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Exit by Chow Hon Lam is by far my favorite tee of the week- probably one of the top shirts all year. The concept is simple, showing a raincoated girl carrying an umbrella who parts the rain like a curtain. It's a surreal looking design that feels really classic, with...

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Bookis.org is a new crowdfunding site for shirt designs, allowing designers to upload their work, determine their desired profit per item, and then putting those products up for pre-order (and eventually order) by the community.I'd describe their model as being halfway between Cameesa and CafePress- unlike Cameesa, there's no financial...

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Hello, My Darling by robsoul is my pick for best of the week- it tells a great story, and has a uniquely spooky look. The bright blue of the walking corpse makes him feel not quite like a mindless zombie and more like something that was once a man, but...

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I don't typically cover logo design contests, but this one is of particular interest to the t-shirt design community. Vote For Art is a new site that, when it launches, will feature a crowdsourced t-shirt design contest specific to individual universities. Winning designs will be sold in actual university bookstores...

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GoodJoe has another sponsored contest in the works, and this might be the biggest one yet! They've teamed up with The Fender Music Foundation on a contest titled Give. Music. Life., aimed at supporting music education. They want a shirt that will appeal to rock fans, but is still kid-friendly...

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Shirt.Woot's newest derby is a departure from their usual themes, choosing to focus attention on the issue of world hunger with the theme Erase Hunger, Create Hope. Since this is the first issue-related derby, it should be interesting to see how it develops. Here's what Woot had to say:Wanna hear...

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Wotto's design Hansel & Gretel's Revenge is this week's winner at Tilteed- perfectly timed for the Halloween season. What's neat, though, is that the color scheme is the main thing tying it to Halloween- the theme is such that it can easily be worn year-round. While the scene is a...

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Threadless has a sale on this week, but only for their classic shirts- those are marked way down to $12. So if there's a popular Threadless design that you've been stalling on buying, now might be a great time to take the plunge.A Day In the Park by Ed Pincombe...

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Uneetee is at it again with a Mystery Shirt- for the uninitiated, this means that they have one secret design they'll be printing, and the only way to get it is to buy now, sight unseen. It's a pretty big gamble, but if you're a fan of most of what...

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Cliche Living by Ellsswhere gets my nod for shirt of the week- it's a huge print with lots to enjoy no matter where you look. The concept, a collection of stereotypical tattoo imagery, is the kind of thing it's easy to get wrong, but the tone here is just right....

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Youthful, Abnormal, Japanese Assassin Kitchen Appliances by David Creighton-Pester (WanderingBert) is definitely the shirt that most caught my eye this week. I like pretty much all absurd humor, but here it has an extra edge because it points even more attention at the craziness of the series it parodies. After...

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New week, new derby at Shirt.Woot- and this time they're targeting National Parks. Here's what they're looking for:For some reason we can't put our finger on, we've really been thinking a lot about national parks. Maybe we just need some time in the open air. Maybe the healthcare debate has...

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Threadless is upping the ante with their latest Loves contest, themed Pop Life and sponsored by the Tate Modern Museum. Check out the museum's autumn exhibit, Pop Life: Art in a Material World, for inspiration in creating your own Pop Art tee.Enter before October 29th, 2009 for your chance to...

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Springleap is offering a 40% discount if you buy 2 or more shirts and use the code 'summertime' - I recommend recent gems Brilliant and Here Comes Trouble....

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Ok shirt designers, if you are in need of web hosting, this might be just the opportunity you're looking for. Dreamhost is celebrating its 12th birthday with a retro t-shirt contest- they'll be printing the best ones, and those lucky winners will receive a lifetime of free hosting. Pretty rad!Enter...

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Uneetee's newest winner is Darkside of Disco by ouno, a design that has a pretty rad concept and a capable execution (even though the lines in the background are a bit distracting and weird). So what's the problem?Well, it's not the first. James Lillis did a rendition of this same...

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Hyena Boy and Deaths LunchBox. by MrRocks is definitely the standout shirt this week. Immediately, that huge, blue and snarling hyena jumps out at you, and from there your eyes travel up and the scene just gets weirder. A spooky boy opens his lunchbox, and a neon skeleton escapes, dangling...

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Since this tee is ShirtFight's final contest winner, A Glimpse of the End of Days by againstbound has a weirdly apt title. Apart from that weird coincidence, it's also a pretty rad pick purely because it feels different from most contest winners. You can see that there's effort made to...

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It's time for a new derby at Shirt.Woot, and they're mixing things up with a Cooking theme. Here's their description:Last week you brought the crop in; this week you cook it up. Whether you're equipped with some restaurant-grade stainless-everything master kitchen or a microwave too small to pop popcorn in,...

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Wishbone by Jason Bergsieker (NomadSlim) is the perfect kind of simplicity, the kind that is entirely in service of a great concept. As a hoodie it's ideal, using the structure of the garment to tell the story. The hoodie is, for me, the standout design of the week because of...

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Fair & Bare's recent pirate contest crowned a winner, Corsair Class by Omnitarian. It's a great pick, as this is a one-color piece that does humor well while incorporating a great character. The bent shape of the pirate almost seems to indicate the rocking of a ship at sea, and...

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Threadless is celebrating the changing of the seasons with a huge hoodie sale this week, and each new design they've released comes on a hoodie! Prices are set at $30 (normally $40), and personally I'm feeling very tempted by Untitled: Impossible. I love a contrast zip-up, and am glad to...

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Taipei Rocks! by hogboy is my pick for shirt of the week. With bright colors and zany characters, it stands out in a big way. I love the idea of a city populated with fantastic creatures, owning the streets in their zipping scooters and taking over the air with other-worldly...

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Camiseteria's latest tee is one that definitely caught my eye, Power Hippie by Rogerio Puhl. I love the contrast between the serenity of the hippie's expression and the crazy chaos of his hair. Balanced on his head is a seriously cool mix of characters and objects, with a flow (both...

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