and printed in house, making them very unique and stylish. The designs are very cute and fresh. There are two different designs in the t-shirt. The first one, as named by Monique, is Nyota, a lovely alien character, and the other one is a cute star. Both are trademark designs of Antisparkle.

This Summer 2012 Collection also features some accessories like earrings, necklaces, rings and tote bags in amazing shades that matches the t-shirts. Summer will surely be more fun in this simple but stunning t-shirts. Less is definitely more.

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Free T-shirts from Conan O’Brien

June 20, 2012 by · Leave a Comment

For all the CONAN fans out there, Conan O’Brien will be giving away thousands of fan-designed t-shirts as he brings his Emmy-nominated late-night series to Chicago for a week on June 11-14.

 

These free t-shirts will be given away through vending machines that are located throughout Chicago and through a virtual vending machine at www.temcoco.com/freeshirts. Fans who want to grab one just have to enter secret code that is revealed on the previous night’s episode during the “CONAN Chicago Week”. It is a first-come, first-served basis from 8 a.m. till noon on June 12-15. 10 special vending machines that are wrapped in fan-created artwork will be placed at Wrigley Field, Navy Pier, Union Station and The Chicago Theater, in addition, on The Magnificent Mile and in The Loop.

 

Some of the impressive artworks of the show’s fans are featured in this limited-edition t-shirt giveaway by the Team Coco. There are eight different t-shirts given away that are designed by Chicago artist together with fans. Four of these are offered through the virtual vending machine online.

 

The Chicago-based t-shirt artists are Jason Cole, Aaron Wooten and Tom Torluemke, and the CONAN fan artists includes Patrick Giles from Montgomery, Alabama; Justin Orr  and Arash Rod from San Francisco, California; Kirsten Leigh from Burbank, California; and Colby Swanstone from Kansas City, Missouri.

 

 

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Fake Exploitation Movie T-shirts

June 20, 2012 by · Leave a Comment

Ultra Trash Clothing, a clothing label in Germany, brings back the influence of the American Grindhouse Films in the 60’s and 70’s as they share to the world their extraordinary t-shirt designs. This small clothing label was founded by two graphic designers Florian Baier and Stefan Huebsch in 2011. Inspired by the so-called “Grindhouse” which is an American term of theater that shows exploitation movies containing large amount of sex, violence and bizarre subject matter, Baier and Huebsch designed their shirts with “fake movie posters”.

Biker movies, slasher movies, road movies and erotic films from the 60’s an 70’s, are included in their extraordinary apparel line. Their main feature is the both-sided print of Ultra Trash Shirts, which was a great success. It is a combination of two shirts in one. The print inside is the fake movie poster itself and the print outside is Ultra Trash American Grindhouse flag logo.  In addition, a corresponding movie poster is included in the package.

The two designers came up with all the movie titles and prints, giving the posters a realistic appearance and as if the movies really exist. Their t-shirts are very classic and exceptional. The vintage-looking designs of the t-shirts also resemble to the Old Russian Constructivist movie posters, which are intended for the audience who are often illiterate, so they rely on catchy images, typography, and design more than just the meaning of words.

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T-shirt culture simply explained

June 13, 2012 by · Leave a Comment

 

As it’s such an expressive medium, you can tell a lot about a person by the kind of t-shirts they wear. T-shirt makers Fibres.com have taken this level of analysis one step further, and have put together a clever infographic that generalizes t-shirt culture as a whole. They’ve analyzed the various kinds of shirts out there and have determined who would be most likely to wear them.

The graphic breaks things down into fourteen separate categories: plain tees, ill-fitting, brand enthusiasts, cliches, the free shirt, lifestyle, graphic tees, rockers, geeks & nerds, causes & pride, places, DIY, life phases, and the future. Each major category is further broken down into subsets. For example, the plain tees category contains plain white, plain colored, deep-v, and pocket tees. Under “free shirts,” there are promo, event, race & fundraiser, and work activity shirts. Sprinkled throughout other categories there are muscle tees, super fan tees, animal lover tees, stoner tees, punk rocker tees, ideological tees, marriage tees, and even a category acknowledging the crowd-sourced t-shirt junkie.

In all, the graphic represents nearly sixty sub-categories of t-shirt wearers. While there are certainly more than sixty types of people in the world, this is a fun, if not a bit simplistic way of being able to assess people based on their choice of t-shirts.

