My good friend brought me yesterday to Mortimer Snodgrass in Old Montreal, where he showed me a T-shirt company that takes packaging to another level.

T-box from Istanbul compresses T-shirts and other apparel into tiny boxes the size of a palm. The only hitch is that you don’t know how the tee fits and can’t return it if it turns out to be the wrong size. But it’s a cool concept nonetheless.

Tech evangelist Guy Kawasaki offers a peek into the whimsical world of Threadless. I’m sure working long hours takes a different meaning at their funky corporate digs.

We’re re-releasing Vinyl House. A few changes on this edition: the tee’s in white, the list of names have been reduced and re-arranged (unfortunately we had to drop the Germans and the Spaniards), and the font is slightly heavier.

Each loop in the vinyl contains names of DJs arranged by country. We did it this way as we find it easier to recognise that the T-shirt’s about house music - Antoine, Bob, David, Joachim should be a dead giveaway.

For those who are not well versed in house music, here are the DJs we pay a tribute to:

France: Antoine Clamaran, Bob Sinclar, David Guetta, Joachim Garraud, Laurent (Garnier, Pautrat, Wolf), Martin Solveig.

UK: Carl Cox, Chris Lake, Dave (Armstrong, Seaman, Spoon), John Digweed, Nic Fanciulli, Mylo, Pete Tong, Seamus Haji.

US: Armand Van Helden, Dennis Ferrer, Erick Morillo, Felix Da Housecat, Robbie Rivera, Roger Sanchez.

the Netherlands: Fedde Le Grand, Laidback Luke, Martijn Ten Velden, Peter Gelderblom, Rene Amesz, Sander Kleinenberg.

Sweden: Axwell, Eric Prydz, Henrik B, Sebastian Ingrosso, Steve Angello.

Support the artists and buy their music!

PS: We’d like to thank the members of the David Guetta forum for their contribution in making this T-shirt.

Here’s a great article on the glorification and commercialisation of rock T-shirts by the London paper Telegraph. It brings back memories of my old Guns N Roses tee, whose design hasn’t changed at all in 15 years.

Photo credit: EBTM

Here’s a cool music video, showcasing T-shirt art, by Parisian electro-clash duo Justice. Most of the slick graphics are not on actual tees, but the ones I did recognise are Erol Alkan’s “Keep Kids Dancing” spoof of DARE and the Pacha cherries.

Via I Love Your T-shirt.