ThingsAmongMany

The other day I wrote up TwiToShirt.com, a service that lets you submit any tweet and have it printed on your choice of tees (or other items) – sidebar, it looks like they’ve redesigned the site since that post. Today, however, on a quick jaunt through Racked.com, I noticed their discussion of a significantly more awesome Tweet-on-shirt setup.

Created by Squidder, this new take integrates the new tech-trend of augmented reality. By printing a unique bar code on the shirt, a Twitterer’s latest Tweet can be displayed via any device that can read the code (a mobile device or computer with camera being the most obvious). Check it out here:

PaperTweet3d: Augmented Reality T-shirts from squidder on Vimeo.

There’s been a TON of talk in the past week or so about how Twitter has hit the mainstream. The celebs are flooding in (and some are even using Twitpic). And further proof (like an onslaught of celebrity tweets wasn’t enough) is the “put that on a t-shirt” sites grabbing onto the “Twitter phenomenon”.

Have a favorite tweet that you want to wear all the time? Swing on over to TWItoShirt. Enter the URL of your desired tweet and off you go. Prices start at $17 for your basic tweet-on-white combo and go up from there based on the color you choose. Or, for a few bucks less, you can slap that tweet on a coaster to push around your table – a few different coasters with a variety of tweets might prove interesting?

T-shirt stores pop up (and shut down) online on a daily basis, it seems. Some are worth a salt. Some, not so much. Wire & Twine definitely falls into the former category. In their own words, the Cincinnati-based company is made up of

a group of designers, coders, screenprinters, photographers, artists, moms, dads, and down-to-earth people — and we like to make things

And their designs speak to their expertise. As do their designers (Khoi Vinh of Subtraction fame anyone?). A couple of standouts that I wouldn’t mind in my own closet include Playstation (also shown above) and 50 Ways to Help the Planet. And I believe Tom mentioned a hankering for the Special print.

Any that jump out at you? Please do share!

Back in June I wrote a post about a little t-shirt company based out of Maine called Sustainabilitee. The link sat in my Wants folder for quite a while until I needed a birthday gift for a friend. I decided that an eco-friendly tee that read Fake Bacon, Awesome might just be the perfect gift for a long-time vegetarian. Of course, while I was at it, I ordered myself a tee as well.

Well, this weekend, Emily (who runs Sustainabilitee) launched a new site for the brand at www.sustee.com. While not a replacement for their e-commerce site (which lives at www.sustainabilitee.com), the new site offers an inside look at the goings-on behind the Sustainabilitee brand. There’s info on the clothes, the models, upcoming shoots, and even information on how to become a model if you’re interested - of which Emily is also one, and looking amazing doing so!

And, perhaps best of all, Sustainabilitee is having a Black Friday sale. This weekend only, they’ve got a few coupon codes up that can save you up to $75 off your tee purchases:

$5.00 off purchase of $20.00. Use coupon code: 93JFEN
$10.00 off purchase of $50.00. Use coupon code: NPAGPK
$20.00 off purchase of $100.00. Use coupon code: 988SEU
$50.00 off purchase of $200.00. Use coupon code: T8H33V
$75.00 off purchase of $300.00. Use coupon code: 9PTGMK

Not the worst way to get some holiday shopping over and done! Especially since you don’t even need to leave your house! And Emily is fantastic about helping you track down the sizes and prints you’re looking for (I should know, I put her to work find the right size for myself in the print I wanted).

Tee shirt companies are cropping up right and left these days and sifting through is getting increasingly more difficult. Especially when you can’t try them on first (or if you’re extremely picky about how your clothes fit like I am). But when I stumbled onto Topo Ranch recently, I was pretty excited.

Their unique line of tees is made up a of variety of quirky, fun images. Some make a more political statement while others are just…out there (I’ve got the Disarm tee sitting on deck). And don’t for the fixie/hipster crew, don’t forget to check out their cycling tees. All of their tees are organic cotton and available in a variety of colors. Of course, they do more than tees as well, with a solid selection of hoodies, button-downs, etc. all in laid back colors and patterns.

And, while we’re on the subject of cycling, these guys outfit the Garmin/Chipotle professional cycling team with all their casual-wear. They also put out special, limited-edition prints for major cycling events. Check out this year’s Tour De France tee or Giro d’Italia tee.

Pics of my new Disarm tee coming soon!

So we all know that “the creative mindset” and the ironic t-shirt go hand in hand. And in a Threadless world, its getting tougher and tougher to compete. But after browsing through Rumplo, t-shirt lovers everywhere have a new place to search out their next find.

Rumplo isn’t actually a t-shirt store, but rather an aggregator of “awesome t-shirts from around the world”. Anyone can submit their favorite tee along with a link to the store where its available. Viewers can also fave and comment on tees in the lineup (what would any newly birthed website be without those functions nowadays?).

And to top it off, their site design is slick. Good-lookin’, clean, and easy to use - the color search function makes it easy to find what you’re lookin’ for. Check out their blog as well for some interesting chats with t-shirt makers, etc.

FINN has some amazing clothing designs featuring stitched and screened illustrations.