Tees
The Art of the T-Shirt

Laurence King Publishing
Available: 09/15/09
7.75 x 10 · 336 pages
9781856696159
CDN $34.00
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Here at last is the bible of T-shirt design today. 82 studios from around the worldBrazil, Australia, Japan, Switzerland, America, Argentina, and morecontribute their best designs to create a global and contemporary view of the thriving state of T-shirt land.
Tees is packed with illustrations of artwork and finished t-shirts, along with insights into the designers' inspirations, techniques, and where available, retail outlets.
With a vast range of stylesanarchic illustration, pixel patterns, faux metal, all-over geometry, high craft, retro type, hand-drawn humor Tees reveals the enormous potential of T-shirts to be expressive, entertaining, and highly desirable all at once.
MAKI are a small design and illustration studio based in Groningen, The Netherlands, run by Kim Smits and Matthijs Maat. MAKI work for a variety of clients, including magazines and many T-shirt companies around the world. They are the authors of Custom Kicks (Laurence King, 2008) and Maki (Pyramyd, 2008).