The global phenomenon that is T-Shirt company Threadless.com boasts worldwide sales of billions of tees since is first started up back in 2000. It has pioneered the business model for online selling through it community driven designs. The premise is simple; people submit designs, the 1m+ users to the site vote on them and the most popular are printed and sold. Over the past decade or so Threadless has amassed an enormous archive of very hip, very cool and very often entertaining designs that are unique to their brand. Threadless: Ten Years Of T-Shirts ($17) showcases 400 of the crマme de la crマme tees that have been created by their community, which acts as a virtual barometer of the evolution of design and art since 2000. A must have.
If you are a fan of beer you will love this book. A comprehensive and brilliantly illustrated volume on all things beer related, it is way more than merely an in depth history of the world’s favorite beverage. The World Atlas of Beer ($15) takes us from its origins, through the various technologies that play […]