Another barcode T-shirt? That's probably the question on my (undoubtedly) vast readership's minds. Hell yeah! Although they both seem pretty much alike, I like to think there are big differences between them. In Hung Consumer, one is driven to excess and eventually falls out of love with the system... whereas here I think it is more about the crushing indifference of capitalism which just erases you. I think I might have gone overboard on the t-shirt philosophy here, but what the hell. Anyhow: I love them both.
I think this is another Threadless.com success; but in my view, they haven't been putting out the great work they did during the first couple or years. Perhaps the fame and fortune they garnered made some of the original artists try to score success on their own, or at least get better prize money. It feels like ages since I saw a t-shirt I was ready to buy immediately. Seems like there are a zillion t-shirt sites riding (or trying to) on their success, and perhaps this has diluted the talent pool. Let's hope the voting can bring things back on track.
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