Sure, a t-shirt is not as high-maintenance as a wool sweater, but there are some things you should know about the proper care and feeding of a new t-shirt. Your shirt can have a long and purposeful life, and here are a few tips to help you care for your new baby. 1. The first…
Two is Always Better than One: 20 Awesome Pop-Culture Mashup T-Shirt Designs
How would I define “mashup?” To me, a mashup is created by taking two or more great things and combining them into one awesome thing! For example, what could result from the combination of the sci-fi epic film series, “Star Wars,” and the classic Sunday comic strip, “Calvin and Hobbes?” Here is one possibility: The…
12 Motor Inspired T-shirt Designs
Antique oil cans arguably feature some of the best graphic design ever created. Coming in a close second are the logo designs of vintage automobile and motorcycle manufacturers. The bold use of font and simplicity of colors compose a striking aesthetic. I found 12 of the best t-shirt designs featuring motorcyle manufacturers or motor inspired…
The T-Shirt Grocery Bag: Say “No” to Plastic & Save Some Cash
In recent years, as the general population has become more environmentally-conscious, many “green” habits have taken to the mainstream. One such example is the proliferation of reusable grocery bags–a simple, but effective way to reduce waste and our reliance on non-degradable plastics. Continuing our anticipation of Earth Day 2011, I’m going to show you how…
Earth Day 2011: Repurpose Your T-shirts
Earth Day 2011 is coming up this week – April 22nd, so I’ve been thinking about ways to reuse t-shirts whose fashion services are no longer required. As posted earlier in the blog – there are ways to juice up that old boxy t-shirt into a more flattering, girly garment, but some of us (me)…
QR Shirt Scan – The Future is Here
Anvil Knitwear recently launched an app called Shirt Scan which allows you to deliver content through QR (quick response) codes that are printed directly on t-shirts. With this app, groups and organizations can tell more of their story in the form of videos, articles and photos to an audience than could possibly be delivered on…