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New life for t-shirts

June 12, 2012 by · Leave a Comment

As we often discuss, t-shirts are an unbeatable way to express oneself. But, in order to change from one pithy slogan or artistic print to another, you need to change t-shirts. But, what if that wasn’t the case? What if you could change the t-shirt itself? That may soon be a possibility.

Dutch designer Fioen van Balgooi of Refinity has developed a way to print garments with an ink that can be removed later. The garments can then be reprinted, or recycled sand-print, as the owner desires. You’d think that such a garment would be naturally flimsy, but the finished products are machine-washable and can be worn more than once. The secret behind the process is the combination of the ink used and the detergent developed to remove it from the fabric. What’s more, both those components were designed in conjunction with one another to be harmless and environmentally-friendly.

Right now, Refinity is working to bring this technology beyond the experimental stage and scaling it up for future commercial applications. One of their goals is to introduce the use of solar power into the process, thus making the end products even more environmentally-friendly. They’re also looking to further develop the ink they’re using so as to make it suitable for printing on a wider variety of textiles.

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International t-shirt day

June 12, 2012 by · Leave a Comment

Summer is a time of long, hot days. And, what’s better on a long, hot day than the short sleeves of a cool shirt?  As such, the first day of summer, June 21, is International T-shirt Day. International T-shirt Day has its own website and t-shirt, and is a celebration of anything and everything that can be expressed with short sleeves. In order to mark the occasion, the good folks over at Spreadshirt are sponsoring a contest.

Spreadshirt is looking for pictures of your favorite t-shirt and related stories. They’re accepting submissions through Tumblr. The grand prize winner will receive a t-shirt flatrate, which will include a free t-shirt every month for a year.

They’re looking for submissions in several categories. T-Shirt Rebel involves sending in pictures of t-shirts worn in inappropriate surroundings. The DIY category is for showcasing users new and unique ideas for recycling their old t-shirts. Finally, there’s the Favorite T category, which is pretty much self-explanatory.

People have until International T-Shirt Day itself (June 21, if you want to mark it on your calendar) in order to submit their entries. Even if you’re not interested in entering the contest, check out the International T-Shirt Day website for ideas on how to host your own local event to mark the occasion.

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Self Deprecating Blondes

June 8, 2012 by · Leave a Comment

Historically-speaking, one of the best ways to dispel a myth or incorrect stereotype is to adopt it in the form of self deprecating humor. That’s one of the guiding philosophies behind the product offerings from newcomer company Blondes Make Better T-Shirts. Founder, and blonde Lise Ellingsen knew the stereotype all too well, but decided to use it to her advantage when starting her company. Of course, Norwegian-born Ellingsen isn’t dumb, and holds a BFA degree from the School of Visual Art in New York.

Blondes Make Better T-Shirts has three distinct product lines. The “Oops” line features distinct design elements and faux-damage as might be inflicted on a shirt by a dumb blonde. Among them is a t-shirt with an upside-down pocket, complete with fake money spilling out. Another features a realistic burn imprint from a hot iron. Yet another features a properly-placed pocket, but with an ink stain at the bottom. The “blonde moment” line features tees depicting classic blonde moments, such as a blonde woman looking into the wrong end of a camera, or one picturing a bundle of keys, labeled with the address and apartment number of the owner. The “save the world” line is a bit different, and features designs to raise awareness of various causes, such as endangered species and the 2011 Japanese tsunami.

All their shirts are socially-conscious, and are made from 100% sustainable botanical fibers. In addition, all the profits from the tsunami-related t-shirts are going to relief funds.

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Electrified wearables

June 5, 2012 by · Leave a Comment

We often talk about strange and unique pairings of technology and t-shirts. From something as simple as photo-realistic designs, to the addition of QR codes that are scannable by smartphones, t-shirt makers are doing everything in their power to bring the t-shirt into the 21st century and beyond. University of South Carolina professor Xiaodone Li has taken things one step further, and has found a way to transform t-shirts INTO a new technology.

Through his research, he has been able to take a standard off the shelf $5 Walmart t-shirt, and by treating it in various chemical solutions and baking it repeatedly, managed to transform the simple cotton fabric into a new kind of energy storage device. The goal is that eventually, such a t-shirt could function as a wearable cell phone charger. The process is low-cost, and is significantly more environmentally-friendly than producing standard batteries and chargers. Li has also found a way to transform similar shirts into lightweight, low-cost body armor.

Practical applications are further down the road. The technology and production process needs to be scaled up, and in order to do that, Li is seeking industrial partners. But, given the potential of such a revolutionary shirt, chances are it won’t be long before a non-powered t-shirt will be seen as antiquated.

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