Brisbane Tee Party

I hate to say it - but the Brisbane Tee Party is one of the most poorly promoted events ever. It's on today and starts in an hour and ten minutes. I live in Brisbane, work in the city, go to stores, bars, galleries etc, read the free newspapers and streetpress quite a lot, and I write a freakin tshirt blog - and I only found out about this last night!! Poor! They don't even have a website - just a myspace that doesn't even tell you who's going to be there. Slack. They say are going to have Brisbane's best tshirt designers there but I know some who won't be - cause they don't even know the damn thing is on!

Anyway, hopefully it should be a great day, and if for some sad reason you are reading a tshirt blog on a Saturday morning and you live in Brissy, head along and check it out. It's on from 9am to 4.30pm at Ahimsa House, 26 Horan Street, West End. I'm going (I'll be the guy with the skull pop shirt if you wanna say hi) and I'm sure there should be some sweet new labels there just waiting to be discovered.

RE*generation t for youth homelessness

Here's a nice tshirt for a great cause. From the press release:

Diego Mosco, a graphic designer who has spent years creating graphics for underground cult label Supreme has created a limited edition t-shirt for the Re*Generation charity art auction to further promote awareness of the homeless youth crisis. The 100% cotton t-shirt is emblazoned with a bold three-color, pop art-inspired print depicting a spark setting off an explosion - illustrating the way in which small acts of giving can set off greater movements of positive change.

There are only 500 of these shirts in existence and a lot of those would have gone at the RE*generation event held in New York City this week - so if you want to get your hands on one and support youth homelessness quickly head over to the RE*generation store.

A.M.P. Street

A.M.P. Street have been emailing me for a while, and to be honest I have found some of their stuff a tad on the boring side. Lately however, they have been releasing more and more completely awesome shirts, with a real "street-art" feel to them and a really good illustrative style.

Straight out of Bangkok, A.M.P. Street release a range of streetwear in limited editions and have a very "hands-on" philosphy. They even have an inhouse tattoo studio in their retail store.

Definitely a label heading in the right direction, and one to keep an eye on.

Lifelounge 22 Flavours

Lifelounge has launched the 22 Flavours project, utilising the skills of the "who's who" of the art and design world to create a stunning range of limited edition tees. 22 artists were each given a flavour as a theme and the results are fantastic. Even more impressive is that proceeds from the sale are being donated to help the homeless. There is only 22 of each design printed, so if you want one be quick - they may sell out as fast as Rage Against The Machine tickets.

YWFT Limited Edition Tees

As mentioned a little while ago, YWFT are in the process of releasing a range of new shirts. The two that I wrote about earlier are now available, along with this number entitled Pie in the Sky. All are printed on American Apparel and are a limited edition of 70.

Shirt.Woot!

Shirt.Woot! is a pretty unique site that sells a different shirt design everyday. Shirts are still available after the first day (if not sold out) but the price goes up. They also have a design competition and a really good community. Click here to check out my entry (pictured at bottom), and if you have bought from any of the woot sites before you can vote for it if you like it :)

The Affair

Express your literary intellectualism! Represent your stance on social acceptance! The Affair is yet another start up label, and at first glance their tshirts just look like... well, really cool tshirts. Look a little bit harder though, and you will see that they are actually inspired by topics of substance, and convey a good deal of social commentary. Ok, they only have two shirts at the moment, but they sure are nice. And if you're of the nerdier persuasion and find cool web design more impressive than cool shirt design, check out their website anyway - it's pretty freakin good.

As seen on: Lost At E Minor

Jordan Mattos

If you're sick of seeing people all over town in the same shirt as you, or you just don't want to risk it, why not get a customised tshirt? Jordan Mattos creates custom, hand drawn, one off tshirts that are sure to be as unique as your fingerprint. You even get to let him know what you want on your shirt - all for a casual $150. Just don't wear it when you're sticking up a bank.

GAMA-GO Goodies

It's cold down here in the southern hemisphere at the moment. And if you're on the other side of the world enjoying (or enduring) the warmth, you'll get cold soon enough. So why not be prepared for any cold shiver that may inevitably head your way with some stylish limited edition tracksuits and hoodies from GAMA-GO. They feature beautiful printing and embroidery - click the pics above for close ups.

These winter warmers are strictly limited and available for pre-sale now - so if you want one don't dawdle.

And if you're enjoying the art on the GAMA-GO site have a look at Tim Biskup's site here. Good stuff.

