*Please pardon the un-styled mess why I am rethinking and re-designing my blog!*
We are designers – we have great visual taste, and knack for all things cool and this includes tshirts! I asked some of my twitter friends to show me their favorite T’s. These shirts span from nerdy, to cheezy to retro. If you have a cool shirt you would like to add to the list leave a comment and let me know!
This is the real deal, Ninja Turtles t-shirt, circa 1989! Jealous?
Time waits for no man, Time finds you. The t-shirt label is a collaborative effort with two friends of mine. This particular design of mine depicts the prehistoric man as time and sometimes certain part of your own history comes back to haunt you.
Vintage Blink*182 shirt (circa 1998)
I stole this shirt from my sister because she didn’t really like Blink*182 and I figured she wouldn’t care and I’d return it before she noticed anyway. BUT THEN I accidentally spilled bleach all over it, so I couldn’t return it. Luckily she didn’t really notice. After several years of wearing as a PJ shirt and washing, the bleach stains turned into holes. This shirt was in serious need of TLC. I loved it too much to part with it. I turned it into a reconned T, and now I wear it all the time in the summer.
It’s not really “designy”, but it fits my style of design. I do a lot of design with found objects. This t-shirt was a found object that I designed to fit my use.
Apple: The First 30 years
Converted to a Mac during the summer and now am a Mac fanboy so I love Mac related tees like this – Apple: The First 30 Years.
Cheese!!!
Not my shirt, exactly…it’s one I bought for my husband. He loves cheese, so I couldn’t resist this cheese shirt by illustrator Lucy Knisley. I may as well dress my hubs in something I want to see, right?
Design by Humans
I love this freakin shirt – Cool colors, and depth.. got it from Design By Humans!
Helvetica Tee
T-shirt from the film Helvetica plus cat hair.
I heart color
I got this shirt because I wanted everyone to know that I love color. Everyone, that is, except colorblind people. Because really, that would be kind of a slap in the face for them, not being able to enjoy the glorious spectrum of colors that tickle my retinas and make my corneas dance with joy. I’m just not the kind of person who would rub that in someone’s face.
Who doesn’t love Benjamin Franklin? Old B Frank is the original print gangsta.
This shirt reflects my commitment to the straight edge lifestyle. I got the shirt at a hardcore punk show in Atlanta, Georgia featuring Let Down and Have Heart. These bands share the straight edge commitment to abstain from alcohol and drugs. The big bold type matches my personality and conviction, plus big type it’s freak’n sweet.
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[...] Designers Cool T-shirts. The Design O’Blog asked designers to submit picture of themselves in their favourite t-shirt. And that’s me (Jonathan Kong), picture freezed while on the slider. It was taken at Sembawang Park, Singapore. [...]
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Aaron Irizarry says:
great shirts! @liz love the TMNT shirt
Thanks for the include!
Just realized that my pic was before I started growing my metal hair… I may have to cut it again
~ Aaron I
February 18th, 2009 at 7:48 am
BreRoz says:
This was fun – thanks!
February 18th, 2009 at 8:09 am
kyle steed says:
I need to get on this. I’ll have a picture taken tonight and send it your way.
Thanks.
February 18th, 2009 at 8:14 am
Steph Adamo says:
Holy crap, i love the “i heart color” shirt!
February 18th, 2009 at 9:57 am
liz says:
whoa, i’d totally forgotten about submitting my pic for this one! WAY COOL!
February 18th, 2009 at 11:00 am
Aetoric Design says:
Blink 182 and straight edge? Things you could have kept to yourself. Sorry, I don’t like any of these shirts
February 18th, 2009 at 11:11 am
Kristin says:
I am lazy, but here is a photo of today’s tshirt:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wyldkyss/3290493309/
I loved this little pixel skull shirt that I picked up for $1 after Halloween last year.
http://twitter.com/wyldkyss
February 18th, 2009 at 2:08 pm
Matthew says:
Cool! Fun post. I wish I had submitted.. let me know if you do another round!
February 18th, 2009 at 7:56 pm
Jeff says:
Great list!
I’m a little late to this post, but I recently started my brand Ugmonk which is based around clean typographic designs.
http://www.ugmonk.com
February 23rd, 2009 at 9:53 am
thepicklebot says:
I love these shirts! They have inspired me to do some of my own!
February 25th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
ceejay90 says:
Funny t-shirt designs here. They’re all pretty good! I have seen a lot of really cool t-shirts with funny typography. Thanks for sharing with us.Ailey Georgia Newspapers
November 1st, 2011 at 3:18 pm