When Mike Natenshon’s girlfriend accidentally threw out his favorite T-shirt—perfectly soft from years of wash and wear—he underwent a long series of experiments to replicate that worn-in comfiness right off the rack. And, while the former investment banking…
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On 8 November 2013 Typhoon Haiyan devastated much of the Philippines and Southeast Asia. It was the deadliest typhoon on record in the Philippines and there is still much work to be done in the island…
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by Janine Stankus For branding expert Derek Galkin and longtime TV presenter Sal Masekela, passion and creativity have been keys to successful entrepreneurial careers. In October 2013, the Southern California-based duo launched Art of Craft to…
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French fashion brand Lacoste has enlisted graphic designer Peter Saville to reinterpret its famous crocodile logo for a range of polo shirts.
Lacoste presented Peter Saville with a blank canvas to redesign its L.12.12 polo shirt for the Holiday Collector no.8 range.
Saville chose to keep to the original colours of white polo and green logo, but abstracted the iconic crocodile to adorn the left breast of the shirts.
He created a string of squiggly, spiky and minimal iterations of the reptile, to be used in place of the design that has featured on Lacoste’s apparel since the company first launched tennis wear in 1933.
The logo was kept to roughly the same size and shape, though some designs are more abstract than others. The shirts come in translucent green packaging to match the logo’s colour.
Tennis player René Lacoste, the brand’s founder, was nicknamed The Crocodile after his Davis Cup team captain promised to buy him an alligator suitcase if he won an important match.
Earlier this year Lacoste asked Saville to design a new logo for the brand’s eightieth anniversary, which was used to adorn polo shirts, bags and other apparel.
Saville won the London Design Medal earlier this year and working with Kanye West to design a new visual identity for the rapper. His prints were used on garments and footwear in the Spring Summer 2014 collection by Japanese label Y-3.
This isn’t the first designer collaboration for Lacoste, which previously teamed up with the Campana Brothers to create a range of clothes.
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Founded by Georgetown alumni Vincent Ko (head of social business at Panda Sunglasses) and Jake Huston (former mobile strategy consultant), Threadmason—a brand which launched their Kickstarter recordOutboundLink(this,…
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Taking a step away from undergarments, while staying firmly in the basics category, Mack Weldon today introduces their Pima T-shirt. Made of 100% Peruvian Pima cotton—known for its…
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LA-based streetwear brand Black Scale was started in 2008 by Michael “Mega” Yabut and Alfred De Tagle, and in just five short years they have opened stores in San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles. They’ve…
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by Tara Fraser Conceived as a remedy for the universally known feeling of having nothing to wear— especially for those with a slightly more humorous sartorial taste—the recently launched T-shirt label Teenage is the brainchild of…
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French designer Pauline Marcombe has made a wooden T-shirt.
Called Prototype Triangle Numéro 1, it’s made from laser-cut triangles of MDF assembled with wire.
Numbers generated by the computer software that’s used to control the cutting are burnt into the pieces “to highlight the process of digital fabrication,” she says.
“I like to explore the borders and crossing points of architecture, music and fashion,” Marcombe continues. “Since my graduation project I’ve been obsessed with triangles and I’m now working on a second prototype based on body movement.”
Marcombe trained as an architect in Toulouse and Paris, and she graduated from TU Delft in the Netherlands.
Check out a rug made of wood in our earlier story.
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The controversial T-shirt worn by New London Architecture chair Peter Murray in protest of marketing rules that prevent the architects of Olympic venues from promoting their work is now available at Dezeen Super Store.
The T-shirt lists the names of architects and engineers who worked on the games but can’t publicise the fact due to a marketing agreement with London 2012 organisers.
The campaign Murray started at a Creative Industries Summit in London gained pace when the RIBA posed in the shirts in front of a banner that was hung in front of its headquarters and printed with the names (below).
The shirts are available in small, medium, large and extra large and cost £20, with one pound from each sale going to Article 25, a UK organisation that helps provide shelter for victims of natural disasters.
Dezeen readers can get 10% off any Dezeen Super Store purchase (excluding sale stock and Jambox) and enter our competition to win a designer watch worth £150 by downloading this flyer and presenting it at the shop.
The T-shirts are illustrated and distributed by The What Now? Collaborative.
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