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Lowercase type scarf - Up to your neck in typography
Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong -
With its intricate laser-cut pattern, the Lowercase Scarf is a stylish way to express a love of typography. Made from 100% microfiber suede by Hong Kong-based design firm Little Factory, the scarves are available in both black and off-white.
The lowercase scarf features neat rows of random letters with English words like “people,” “today” and “magnet” scattered throughout like a wearable word search puzzle. Alternate versions, the andNumbers scarves are designed with jumbles of characters which seem to be dripping off the scarf.
They’re available online from Little Factory for $52 each.
Little Factory started as a design website focusing on pixel graphics. We shared our ideas with others by offering free downloads such as icons, wallpapers and screensavers. Our works have been published in books and magazines and won several awards.
Now Little Factory is a brand under Item Limited. Every item we’ve created is based on interesting observations in our daily lives. We hope we delight you as much as we’ve enjoyed putting them together.
This charming piece of art will have heads turning on that morning commute to work. After all, who doesn’t love fashion and the alphabet. It’s a wonder why someone dod not think of this sooner.
*Source: Coolhunting
AWESOME VECTOR TEES - Yowan Langlais
Yowan Langlais is a multimedia student sharpening his skills in Canada. Don’t let the word student fool you. Yowan is well on his way to being a force to reckoned with. These are two tee shirt designs that we pulled from his site. Both colorful. Both deadly. We’re fans.
Yowan is available for freelance - so hire him. Turn him into a star.
*Source: havefunandcreate
Doc Martens - Boot design contest
Doc Martens is an international icon. Their boots have been stomping around the globe with a distinct branding. Now, this well known boot is taking a kick at the creative side and they seem to need your help to do it.
Roll up your sleeves vector artists. It’s time to put your best foot forward.
“This is your chance to show the world your talent. Choose your canvas: the 8-hole or the 14-hole boot. Use pens, use paint, use whatever. Use your imagination. We’ve provided some tools here. Or if you want, you can use your own. This time we’ll have two winners. One voted for by the people. The other chosen by a panel of industry insiders. You enter it. We’ll make them. You’ll see them in shops. Worldwide.”
Learn more here.
NEATORAMA - T-shirts now available
Two things that you should know about us by now. The first is that we love vector art (that’s a given). The second is that we are huge fans of Neatorama. We have been on a steady diet of their brand of useful and useless delights for over a year now.
Recently, they launched an online store featuring some t-shirt created by some really great designers. There is no doubt that this collection will grow into something really amazing. Bookmark it now. Get in on the ground floor and for crying out loud purchase something so that you can show the world that you know what time it is.
T-POST - SPECIAL DELIVERY APPAREL
Umea, Sweden -
Most of us still subscribe to magazines. Every month we sit patiently by the mailbox waiting for our copy of our favorite periodical to arrive and enlighten us. Now that same concept has been applied to t-shirts.
Every 6 weeks (for about 26 Euros) you will receive a shirt based on a current news item that you may have missed. It’s a clever way to get the word out about important issues, but also a great conversation piece. Especially in those awkward moments when you’re getting undressed with someone else in the room. Now you can shift the attention away from your third nipple and put the spotlight on “a new species of fish discovered in Columbia”.
Special thanks to our Vectorvault cub reporter Megan Craig for hunting down this gem for us. Thanks Meg. Gold star.
*Source: T-Post
HOT RODS BY STITH - High octane vector art
There’s nothing quite like a classic American Hot Rod, and this group of talented illustrators bleed motor oil when it comes to bringing these machines to life. We were blown away by the clean lines and crisp colors that make up this great body of work. These machines always look good. I guess good design stands the test of time.
If you’ve been around the hot rodding industry you know who we are. We’re a bunch of guys with a passion for cars. We’re not your typical business, we’re a family owned business that been around since 1978. We’re hot rod enthusiasts that thrive in creating designs that let you reminisce about the good old days, about the cars that we couldn’t afford, about an era when backyard mechanics discovered how much fun it was to customize a Model T Ford. We’re about creating designs where car bodies are “chopped”, “lowered”, “sloped”, and “raked”.
Take a moment to look around their site. They offer great apparel and a few extras for any auto lover. Support the artists and keep this style “rolling”.
