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Posted by orso2932 in
6 Dec 2006 — 11:45am
6 Dec 2006 — 11:45am
Does anyone know where I can find any Tshirts that are (how do I say it) Type sensitive. For Example If a typographer or Hand Letter did a line of Tshirts this is where I would go. I know Ken Barber has a line House 33 but can't find anywhere to buy it. I tried his site but looks unfinished. I have also seen a shirt that has KERN on it but no clue where it is either. Thanks
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6 Dec 2006 — 11:58am
Adobe put out a series of type-related Tshirts a number of years ago: I've still got my "Type is to wear" one.
6 Dec 2006 — 12:09pm
Veer.com has the KERN zip-up and lots of other goodies.
http://www.veer.com/products/merch/tshirts/
6 Dec 2006 — 12:10pm
Threadless has a collection of Typetees, but they sell out very quickly. While you are there check out t-shirts lettered and designed by the absolutely brilliant Ray Fenwick.
6 Dec 2006 — 12:12pm
A superb type tee:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/oded_ezer/179166694/ _
http://www.flickr.com/photos/oded_ezer/305580374/
hhp
6 Dec 2006 — 12:18pm
Hrant, those are major cool!
ChrisL
6 Dec 2006 — 12:28pm
Yeah, pretty impressive. He won one of the TDC Awards for Typographic Excellence for that design. You can see more on his site, www.odedezer.com.
6 Dec 2006 — 12:55pm
There are a limited set remaining of Typophile tees, in several designs, if you're interested. Let me know your shirt size and I can see what we have left.
6 Dec 2006 — 2:05pm
How about Typotheque?
6 Dec 2006 — 2:11pm
http://typophile.com/node/19019
6 Dec 2006 — 3:22pm
Here is an idea for a T-shirt:
ChrisL
6 Dec 2006 — 4:48pm
Hotel clerk: Goodness, Miss West, those are beautiful jewels.
Mae West: Ah, "goodness" had nothing to do with them....
6 Dec 2006 — 4:59pm
http://vllg.com/products/Village/ForLikeEver/
6 Dec 2006 — 4:59pm
Va rum-pah-chiish! :-)
ChrisL
6 Dec 2006 — 5:27pm
Another Mae-ism: "I used to be as pure as snow, but I drifted...." ;-)
6 Dec 2006 — 5:31pm
more:
She: We're intellectual opposites.
He: What do you mean?
She: I'm intellectual and you're opposite.
When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad I'm better.
6 Dec 2006 — 6:04pm
A number that haven't been mentioned: Emigre's two script logo t-shirts, House Industries' two "Rat Fink" tees, based on a Rat Fink foundry, I guess, and PsyOps' four dummy text tees and their simplifify one. I especially like the PsyOps ones.
6 Dec 2006 — 8:44pm
When I’m good, I’m very good, but when I’m bad I’m better.
Geez, I was saving that one. ;-)
"I've got 'Christmas' tatooed on one thigh, and 'New Year's' on the other: come up and see me between the holidays...." (and what woman wouldn't have said that to Cary Grant?)
6 Dec 2006 — 8:59pm
Typophile regular Mark Simonson offers these:
http://www.cafepress.com/marksimonson
6 Dec 2006 — 9:15pm
I put this up one night when I couldn't sleep.
http://www.cafepress.com/exclamachine
Choz Cunningham
!Exclamachine Type Foundry
The Snark
7 Dec 2006 — 4:22am
Guess Letter Wheels are not bad for Umbrellas and T-shirts?!
7 Dec 2006 — 5:27am
>“I’ve got ‘Christmas’ tatooed on one thigh, and ‘New Year’s’ on the other: come up and see me between the holidays….” (and what woman wouldn’t have said that to Cary Grant?"
Pick up lines were so much more imaginative in those days Linda :-)
ChrisL
7 Dec 2006 — 7:43am
Those guys have some nice T's too:
http://www.thepeoplesbureau.com
_______
AL
lenart.pl
7 Dec 2006 — 8:11am
@Jared: I am still waiting for the free T that should have come with my subscription (paid in May 2005).
7 Dec 2006 — 9:24am
I know Ken Barber has a line House 33
House Industries t-shirts are available here: http://www.houseind.com/index.php?page=merchandise
Although they don't seem to have many at the moment. House 33 is an offshoot shop, not sure if it's active at the moment/any more.
7 Dec 2006 — 9:51am
One of my favorite Mae-isms:
"You know how to whistle, dontcha baby. Just put your lips together and blow."
7 Dec 2006 — 10:21am
Lauren Bacall surely
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037382/quotes
Tim
7 Dec 2006 — 10:38am
Gah!!! Tim thank you, I'm ashamed.
It was her character Slim in the movie "To Have and Have Not." She said it to Steve as acted by Humphrey Bogart.
