17 March 2011

This is more difficult than I thought it was going to be.

   I think I'm being too picky. I have been looking at design submissions for the past hour so I could promote some new stuff, but I'm coming up empty for things I would actually buy. I don't feel that I'm that hard to please...

   Anyways, here's a design from Threadless that I quite fancy.



   The coolest thing about it is that it is a zip-up. The zipper separates the two halves. Dan Rule made it, and he likes to call it "Analogy". I don't get it. It sure is nice to look at though.
A simple one colour print like this can be so effective. Taking out the minor details to show only the silhouette makes you recognise just the shapes, and see how they really are. I like how the power lines are the counterpart to the branches, and are cropped to shape. The street signs at the bottom are the what makes the image feel the most urban. I interpret the meaning behind this is something about the way we have made our own environment, unlike the other animals who adapt to what's there. I may not be right though.
   It still is very appealing. I don't even think you have to be the artsy type to appreciate it. Available as a zip-hoodie $45.

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