in the words of keanu reeves, whoah

Every single shirt released by threadless this week is either good or great. that's gotta be some kind of record!
Sorry for the lack of posts lately, btw...things are kinda busy over here after all the zoo animals escaped. so we'll just leave you with this highly attractive list for now.

Threadless picks of the week

Good week! Good week indeed.


First off we have this week's excellent select shirt, designed by Mr. Ray Frenden (trivia: he's the inventor of orange battle helmets for cats). And what a piece of work it is! This is everything a shirt should be at the moment: loud, obnoxious and pure rock n´roll, the kind of thing you (maybe) wouldn't wear to a party for fear of getting too many cool chicks with early 90's sunglasses dry humping you and licking your chest hair(that goes for both girls and boys, btw). before the descriptions get too graphic here, it's the best $25 i've spent in ages. Oh, and the shading effect looks great. I'm totally jealous of this dude's skills.



Also, this Joy Division-inspired shirt is great, and timely too with Anton Corbjiin's Ian Curtis biopic control on the horizon, and (sadly) the recent passing of Tony Wilson.



I haven't actually bought this one by Dan Rule yet... but i probably will eventually, because it looks great. I just have to get over the fact that this talented sumbitch had two shirts released by threadless in one week first. I really like the way this utilizes the space on the shirt.

Well, those are my top 3 picks of the week, but be sure to check out the rest of the lot as well, there's some equally awesome stuff that i haven't mentioned yet.

Oh, and if you're looking to save a few bucks, i think these two coupon codes still work...
they're good for 3$ off your order:

couponitdotcom
or
rubberdanpants

Design By Humans update (+coupon code)

The international shipping price issue at Design By Humans has been fixed now, so if you live outside of the US the coast is clear for you to order stuff from there at a reasonable price.

If you buy anything within the next 10 days (=before September 16), be sure to use the coupon code 7GJCKY to get 15% off on your order.

So far the selection of daily shirts is turning out to be great, I particularily recommend the aforementioned "Robot battle" shirt, "Is nothing sacred" by Mr Rocks, " Animal farm" by Tom Burns and "The Blob" by Stinger.
Prices range between $15 and $25 depending on fanciness.




here's a look at what you'll get in a package from DBH, pictures courtesy of the lovely sonmi. (PS:sonmi not included)

Best new threadless shirt this week!

Simple, solid and with a nice graphical quality. I dig this and i'm buying it right now, hurry and you might get it at the ridiculous price of $10, too! But be quick, before the $10 sale ends at 9am(CST) Tuesday Morning!




These are great, too!

DBH Kickoff: And the winner is...

Legion of doom! As a member of said coalition, this makes me very happy. Anyway, this shirt is a collaboration between 25+ designers, each drawing a robot for an all-out nuts, bolts and titanium chainsaw battle. Features silver and gold ink on a giant print, all for the measly price of $17. go to design by humans to check it out. (UPDATE: International shipping is hella expensive at the moment, but i've been assured that this will be corrected within a week. So if you live outside of the US, bookmark it and wait a few days!)
As a bonus, here's a couple of porny closeups of the inks.

THREADLESS $10 SALE!

Threadless are having a back to school sale! No time to talk, lest precious stock decrease while you're wasting time reading this. Just go buy these shirts. (the pics are links):


(i designed this one and i think it turned out great!)


So true. And wowee, a photoprint!


Sweet glow in the dark carnie action!


By the always awesome (and musically talented!) Sonmi/Julia Heglund


this is old so stocks are low! i live my life by this rule.


Kind of a girls' shirt, but there's no shame in that. especially if you're a girl and the shirt in question is as awesome as this.


I wish threadless printed more of these kinds of designs


A bona fide classic, finally back in stock


simple and excellent. Stocks are low!


Reprint! One of the best slogan shirts IMO.

Now i have a machine gun ho-ho-ho

Machine gun sweatshirt, $27, exclaim wear

I was originally gonna make this myself, but when googling around a bit before starting i found out someone'd beaten me to it...which kind of sucks i guess, but it doesn't dampen the fact that this is the best sweater ever. If you don't know why, watch the first Die Hard again and it will all become clear. It's cafepress, so i'm not sure about the print quality, but i'm gonna order one in time for the holidays. get yours here.



Fun fact: Did you know Die Hard was based on the book "Nothing Lasts Forever", a sequel to "The detective" which was turned into a film in the 60's starring Frank Sinatra? They actually attempted to get Sinatra back to play the part a 2nd time, but he refused it. the script then went to Robert Mitchum who also declined, and after a few years of development hell it was rewritten as a proposed sequel to the hilariously ridiculous Arnold Shwarzenegger flick Commando. Arnie also refused and after a couple more rewrites they decided to cut the ties to excisting franchises, and the newly-minted role of john mcclane was finally offered to...Richard Gere. When he declined, the property went a few more rounds before they finally settled on newcomer bruce willis for the part, a man the producers had so little faith in they didn't even put his face on the original theatrical poster. The rest is, as they say, history.



And while we're on subject, here's another excellent movie reference shirt off a Cafepress store:




President camacho gear, shirts $19-22, strk3
Also available as a bumper sticker, coffee mug, messenger bag and a whole assortment of lesser goods.
get it here.
If you haven't seen Idiocracy yet, you should. It's very funny and highly rewatchable.



Oh, and finally, check out this 70s spiderman-style typography tribute to spiderpig of simpsons movie fame!

available for $17 at Lucky Threadz. Go buy one here!

best slogan shirt of all time

available from Noisebot at $21 a pop, rudy, theooo.

I love to love

Young lovers, about $50

I just realized i haven't told anyone how much i dig i dig aussie shirt company young lovers in a while. Now their shirts might be a bit pricy at about US$49, but they're worth it due to the extremely limited edition nature of the prints (100 shirts of each design!). go ahead, treat yourself to one. the above are my favourites, especially "organ donor". What can i say, i'm a sucker for garish guts on t-shirts.

we need more party animals

More party animals, $20

I'm genuinely charmed by this quiet protest against the two party system. Here's their mission statement, straight from the horse/porpoise/gorilla/pig/armadillo/etc.'s mouth:
"More Party Animals is an apolitically-political idea born out of a heartfelt disenchantment with the status quo. As the current system continues to polarize this country, we strongly believe America is in need of a wider selection of political parties. We say our idea is apolitical because More Party Animals is steadfastly devoted to being policy-free. Our animals represent a potential symbol for new beliefs, not the beliefs themselves."
Anyway, they have a store section with some nice tees. check them out.

$15-17, threadless

ah, the lightning bolt! i've always been a fan of simple bold t-shirt graphics, not many of those usually get printed by threadless, though. i hope this means they're wising up and printing more of these kinds of designs and less of the "household objects with faces pointing out something different" kind.