false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181145289m/1118607.jpg 1118607 1 <P>The T&ndash;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&ndash;shirt has become a creative tool for expressing inventive design.</P><P> The T&ndash;shirt designs in this book have been selected by Beams T, a hugely popular fashion retail chain and manufacturer in Japan devoted to T&ndash;shirts. Founded in 1986, Beams T regards the T&ndash;shirt as a canvas for new ideas in art and design and each year of their 20&ndash;year history, has invited artists from around the world to create designs for their T&ndash;shirts. </P><P> In this book, 350 of the best of these T&ndash;shirt designs are featured in full color. </P><P> Accompanying the book will be a CD ROM of flash animation which will allow readers to create their own t&ndash;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&ndash;shirts. The artists selected are some of the most renowned graphic designers/ illustrators in Japan and are regular collaborators of Beams T.</P><P> T&ndash;SHIRT FACTORY will include an index with a photo and bio of each author.</P> 1105639 1 2 2007 T-Shirt Factory total:2|5:1|4:1| 2 9 6 0 1118607 0061138819 9780061138812 2 0 4.50 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181145289m/1118607.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1118607.T_Shirt_Factory 0 0 false Thu Jul 09 01:52:07 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 01:52:07 -0700 2009 1118607 0061138819 9780061138812 2 0 4.50 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181145289m/1118607.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1118607.T_Shirt_Factory 4 0 false Tue Mar 03 13:34:13 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 13:34:13 -0800 2009 1118607 0061138819 9780061138812 2 0 4.50 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181145289m/1118607.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1118607.T_Shirt_Factory 0 0 false Fri Jan 16 22:50:55 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 22:50:57 -0800 2009 1118607 0061138819 9780061138812 2 0 4.50 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181145289m/1118607.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1118607.T_Shirt_Factory 0 0 false Fri Nov 07 13:58:34 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 07 13:58:34 -0800 2008 1118607 0061138819 9780061138812 2 0 4.50 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181145289m/1118607.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1118607.T_Shirt_Factory 0 0 false Fri Mar 28 11:41:49 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 28 11:41:59 -0700 2008 1118607 0061138819 9780061138812 2 0 4.50 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181145289m/1118607.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1118607.T_Shirt_Factory 5 0 false Mon Oct 01 12:20:49 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 01 12:20:49 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1118607