2x4

2x4 is a collection of great tshirts compiled by Damien Aistrope who's known for his involvement with Australian INFront. Oh and the work he's produced for some big names including Monster Children and Mambo. Talented huh? Well now he's gathered a bunch of other creatively gifted people together and asked four artists to create two shirt designs each. Only 200 of each shirt will be printed.

For the first series 2x4 is featuring the work of Adam Cruickshank, Emil Kozak, Noah Butkus and Jeff Canham, which is a pretty damn tidy lineup.

And yes, I'll spare you the lame math puns.

designgive SALE!

Designgive are having a crazy sale - everything is $10 including hoodies and they are still giving $1 from each sale to a charity that you get to choose. To top it off they have released the brand new limited edition designgive shirt - Global Saturation. It's available in guys short sleeve only and will only be printed once! Oh the delightful rarity. But it's only on for 3 days so be fast.

Concrete Hermit

As if it wasn't easy enough to spend your money already, what with concert tickets, wii's, iPods, sneakers etc etc. Then along comes a store like Concrete Hermit that not only has amazing tshirts, but lures you into spending more of your pocket money on delightful goodies such as designer prints, books and badges. Adorned with images from leading designers including Jon Burgerman, Kate Moross and Richard May, the Concrete Hermit stuff may be hard to resist. It would also be perfect for presents for people like... well... me.

People Like Them

Ok, so if you're one of those people who can spend a bit extra on a shirt just because there's something about it that you really love you've got to visit People Like Us, because they have a knack for creating those shirts. But don't worry, you get plenty of bang for your buck, including some of the hottest designs on awesome quality shirts, and - if you go for the packaging option - you also get a printed library bag, postcards, a toy, stickers and lollies. Yeah! The collective has been getting quite a bit of attention in the press recently, and all for good reason, as their shirts bear stunning designs from a cavalcade of leading artists including Jeremy Somers, Jan Avendano and Inksurge.

Waste Yourself

You want limited edition? How about 1 of 10? Waste (aka. Danial Lowe and Norman Hayes) are producing some cutting edge design work and have just released some new shirts and hoodies that are mega-stylish and mega-limited. You can grab them at the Waste Shop - if you're lucky!

CRAP

Crap. That's what the new line of tshirts by Dutch artist Parra is called, which, somewhat ironically, are sure to sell really quickly. Parra's clothing label Rockwell has been around for a while now, and the website doubles up as Parra's online art-space. Hours and hours of visual treats!

MojiZu

Does it ever feel like characters have taken over the world? It's as if everyone from accountants to adhesive companies seems to have a cute little character to help promote their business and increase their likeability. Yay! I really like good character design, and so does everyone at Mojizu - a contempary character design community. Mojizu enables users to submit their own "moji," download heaps of stuff, participate in forums or even moji battles and enter the mojizu tshirt competition... to name but a few. Speaking of tshirts, I just remembered this is a tshirt blog... and these shirts are fine. Damn fine. Created from member's art from the site, these numbers (J Luv and Programmed to Destroy are pictured) are supercute and available from the moji shop. Moji-rific!

Pestol!

Danish site Pestol.dk started out as a competition site, but is now a bit of an online haven for limited designer tshirts (including two of my favourites Cut And Paste and Himmelhestene - bottom right - by Plastic Kid), books and more. Two new releases include Motion Madness (top) by The Keld, and Pizzakamikaze (bottom left) by Hektor. Be quick!

Hicalorie

The Hicalorie range is cute as hell. Cuter than a blind seal pup chewing on a love sandwich - in their own words. A multi-discipline collective, Hi-calorie are well known for their quirky art and illustration, as well as vinyl and plush toys. And, unlike many design groups, their clothing line is original and fresh with a nice variety to choose from.

If you like cute stuff that is.

Garcia

The latest issue of Fader magazine has Jerry Garcia on the cover, and I guess they have so much Jerry love that they decided to immortalise his name on cotton. Apparently they are a limited run, but if the limit has been disclosed, I can't find it. The shirt, as you can see, is decorated with striking typographical artwork by design superstar of the moment Si Scott. Grab'em here - while you can.

Limited Shirts from Hydro 74

Hydro 74 (aka Joshua Smith) has long been one of my favourite illustrators/designers. Print, apparel, illustration, exhibitions, typography - he can do it all. His work has adorned tshirts from labels including Etnies, Emerica, Vans, Quicksilver, Rip Curl, Split and Burton Snowboards to name just a few, but these brand new Hydro 74 shirts are some of the sweetest yet. If you want to get your hands on one of these, you better email Joshua and pre-order now, he's only printing a limited run and they are sure to go fast.

Update 16.06.07: These shirts can now be puchased here