The Art of Rhetoric – Persuasion by Design
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RhetoricTshirts.com officially launched on October 4th. An American clothing company focused on if not driven to the core by high-concept design. Their mantra states the use of the medium of T-shirts bears out two distinct design directives:-
Prints inspired by innovative examples of pop art, fringe sub-culture and youth.
Shirts that are custom manufactured from the finest textiles and materials including pima cotton.
In combination these two directives herald a direct challenge to the quality and integrity of competitors’, and t-shirt design and production in the general market. read more
Eroteme – T-Shirts For The Dystopian Nostalgic
admin T-Shirt Reviews Hitchcock, architecture, art shirts, art tees, artistic t-shirts, dark t-shirts, darkness, eroteme, erotemeclothing, gothic, horror, low, nostalgia, question mark
ErotemeClothing.com have only just launched their online collection of designer t-shirts this week, but are already causing a stir in the underground fashion industry. I think I may have met my match when it comes to Trey Romero, the designer and philosopher behind this radical label, have you ever read an introduction to a t-shirt store like this before?
Quote:- “In this day and age the t-shirt has become a universal medium of expression and creativity. While we do have the passion for design, our designs are incomplete. It is only with your participation in choosing the canvas that our designs truly come to fruition.“
A clear and concise mission statement which personally presses a great deal of psychological and emotional buttons for this reviewer. Trey has summed up a philosophy I have proposed for some months now. T-shirts are for the most part treated by reviewers and fans alike with a subdued contempt, a familiarity that belies the truth in what a t-shirt design can achieve in our society today. T-shirts are art. Something very strange is happening in our post-modern world of imagery and iconography. I was almost booted from my Fine Arts Degree course (many years back) for arguing the exact point with a senior lecturer at Brighton University. Art no longer thrives in the establishment of the gallery system. By the time art has made it’s way to a gallery wall it is purely a commodity, severed from social context, it loses its ability to change public perception and takes on the duller hues of self interest, commerce, and investment. The t-shirt is as much a canvas for ideas as any painting. read more
Robit – Built by Humans – Powered by Spirits
admin T-Shirt Reviews Death, US government, cold war, illustration, irony, nostalgia, political t-shirts, political tees, retro, robot t-shirt, robots, terror, vector
T-shirts of a tortured soul? Perhaps not quite, but going on the biography Steve Orlando of Robit Studios is not a happy man, I quote “What is a Robit? A mechanical man with an void in his middle. it’s like a robot only simpler. This particular Robit was created by a four year old. It’s fuelled by distilled spirits.”
I’d venture to say there’s a bitter-sweet theme that runs through all of Steve’s works, a quality I find both reassuringly honest and revealing, especially when put in the context of his fine collection of unique and pithy t-shirt designs. All of his tees are fair trade, 100% cotton American Apparel, hand-printed and highly original for the most part, so it’s well worth taking a gander the next time you’re passing.
Steve’s outlook on life may be on the dour side, but he still has a great sense of humour, I really think he should be British, we’re all like that over here, except the Scottish who are just dour, (I jest, we’re all miserable bleeders over here, especially since we haven’t had a Summer this year (or not one that you’d notice). Talking of the weather… read more
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