"You know you don't have to act with me, Steve. You don't have to say anything, and you don't have to do anything. Not a thing. Oh, maybe just whistle. You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and... blow. "
7 Dec 2006 — 10:44am
No problem and no shame.
I cannot imagine being able to whistle if Lauren Bacall had said that to me (or move from the spot) :)
Tim
7 Dec 2006 — 11:06am
Linda, I thought it was "I used to be Snow White, but I drifted."
K.
7 Dec 2006 — 12:09pm
Chris: Yeah, pick-up lines have really gone downhill in the last hundred years. Remeber that oldie-but-goodie from the sixties "hey, what's your sign" and the appropriate answer usually being "exit"?
Kristina: I can't think of anyone ever mistaking Ms. West for Snow White, somehow.... ;-)
8 Dec 2006 — 2:32am
We offer a complementary typographic T-shirt for every purchase over a certain amount:
http://www.luth.no/default.asp?side=fontprisliste&Searchstring=T-skjorte
Haven't though of selling them separately, though...
Jacob
8 Dec 2006 — 8:03am
We had a thread going about people creating typographic t-shirts. Has someone mentioned that already?
Print-Screening/T-shirts, T's Ideas
Duncan
8 Dec 2006 — 9:35am
Just for Tiff and Tim:
ChrisL
8 Dec 2006 — 9:37am
She has got to be the most gorgeous woman ever.
8 Dec 2006 — 9:40am
So do you think if she gave a guy that look, he could turn away?
Not a chance :-)
ChrisL
8 Dec 2006 — 9:50am
>he could turn away?
Especially if she were 20, and he 45 and named Humphrey.
She's Shimon Peres's first cousin.
He isn't as cute :)
8 Dec 2006 — 10:05am
That look reminds me of the teen sluts now so prevalent
in the Victoria's Secret catalogs. But of course, des goûts
et des couleurs on ne discute pas.
hhp
8 Dec 2006 — 10:16am
>teen sluts
Bogart, Sinatra, Robards, ...Papazian?
>on ne discute pas.
except if you're hhp or wb & then 'on discute tout' :)
8 Dec 2006 — 10:22am
Fake smiley.
I tried not to give an opinion, just point out what that reminds me of (and the similarity is striking). Oh well, another sacred cow trampled I guess. Oooops!
hhp
8 Dec 2006 — 10:30am
à chacun son goût
Thanks Chris
Tim
8 Dec 2006 — 10:32am
So anyway, T-shirts....
I sure hope House puts out some glitzy tees to commemorate the Luxury collection. Those I would wear to the mall.
8 Dec 2006 — 10:56am
I guess this is one of those days when I wish I could understand French.
Moving right along...
[Edited out do to mistaken info]
ChrisL
8 Dec 2006 — 11:00am
http://romibello.de/romibello.htm
8 Dec 2006 — 11:05am
The Luxury fonts aren't pricey, Chris, the House release has them priced normally. Careful what you whine about. Check their website.
The catalog for the Luxury collection is fantastic; they've outdone themselves in absurd copywriting, overproduction and gorgeous presentation. I think they could charge for the "privilege of ownership" to a catalog.
8 Dec 2006 — 11:11am
Carl,
Then what is the very expensive face that I am thinking of? It had a name that conotes luxury or exclusivity?
I just checked their site. The whole set is the typical $250. I edited out my above post so as not to lead others astray.
I still wonder what that $5000 typeface was that I was thinking of?
ChrisL
8 Dec 2006 — 11:12am
Ivo,
I like this one from your link:
ChrisL
8 Dec 2006 — 11:29am
The Luxury set was originally released by its designers, Christian Schwartz and Dino Sanchez, without the text variants. That version was priced exhorbitantly; it was something of a prank. The House release is just an expansion and re-release, though House brought their inimitable marketing genius to the project. The original Luxury set is what you're thinking of.
8 Dec 2006 — 11:31am
Now I get it, it was all a ruse.
Here is explanatory text from Christian Scwartz's site explaining how his tongue-in-cheek got blown out of proportion:
"Once a conceptual art project that commented on the high price of a certain aesthetic, the Luxury Collection is now available to the general public through House Industries. It has been celebrated as a brilliant joke and maligned as self-indulgence. A friend pointed us to a thread on a type blog where someone with a limited sense of humor (or maybe someone trying to be even more tongue-in-cheek than we were) said, "...they are very full of themselves. I bet they go belly up pretty soon. In these economic times no client will pony-up that kind of money." Wink wink, nudge nudge?"
ChrisL
8 Dec 2006 — 11:34am
I see we cross-posted.Thanks for the info anyway Carl. Another urban myth is squelched :-) Time to watch another hilarious episode of "Myth Busters"
ChrisL
8 Dec 2006 — 11:37am
It was indeed a great prank - almost as good as the Chalet thing (which I remember falling for, even if only for a day or so). But "normalizing" the price was not very wise - it should've stayed stratospheric. All it's become now is just another product.
hhp