The Science of T-Shirt Design @ T-lab

admin    T-Shirt Reviews     European tees, T-lab, UK t-shirts, graphic tees, minimalist t-shirts

There’s going back to basics and then there’s going back to basics. T-lab are here, to put it as bluntly as possible, to cut the metaphorical crap and boil down t-shirt and hoodie design to a visually sub-atomic level. If you’re looking for beautiful illustrative meanderings, bawdy humour, cute factor, or anything you’ve come to love and expect from t-shirt design then exit the T-lab now. If on the other hand you have a penchant for the abstract, classic European minimalist design  and a cool calm theme for your collection then don the proverbial white coat and safety glasses, and step into the hermetically sealed environment of this uniquely experimental UK fashion brand.

Although their tees are on sale at a slightly pricey £25 each, they do use traditional screen print methods for ultra crisp designs and very high quality shirts from ethical suppliers. What’s more you’ll be very pleased to know I’ve managed to wrangle a very generous discount for all you lucky lucky readers :D Get 15% off all T-lab products by entering the code buytees15 at the checkout!

Downhill Tee

Inspired by a combination of Ski Tirol posters and 80′s one-piece ski suits.

Snoflake Tee

Reinventing a seasonal icon. Check out those subtle psychedelics.

Surveillance Tee

Prying eyes in all 3 dimensions.

For more plenty more graphic abstract tees and hoodies visit www.t-lab.eu.

Merry Xmas From 2 Sick Bastards

admin    T-Shirt Contests     2 sick bastards, 2SB, Christmas t-shirts, Jacko, Michael Jackson, Xmas tees, art, graffiti tees, street art t-shirts

2SB are celebrating the season of cheer in their own twisted way with a chance to win a limited edition signed screen print of one of their best selling tees Rest in Pieces. Usually you’d have to fork out £95 for this, which is screen printed on some very festive silver metallic paper!

The Smooth Crimi-Noël Contest

New T-Shirt Community – Prawspektiv

admin    T-Shirt Contests, T-Shirt News     Prawspective, T-Shirt Contests, t-shirt community, threadless clone

I don’t know much about Prawspektiv.com but they seem a friendly enough bunch, based in Europe (I’m guessing France by the language options) and offering up a bloody enormous $5000 prize for their first design winner. The contest starts on the 11th of February 2011 so there’s’ plenty of time to think up some genius designs – heh. I do know this – they want very detailed designs – so you’d better get practising! If you want to know more then your best bet is to follow them on Twitter or fan them at Facebook. Until then this flyer will have to keep you satisfied :0

New Tees @ 604Republic

admin    T-Shirts     604Republic, Alice in Wonderland Tee, Frankenstein Tee, Stoned in Wonderland, Zipperstein, drug tees, horror t-shirts

There are 7 new tees for the guys (sorry ladies) at 604Republic, here are my two faves, absolutely super stuff…

Stoned in Wonderland Tee

Amazing stuff, I love the style, content, perfect for stoners, trippers and loons young and old lol. This should really be available for girls too, share the love :p

Zipperstein

Hey why sew when you can zip? Another great illustrated tee!

Both are available in all sizes at $18.95 each and are printed on American Apparel. These are easily the best of the new crop, although it’s worth checking all their latest tees – plenty more surprises if you haven’t been to www.604Republic.com in a while…

Torso Clothing

admin    T-Shirt Reviews     Australian tees, Chris Halaska, OZ, Torso Clothing, art shirts, graphic t-shirts

Torso Clothing is a one man project by Chris Halaska, a graphic designer living in Sydney, Australia. Working mainly in digital but with skills in other areas such as Illustrator and animation he’s completed contracts for some very big names including Coca Cola and Warner Bros.

Torso Clothing provides Chris with the perfect outlet for his more personal designs. The store is a basic Big Cartel site right now so it could really do with a proper homepage (at least). The tees are on offer at a very decent $20 each (I’m guessing that’s US dollars) – and there are some very interesting ideas on show – all are printed on American apparel.

Big Bite Tee

“I vant to drink your blood”. Love the grills! I’m surprised it isn’t available for girls. Maybe it will be in the future :o

Nerd Glasses Tee

This one’s for you Poindexter :p

Crows Nest Tee

Fly fly away…

Silver Kiss Tee

Mwah. This one definitely needs to be available for the ladies!

If you want more visit www.TorsoClothing.com.au and for more updates follow TC @ Twitter.

The London Vandal

admin    T-Shirt Reviews     London, The London Vandal, graffiti t-shirts, graffiti tees, street art tees, urban tees

First off I must declare an interest, or at least an enormous bias, I lived in London for years and have always been a big ol’ fan of street/urban/graffiti art, so as far as I am concerned The London Vandal (urban art blog and collective) could print a poop on a t-shirt and it would still be worth reviewing. What The London Vandal are doing is exactly what I’ve always hoped for the future of the indie t-shirt industry. As soon as street artists began screen printing limited editions of their work to fund those daredevil jaunts around the world I knew it wouldn’t be long before they began to stray into the t-shirt market, especially as they use exactly the same gear to print them up and here’s the proof.

The London Vandal fund their superb urban art showcase site at www.thelondonvandal.com and all their personal exploits on the streets of London with the sales from their unique tees, which have just about all the street cred you could ask for. Damn, Fairey is such a sell out these days we need something other than ripped Banksy’s for our beloved tee collection. Asides the enormous kudos the designs are top-notch, I wouldn’t expect any less from these guys. There are only 3 tees on offer right now, one is designed by the legendary toon tripping Dutch illustrator that is Rick Berkelman. Ironically enough the other two are by French artist Reack, so none are actually by a Londoner (hey I’m an urban artist and I’m in was born London… hint hint lol).

Anyway check ‘em out, they are gorge, and on offer at £17 each in all sizes right now.

The Original Tee (by Rick Berkelmen)

This one is limited to just 150 so I doubt I will be getting a freebie lol. Love it, love Berkelmen’s work, a really nice composition and cute too – which is a rarity for me to say positively – but yes damn it, it’s cute all right? J

Don’t Get Caught Tee (by Reack)

Lovely piece of graffiti inspired illustration from French artist Reack, there’s another one for you in a ‘mo. Good advice too!