Cool Hunting

Kate Moross Tees
Barely into her 20s, designer/illustrator Kate Moross has a client list as long as some established design firms. You might recognize her distinctive work from Vice and Nylon magazines or U.K. bands like Klaxons and the Maccabees. She cut her teeth designing flyers for London shows three years ago with a penchant for throwback psychedelic graphics and lettering. Her more recent work favors a...

the-affair
Out of East London, the-affair is not just another t-shirt label interested in fashion. They do a good job blending social commentary and design to create a statement that goes deeper than the typical tee. Exploring themes like the futility of religious intolerance, Muslim Jesus (above left) just looks like another image of Jesus, but take a closer look and you'll notice that Islamic...

Michael Costiff for World Archive
Designer and photographer Michael Costiff designed these t-shirts for World Archive. An eclectic collection of artifacts and symbols from around the world tweaked with a twist of wit and pressed onto cotton, the t-shirts are an irreverent take on idolatry. It looks as if he took a t-shirt of Karl Marx and pressed it onto another t-shirt, wrinkles and all (pictured). This t-shirt and...

Alastair Mackie
Touching on issues of pop culture, ethnicity and war, London-based artist Alastair Mackie, 29, is making his U.S. debut today, 13 October 2006, at Mark Moore Gallery in Los Angeles. Called "Sticks and Stones," the solo show consists of sculptural works that Mackie creates using unconventional materials and techniques. Inspired by the role the military played in his family, Mackie says his work has...