TEES-THE ART OF THE T-SHIRT

Here at last is the bible of T-shirt design today. 82 studios from aroundthe world contribute their best designs to create a global view of thecurrent thriving state of T-shirt land. Tees is packed with illustrations of artwork and finished T-shirts,along with insights into the designers' inspirations, techniques and, whereavailable, retail outlets. With a vast range of style — anarchic illustration, pixelpatterns, faux metal, all-over geometry, high craft, retro type, hand-drawnhumour — Tees reveals the enormous potential of T-shirts to beexpressive, entertaining and highly desirable all at once. A special limited edition with a T-shirt featuring a unique collage ofdesigns provided by artists in the book is also available. MAKI is a small design and illustration studio based in Groningen, TheNetherlands, run by Kim Smits and Matthijs Maat. MAKI work for a variety ofclients, magazines and many T-shirt companies around the world. They arethe authors of 'Custom Kicks' (Laurence King, 2008). Paperback, 700illustrations 336 pages, 250 X 195 mm Published September 2009