A Shirt Full of Bricks
By Mark | February 5, 2010
I love ThinkGeek for their unapologetically weird merchandise, but this “Brick Construction” t-shirt is a little out there even for me. The shirt comes with an attached “baseplate” on the front, to which you’re supposed to add any of a number of compatible brands of blocks (Legos, K’Nex, PixelBlocks, or Mega Bloks, but I’ve never even heard of those last two) to build your awesome 3D design. Except they don’t include any blocks, so you’re just buying a shirt with a big plastic square on it and digging through your little brother’s toys in the hope of finding enough cool-looking Lego pieces to make that design you have in mind. Oh, that’s why it’s on sale…
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Made You Look
By Mark | January 29, 2010
If you’ve ever had the desire to make everyone around you a little bit nervous, you can see the allure of this t-shirt, printed to make it look like the wearer has a gun sticking out of her pants. The “Be Tough” shirt might stop some people from messing with you, but I’d be more worried about unwanted attention from law enforcement, personally.
[via Toxel]
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Venetian Blinds
By Mark | January 22, 2010
The string on this t-shirt from Shikisai at first appears to be an innocently printed part of the design, but it can be pulled to raise the “shade” just like with real Venetian blinds. If you just can’t get enough of institutional interior design, this is the shirt for you. I wonder if it gets tangled up as much as the real things too?
[via Toxel]
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Bird’s Eye View
By Mark | January 15, 2010
Google may no longer be able to search China, but with this t-shirt, you can! Very slowly. Street by street. From the air. Same as Google Maps, right?
The aerial map of Beijing printed on this shirt is certainly cool-looking, though we wouldn’t want to try to navigate with it (”Turn left at the…armpit…”). Maybe with a magnifying glass residents of the city might be able to find themselves on the day this photo was taken…
[from Sqy-T]
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T-Shirt or Laundry Bag?
By Mark | January 8, 2010
When all your other t-shirts are dirty, stuff them in one of these t-shirt-shaped laundry bags and head for the nearest washing machine. Just don’t put the red one in with the colors - trust me, you’ll end up with a lot of unexpected pink in your wardrobe.
This would make an interesting promotion for a laundromat that wanted to get new customers - anyone who received one of these unconventional bags would certainly remember the business that gave it to them, especially when it came time to do the laundry.
[via Fashionably Geek]
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The Rules of Attraction
By Mark | December 30, 2009
It may not be Valentine’s Day yet, but in the middle of winter, we can certainly use the kind of recharging that comes from cuddling with a loved one. These “Dynamic Life” t-shirts from ThinkGeek allow you to wear your devotion on the outside, mimicking the life-force display bar familiar to video game players everywhere. Two and half hearts light up when the “players” are on their own, but when the wearers are within hugging distance, their life force bars are full.
In case you can’t find anyone to wear the matching shirt, the site offers the option to buy a “transmitter pack” instead, which works like a second shirt to bring your life force bar to full. Seems a little depressing to me, but it could be surreptitiously placed in the object of your affection’s laptop bag to inspire a fantastically geeky romance…
[via ThinkGeek]
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When T-Shirts Mix with Drugs
By Mark | December 3, 2009
When I was about 17 I went to an art school in a questionable part of town. Our cafeteria was fully stocked with security guards, ID badges and metal detectors. However, nothing bad ever happened. The security guards were more like friends and the metal detectors were more commonplace than anything else.
So I was waiting in line one day when the security gaurd leaned over to the guy behind me and gruffly shouted, “take that shirt off. Now.” I turned around and saw a boy with a Snowman on his shirt.
Really?
I couldn’t figure out what the problem was. Kids love snowmen. It was winter. It had to be a holiday shirt, right?
Well, the whole ordeal ended up with me asking the security gaurd why the shirt was inappropriate, him shouting at me, and a very near suspension.
I didn’t realize until a year later that the shirt was Young Jeezy promotional design for Cocaine dealers.
Nice.
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Recycle Old T-Shirts
By Mark | November 24, 2009
This shirt is made entirely from a previous shirt. It’s fashionable but eco-friendly (the best kind of shirt there is!). I love the idea of cutting t-shirts to make new designs. It’s a great way to flex your creative muscles and try something new. Plus, if you have all those promotional t-shirts laying around but nothing to do with them, here’s the solution!
For directions and projects check out CutOutandKeep. If anyone has done their own, I’d love to see them!
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ObaMao
By Mark | November 19, 2009
Oba-Mao shirts were recently printed, and then banned, during Obama’s visit to China. As Obama arrived, the Chinese government banned the sale of the shirts that showed Obama’s face turned in the typical position of the Chinese leader.
A CNN reporter was able to sneak one out of a store and get it on camera before being swarmed and detained by Chinese officials. She managed to keep the shirt but almost lost her passport in the process.
Most of the shirts were printed on a white t with “Serve the People” written on the front in Chinese and “Oba-Mao” written in English on the back.
Of course, small US companies are scrambling to manufacture the shirts while the Oba-Mao craze is still happening.
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The Ugly Sweater Strikes Back
By Mark | November 17, 2009
They may not be t-shirts… in fact, I’m not even sure they classify as sweaters when they’re this ugly! But they are just that cool, so on the blog they go. These two are some of the most hideous I’ve ever seen! The Daily Green features some unbelievably awful pictures of Ugly Christmas Sweater parties from all over the country, complete with ornaments, bells and tinsle.
You have to love a hideous sweater.
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