Latest Tees at Ardentees

admin    T-Shirts     Bene Rohlmann, Hansomoto, Iain MacArthur, Waldez, ardentees, art shirt, art tees, illustrated t-shirts

I featured some superb tee designs at Singapore based Ardentees (a.k.a ARDT) last April – well here’s a load more courtesy of their latest collection.

The PR blurb says “The theme revolves around the protagonist’s dreams. A digital video error has been intentionally manipulated and controlled to create a unique effect known as datamoshing, which was made famous by Kayne West in one of his videos.” (ooh fancy schmancy!)

This collection introduces 8 exclusive designs from new global artists like Russian Vladimir Snegotskiy aka Waldez and fellow Brit Iain MacArthur and the pick of their current crop of artists Jack Crossing and Hannes Hummel. The latest range of designs offers a riot of colour, ultra intricate print details and portraits of the fairer sex to form an eccentric mix-mash of designs furthering the credibility of Ardentees as a major art shirt label. This latest collection offers a better range of t-shirt colours and fitted styles for the girls. All of the following are priced at 50 SGD each (which works out just under $40 US) as unisex tees in XS to L.

Beauty in Versicolor Tee

Gorgeous illustration, I’d take Versicolor over Technicolor any day :p See more of Hansomoto’s work at www.blog.vintagekitsune.org.

Another Karma Tee

Take a look at the detail shot, this is most definitely a phenomenal skull tee. Totally crazy design by Waldez.

Beauty Tee

Beauty is on the inside. Lovely design by Iain MacArthur.

Rice Rice Crispies Tee

Love the Dada influences in this design by the highly talented Bene Rohlmann.

See more extraordinary tees at www.ardentees.com.

Collect London – Artist Series Illustrated Tees

admin    T-Shirt Designers     Collect, Collect London, art t-shirts, illustrated t-shirts, limited edition tees

Collect London is a unique new T-shirt brand with a difference… What better way to support new art… Than to wear it! That’s the concept behind this highly creative label who aim to provide up and coming artists and designers with a platform to launch their work to a wider audience. They only condition being that the designs fit in to their seasonal themes. They seek out the very best in design talent the world over to create artwork to feature on their great fitting T-shirts. So far everyone from new artists to bands such as O.Children and Gold Teeth and the fashion designer Robert Cary Williams have collaborated with the label to create a whole host of completely unique and limited edition pieces.The latest theme to inspire the range is ‘Folk Fantasy’ and from this, what has emerged is a collection of edgy and individual T-shirts to suit every individual.

Boom Tee by Robert Cary-Williams

A leading designer on the British fashion scene, his ability to design clothes that are both experimental, yet have a severe design edge, and then to balance this with ‘wearability’, has become his signature. As well as winning ‘New Generation Sponsorship’ from the British Fashion Council several times, Robert has also been invited to show his work and to lecture in high profile exhibitions such as ‘Fashion in Motion’ at the V&A and showstudio.com. His collections have been worn by the likes of Roisin Murphy, Keira Knightly, Kate Moss, Jude Law, Ewan McGregor and David Bowie.He now brings his expertise to Collect London with the popular Men’s BOOM Pack Tee.

Jackalope Cape T-Shirt by Elliot Hartwell

A multidisciplinary designer with a diverse portfolio of graphic, furniture, product and interior design. Elliot now works as a freelance designer as well as at the design and communication agency, Ethreestudio which he co founded.His designs for Collect London are a mixture of bold colours and hand drawn sketches such as the Women’s Jackalope oversized T-shirt.

Great Bear Tee by William Dove

William Dove is a member of the band Gold Teeth and Co-founder of Art and Design group Holy Dove, Williams lives and works in London.His designs are inspired by alternative creative forms such as tattooing, graphic novels and skateboarding.He mainly works in pen and ink and his loose stroke style aims to create something with an intricate basis but a bold aesthetic. His Men’s Great Bear Tee has become a Collect best-seller.

