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Beautiful/Decay’s Snazzy New Website

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John

on September 25, 2007

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Those design pioneers at Beautiful/Decay are at it again! This time, they’ve revamped and reorganized their website in order to better represent and inform the creative social sphere.

Beautiful/Decay’s new Public Feed
Paralleling their own “B/D Feed” and “B/D Events” subsections on the main page, Beautiful/Decay has also implemented Public Feed and Events subsections promoting the goings-on of the B/D community! You do have to register with B/D before you can post anything, but once you do that, you can post info about your upcoming creative projects and exhibitions with just a click and a little typeity-type.

Beautiful/Decay’s new Public Events
It’s always great to see an established creative force reinforce its ties to the community that supports it. We haven’t covered all of the newly implemented features here, so make sure you stroll around the new site for a bit and check everything out.

Link: [Beautiful/Decay]

Imaginary Foundation Art Prints

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Joe

on September 24, 2007

in Imaginary Foundation, art and new releases

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One of my favorite t-shirt companies (because their designs are so beautiful), Imaginary Foundation, has very recently released 5 new art prints. You might remember their old art prints, which were very word-oriented and screenprinted. In contrast, these new ones are based on some of their most gorgeous t-shirt designs and are archival Giclée prints (read: ink jet prints). Each print comes with a certificate of authenticity and with a unique, identifying hologram.

Giclée Art Prints - Nick Philip - Imaginary Foundation

Link: [Imaginary Foundation]
Expensiveness: $50

Summer Never Ends at Owl Movement

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Greg

on September 22, 2007

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Owl Movement’s new series of tees (enthusiastically titled NEVERENDINGSUMMERTIME) is up! For you crustacean lovers out there, this shirt in particular is for you:

Slip Slop Slap by Eamo: $20

I highly recommend visiting Eamo’s website, if you can. It’s unclear as to whether there’s anything to purchase — his shop link simply redirects to RedBubble [edit: this no longer seems to be the case!] — but you’d be doing yourself a disservice if you didn’t check out his other work.

More importantly, though, you should sample Owl Movement’s full Series 6 lineup. The longer we cling onto summer, the better! Or — or, the worse, depending on your life attitudes.

Link: [Owl Movement]
Expensiveness: $20

Count To Ten With Ten Bills

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John

on September 22, 2007

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Watch out! Today’s stylin’ threads come to you straight from Ten Bills, the slick shirt shopping site that proudly boasts a substantial catalog solely stocked with ten dollar tees. Yep, that’s right: only ten bucks per shirt! Now, I’ve seen some ten dollar tees in the past, and I have to say, I haven’t seen any designs that come close to what these folks produce.

Fans of humanoid robots are particularly lucky — Ten Bills has two of ‘em on the shelves. I have to admit, despite robots’ growing ubiquity in the t-shirt world, it’s difficult to resist their stoic, frigid, soulless charm. Fortunately — and unlike the android race — these tees have plenty of spirit in them:

First Flight and Nightingale, respectively: $10 each
Hey, they’re both designed by the same guy: Michael Phillips! Imagine that.

And while I enjoy these next two tees as well, I can’t help but wonder when owls and octopi will fade from the spotlight and recede into the murky terrain of Shirt Cliché Land, joining the likes of skulls, hearts, and faux distress. But since it’s difficult to find a sufficient substitute for the awesomeness of owls and octopi, I’d say that such a day is quite a ways away.

Once Upon a Time and 8 Feet Under at Ten Bills: $10 each

Now, with tees this inexpensive, you’re going to have to make up the costs somewhere. Still, I was not particularly excited to learn that Nightingale is printed on Gildan shirts — not the most comfortable brand, though it seems oddly popular among certain webcomic artists and bands for some reason. Most of the other designs seem to be printed on Fruit of the Loom which, while not perfect, is a better alternative in my book.

In any case, be sure to check out the full catalog of shirts: high on zazz, low on price!

Link: [Ten Bills]
Expensiveness: $10.00

FBI Bust American Apparel for Illegal Modeling Practices

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Joe

on September 21, 2007

in industry, misc. and t-shirts

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Just kidding! But this article from The Onion, a hilarious satire of American Apparel’s advertising images, is worth your time! At least, I found it pretty amusing. Don’t neglect to view the slideshow embedded in the article; it’s also really great!

14 American Apparel Models Freed In Daring Midnight Raid

LOS ANGELES—"There were girls everywhere," FBI agent Curtis Froman said. "Draped over furniture, sprawled spread-eagled in the corner, and huddled close like animals."

Red Tide Clothing

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Greg

on September 20, 2007

in t-shirts

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Hey there—just wanted to give y’all a quick heads-up about an independent tee shop called Red Tide. As we see with a lot of these smaller stores, not a ton of designs, but the stuff that they’ve got is Quality (with a capital ‘Q’).

Their current offerings feature a sleek style of line-art which I dig, especially on the design Hardware; however, my favorite of Red Tide’s designs is probably Music:

(The artist behind Music is Guilherme Marconi, a designer from Brazil whose work you might recognize on the Threadless design Who Am I. It’s an older design, from way back in ‘04! Boy, those were the days, eh? You can also check out Mr. Marconi’s website, which is filled with a bunch more of his crazily beautiful design work.)

Link: [Red Tide Clothing]
Expensiveness: ~~$20~~ $17 until October 10th (and $15 each if you buy two or more)

Shiver Me Timbers!: 7 Piratical Tees

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Greg

on September 19, 2007

in t-shirts

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Avast, me hearties! In honor o’ this ‘ere most ven’rable Talk Like a Pirate day, I’m postin’ a list o’ some o’ me most favorite piratical-themed tees! So without further ado, here be they (in no particularrrrrrrrrrrr order):