T-Shirt Factory

BEAMS T

ISBN 10: 0061138819 / ISBN 13: 9780061138812

Published by Harper Paperbacks, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: T-Shirt Factory
• Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0061138819
• ISBN 13: 9780061138812
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: very_good

About this title

Synopsis

The T–shirt may be the most ubiquitous, affordable, and popular item of clothing. Over the years it has served as a means to broadcast social, musical and political affiliations. Most recently, the T–shirt has become a creative tool for expressing inventive design.

The T–shirt designs in this book have been selected by Beams T, a hugely popular fashion retail chain and manufacturer in Japan devoted to T–shirts. Founded in 1986, Beams T regards the T–shirt as a canvas for new ideas in art and design and each year of their 20–year history, has invited artists from around the world to create designs for their T–shirts.

In this book, 350 of the best of these T–shirt designs are featured in full color.

Accompanying the book will be a CD ROM of flash animation which will allow readers to create their own t–shirts. There will be brand new work, created especially for this CD ROM, by 10 Japanese artists including Tsuyoshi Kusano, Tsuyoshi Hirooka, Kiyoshi Kuroda, Kenjiro Harigai, and Tomoki Kurokawa. The artwork included will be the actual size, enabling the reader to print their favorite artwork on their own t–shirts. The artists selected are some of the most renowned graphic designers/ illustrators in Japan and are regular collaborators of Beams T.

T–SHIRT FACTORY will include an index with a photo and bio of each author.

About the Author

Beams T is a popular T-shirt chain in Japan which, in 2001, opened its first retail outlet. They now have a chain of stores throughout Japan, which feature their exclusive rotating hanger device and minimalist interior design, ensuring all consumer attention is focused on the T-shirts. The shops also serve as an exhibition space for the artwork from participating artists.