UStrendy – an unfulfilling experience

admin    T-Shirt Reviews     Black Sea, Linty Fresh, T-Shirt Designers, UStrendy.com, criticism, design, retail, t-shirt fulfilment, t-shirt showcase, t-shirt store, web design

So, we’ll start with a fashion site called UStrendy.com – Steve C. a fan of our blog asked us or the heads up on this site – here’s what Steve said to us…

“You guys have really pointed me in the right direction on some of your past reviews of t-shirt fulfilment sites but I can’t make heads or tails of this one.
Thanks, Steve C.“

Well our first criticism is that UST aren’t purely a t-shirt fulfilment site although thinking about it there are plenty of those out there already! What would make the site a far more attractive prospect for designers of all kinds is a clearly laid out categorised theme, some way for both producers and consumers to track down what they want without having to sift through heaps of handbags and shoes and beaded necklaces to find it.

I’m convinced the whole site is actually based on a Wordpress blog, I even recognise the theme which funnily enough seems to disappear the moment you hit their store. Looking a little more closely I’d say they’d forgotten to add a background colour or a .png there, I can just about recognise the logo faintly through the glare of an expanse of white, and all in all I’m starting to suspect that the whole site is the work of a desperately underfunded amateur with ambitions beyond their budget. The store seems to be filled with lots of products entitled “Coming Soon” and priced at $0, if they maintain those prices I’m sure there will be a lot of demand :/ read more

Nonoloa T-Shirts – International Art Meets Fashion

admin    T-Shirt Reviews     Nonoloa.com, art platform, art shirts, artist collective, design, graphic tees, independent design, international design, nonoloa, unique fashion, unique tees

Nonoloa.com describe themselves as a ‘creative platform designing clothing from urban art’ – in other words they take from the streets, in this case the whole world of urban life, and transfer their unique art collection to a range of spectacular short and long-sleeved tees, polos, hoodies and sweatshirts. I recently visited their site for the first time and have to admit it is stunning in more ways than one. Apart from the beautiful and highly interactive design of the store, the products certainly do produce the wow factor, a very individualistic and inspiring range of t-shirts drew me in further

Enrique Flores, one of the people behind the Nonoloa label directed me towards Issuu.com which reveals more of the story and concept behind this avant-garde collective. Essentially they are as international as you can hope to find, their artists hark from every corner of the globe, ranging from as far and wide as Spain, the United Kingdom, Lebanon and even Tehran. I was astounded that a label could source so diverse a community of artists, each with their own pertinent input, both visually and conceptually, towards the Nonoloa platform. Incidentally some of their artists have even exhibited at the famed Tate Modern Gallery in Britain. You can see their works at Tate.org.uk.

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KidRobot.com – Not Just For Kids (or Robots).

admin    T-Shirt Reviews     Beck, Budnitz, Chilli Peppers, Green Day, Jane's Addiction, Koznik, NY, Neil Young, Offspring, Pearl Jam, design, designer t-shirts, kidrobot, kidrobot.com, manga, tees, toys

Designer Paul Budnitz designer and creator of Kidrobot is (and I quote) “the world’s premier designer and retailer of limited edition art toys and apparel”. Sure he’s blowing his own trumpet a little louder than most but the guy really does know what he’s doing. Kidrobot.com started selling their strange toys in 2002 and just as wacky line of urban wear in 2006 and have gone from strength to strength ever since. read more

The Monk is Back

admin    T-Shirt News     T-Shirts, Ugmonk, Ugmonk.com, design, designer tees, dream, graphic, lowercase, new t-shirts, rare, typography

Ugmonk leaves his cell, his eyes screwed tight from the bright light of day and reveals new t-shirts from the classic typography line of tees that makes up the unique offering to the world of fashion that is the inimitable Ugmonk.com.

First on offer is the ever popular “Lowercase” which is back in a new Black Version, for all those tempted by the dark side. The original white “Lowercase” has also been restocked in all sizes incase you’d rather come to the light…

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The Best of the Best: Outstanding T-Shirts (Designed by Humans)

admin    T-Shirt Reviews     art shirts, best t-shirts, dbh, design, designbyhumans, designbyhumans.com, greatest t-shirts, human design t-shirts, illustration, t-shirt art, tees

I need to purge all that negativity from my last post and focus on some of the greatest t-shirts available on the net right now. I could just vegetate in front of the TV, or argue with the neighbour about controlling his wayward dog and teenage son, or spend the remainder of my weekend inputting data at my new t-shirt printers directory. Sounds like another awful weekend, I’m sure one day I’ll be able to afford such luxuries, however until then I’ll turn to one of my favourite obsessions, great t-shirt design, and thought you’d like to see a selection of tees that have caught my eye from this legendary t-shirt label. read more

Contrary To Rumours – I Am Still Alive! The Axis of T-Shirts, SEO, and Social Bookmarking.

admin    T-Shirt Marketing     design, fair trade, fashion, indie, organic, printers, sell tees, selling tshirts, social bookmarking t-shirts, t-shirtcountdown.com, t-shirts marketing, tshirtprinter

Yes, turn your back on your blog for just a day or two and suddenly your inbox is filled with e-commiserations tentatively asking ‘where the hell is the beef Paul’?

I’ll tell you where the beef is, it’s creeping up behind you and aiming to actually form a real network around you, before you’ve even had a chance to close that browser page. Exaggerations aside, I am in the midst of building a few more t-shirt-related sites to pique your interest and eventually trap you in my Axis of T-Shirts – where no t-shirt creative or fanatic may ever escape alive. read more