Cool Hunting

Akomplice: Limousine Early Voting Party
Akomplice, the brainchild of two brothers in their early 20s from a tiny mountain townin the Colorado Rockies has made some strides since we last checked in with them in 2006. Brothers Mike and Patrick McCarney have recently entered the political fray with their Ballin' With Barack '08 t-shirts. The company is throwing a “early voting party” from 11am-6pm Thursday, 30 October 2008, in...

SanjayShirts
Express yourself with SanjayShirts, political and humorous tee shirts designed to reflect what's on your mind—whether it's how much you're not enjoying work or who should run our country come 4 November. We particularly enjoy the subtle endorsement of sporting a Abe Lincoln shirt. Run by Zazzle, you can pick your design and have it printed on any American Apparel shirt or hoodie and...

Pony Attack Tees and Totes
by Annie Dolmatch Playful T-shirt and tote-maker Pony Attack has just launched their own e-commerce site, letting Pony boys and gals get the goods from the comfort of their own homes. Highlights of the online lot include the Technicolor Dreamcat ($40) tee and a Bad Dream ($40) tee featuring badminton racket dream catchers that is pure genius. If the ease of shopping from your studio...

Grizzly Bear Artist-Designed Tees
If listening to the new album on repeat isn't enough, now fans have a new way to show their affection for Grizzly Bear with the release of two new t-shirt designs, available next week, by artists J. Penry and Brendan Donelly. Penry is known for his engrossing and subversive illustrations, as well as his quirky, Daily Candy-endorsed pet portraits. He delivers a mix of...

Imaginary Foundation Sublimation Tees
by Kyle SmallOver at The Imaginary Foundation, the mysterious "Director" and others have been experimenting with t-shirt styles for a while now and the Sublimation series is a new process that makes for super detailed imagery. Using dye-sublimation, the tees can be highly decorative and imaginative; talk about wearing art to its fullest extreme. And what really makes these shirts unique is the fabric:...

Graniph Design Award.2
The design t-shirt store graniph just finished their Design Award.2. Through an exhaustive selection process that lasted months, judges surveyed more than 15,000 applicants and chose just a lucky 30 winners. There were 19 bronze award winners, 10 silver and a single gold prize winner, who also took home $9,000. The winning design (shown at right) was created by Cho Jo Tzu of Taipei,...