ERIC B. and RAKIM - Tribute Tee
Eric Barrier (Eric B.) and William Griffin (Rakim), were a hip-hop duo known as Eric B. & Rakim. The pair is generally considered to be one of the most influential and groundbreaking groups in the history of hip hop, due to their dark production and Rakim’s revolutionary rhyming style, which was smooth, seemingly effortless, and used remarkably complex rhyming schemes involving internal rhymes and sophisticated metaphors.
One of the all-time classics for us is “I Ain’t No Joke“. Arguably one of greatest hip hop tracks ever recorded.
“I hold the microphone like a grudgeB’ll hold the record so the needle don’t budgeI hold a conversation cuz when I inventI nominated my DJ the president“
This t-shirt was designed as a tribute to tip our hats to the days when Hip Hop was still on the fringe. Long before the Black Eyed Peas or Krunk or Justin Timberlake there was a microphone and a set of turn tables. This one is for the grown folks. Respect.
Walk the streets proud with poetry emblazoned on your chest. This t-shirt is available in all sizes with prompt delivery.
4 GREAT VECTOR TEES - Threadless
Threadless has offered up these 4 t-shirts. We dig ‘em and hope that you like them too.
Each is priced between $15 and $17.
VECTOR LAPTOP SKINS - Dress up your deck
Munich, Germany -
Laptopskins.net is a collaboration between designer and graffiti artist Neck.CNS and laptopskin manufacturer aspoke.com . This site and the designs available here are made by Neck.CNS, the skins are then produced and shipped to you by aspoke.com. Some of the designs are really great. If you are a vector art lover - why not show the world?
ROMEU AND JULIETA - Where for art thou?
Cuiabá, Brazil, Romeu & Julieta is powered by Jean Campos, an illustrator and freelance animator for more than 4 years.
"Romeu & Julieta is a milestonein my career, the realization of a dream, to have a studio withstructure and support of care and planning of everything that is done is fantastic. My partner Patricia Palma, professional advertiser, isthe only professional able to take this compromise with me, she knowsof what we are capable to do… together we are invencible (LOL)."
- Jean says.
He boasts a wide range of clients: Nike SB, Oi, Oscar Freire,Cultura Inglesa, Petrobrás, Nation Wide Marítima, Previ, Shopping NovaAmérica, Pakalolo, Freeday, Lilica Ripilica and Citycol. Here are a few examples of his apparel creations:
Where do I.T. guys shop? - ERROR WEAR
Anyone who has ever experienced a computer crash will tell you that it is no fun at all. You loose valuable data, you cry, and you spend hours on a telephone with some support guy trying to piece your life back together. It’s a terrible experience (or so I’ve heard, I’m on a Mac).
Well now you can wear that war story on your chest like a badge of honor with these t shirts that embody some of the most infamous error screens of all time. One word of warning: Wearing one of these may prevent you from ever kissing a girl (I’m sorry, it’s true). Great conversation pieces though.•
Click on the shirts.
256th LEVEL (PAC MAN)
There is no level 256 in Pac Man. Upon reaching this summit, the game simply breaks, and this is how it looks. For that added touch, we’ve also set the displayed score to be 3,333,360 which is the highest possible score. If you eat every dot, every ghost, and every fruit for 255 levels, this screen and this score are your rewards.
RED RING OF DEATH (XBOX360)
Long ago the video game consoles were the refuge of gamers who didn’t want to deal with troublesome computers. Calibrating joysticks, installing new drivers, lowering the video options… EFF THAT, I’m just going to play Rad Racer. Well no longer, as the line blurs and Xbox 360s can crash. FOREVER. This RROD puts the pansy BSOD to shame. No reinstalling the OS here, people, the Red Ring of Death means your console has be sent in to Microsoft.
Holy cow! - CHRISTIAN TEES
Fishers, Indiana -
Kerruso has developed a series of t-shirts aimed at young Christians. Each feature a catchy slogan and/or an appealing graphic that probably makes the man upstairs smile. Take a look at their entire collection here.
I wonder what God thinks about copyright infringement. I guess technically : “Thou shall not rip off a trademark” - was not on the tablets. So, I guess it’s open season. •