A Nagy Toll Scoop Tee by Richard Fairhead

I don’t have much on Fairhead except that he’s a great British illustrator with a superb sense of humour. Just check out his blog to be sure. Here’s a very cool retro tee by him, with the weirdest name I’ve come across in a while, the Nagy Toll Tee :p

With 10% of the sales going straight back to the artists, Collect London offers a great opportunity to boost the creative careers of young designers.And with such a wide range of product – there is no better time to buy into great art and wear something truly cutting edge

Fifty Percent Off Tolky Monkys Tees

admin    T-Shirt News     Spanish tees, cartoon t-shirts, comic tees, discount, funny tees, illustrated t-shirts, mad tees, sale, tolky monkys, tolkymonkys.com, voucher

Woot! If you’re after a bargain and are one of the first five people to read this post then do I have a bargain for you! Totally mad t-shirt label Tolky Monkys have done it again, here’s the thinking behind the offer in their own insane words…

“When last year the Tolky Monkys sent the Resales, Sally and Sally, back home, they thought that these naughty twins would never come again to make a visit. They were wrong. Surprisingly, they have knocked at their door and in only 10 minutes they have destroyed the whole studio. How naive they were… After that, they have created for us a special coupon with a 50% off.“

I know once again the reasoning behind Tolky Monkys‘s wisdom has been lost in translation, still, all you need to know is this…

The first 5 readers to use this coupon code: REBUYTEES can buy any adult tee at just 50% of the usual price. The offer doesn’t include posters, metro-wallets, but does include boys t-shirts, girls t-shirts, hoodies and polos. You have from Wednesday 23rd till Thursday 1st of October to use this coupon: REBUYTEES. But be quick, only the first 5 readers will take advantage of it.

If you need a recap on the madness of TM then check out this past review, but hurry, the first 5 to order get a real bargain!!

Unleash The Madness At Tolky Monkys

admin    T-Shirt Reviews     Spanish tees, cartoon t-shirts, comic tees, funny tees, illustrated t-shirts, mad tees, tolky monkys, tolkymonkys.com

Welcome to the crazy world of Spanish Pop Art label Tolky Monkys. It’s a veritable Euro designer fun house over at http://www.tolkymonkys.com/ but if you ‘no habla englais’ then you should head straight to the English language version of the store at http://www.tolkymonkys.com/en/. However if you’re in Spain, or around the Med you might want to see them in the flesh as it were, you can see their sizeable list of stockists here.

The fact is that for me at the very least I needn’t worry about language barriers, good design concepts will always carry through and this is certainly true of TM, their quirky style, insane graphics and world of strange characters and situations need little explanation. As with many cult trends out there you may find that yours will literally immerse them self in the cornucopia of Tolky-esque fantasies; there are t-shirts for the lads and the girls (as well as hoodies), postcards, posters and even wallets which I’m sure they’ll all be showing off to each other before you know it.

Tolky Monky’s is one of those few labels that I can imagine becoming an animated series one day, their style is so unique and instantly memorable, if you “get it” or don’t it doesn’t really matter, visually the impact is so overwhelming that this range is sure fire bet for a future international “yoof” brand, perhaps if they get the right backing, promotion and sponsorship far more. If you want to see plenty more large images (than I can possibly show here) of their products pop on over to their Flickr stream and gaze in wonder of the madness that is TM. Whilst you’re at it keep up with all the latest Tolky monkys news at their blog.

As for the products, expect the highest quality, printed clearly and crisply each design works its way around both front and back, as well as sides and seams of the garment, extending and extenuating the tale told Although I have to admit I must simply be too old these days because I can’t really fathom what’s going beyond the fabulous design work – ah well c’est la vie. Anyway all their highly original tees are on offer for ‚Ǩ22 each for girls and ‚Ǩ20 for the boys plus a few reduced to just ‚Ǩ15. Available in sizes small to large (not sure how large – perhaps mum and dad can get them too and embarrass the kids), and are now shipping right across Europe and the USA. So if you don’t want to blend in with the crowd on any beach from California to the Costas you know where to go!

Conceptually I will have to take a back seat in this particular review (which is a first for me) and let the gang at Tolkys Monkys do the talking, after all it is ‘their world’ I am featuring here! So, when you’re ready, put your space suit on, grab your favourite magic robes, forget everything you’ve ever learned in the humdrum ordinary age of the 21st Century and fly with me to an alternative parallel dimension where characters like Roger The Lab Rabbit, Eggbeater and Blind Mucus, Olegario The Gregarious Zombie and other bizarre characters from the minds of Tolky Monkys rule the day. If you want to learn more about all the characters at TM click here. read more

Boiling Down A Brand With Cubicoola

admin    T-Shirt Articles     Cubicoola, Cubicoola.com, UK t-shirts, UK tees, advice on t-shirt design, illustrated t-shirts, starting a t-shirt label, t-shirt branding

I was recently approached by a young and enthusiastic t-shirt label Cubicoola, they seem like a great bunch, happy in their work, determined in their creative vision with plenty of ideas for the future, and that’s when I know I have to tread carefully, the fact is I felt there positives and negatives in their brand, their store, designs and label in general that would need to be tackled. read more