Tees designed by the great Japanese artist and designer Keiichi Tanaami. These were presented to me by the head of Beams T, during a meeting in Tokyo. They consistently produce some of the best graphic tees in the world.
Author Archives: Some Product
A Funny story about a High Class Hooker
This design was part of the “Salon” series of tees that Some Product put out around 2004. All the graphics were inspired by 80’s clip art type images on windows of many strip mall hair salons found all over North America, but especially in LA. This particular design has a girl holding some bills in her hand with the words High Class in English, and the word Hooker written in Japanese Kanji writing.
Several months after the release of this tee, I got a call that Hilary Duff was wearing that same shirt inside an In Touch magazine. At the time she must have been about 16 and from what I read/heard a total All American – prom queen – goodie goodie. A week later her video for “So Yesterday” came out, and she was wearing the tee in the video as well. We all thought it was funny, yet being very new to the whole biz it didn’t occur that it might be a good idea to get this story out to the press. To this day, I am not sure Hilary or any of her “people” realize she was wearing a shirt that said HIGH CLASS HOOKER in her very first music video!
Lamborghini meet The Grid
I am a huge fan of 80’s graphics and particularly the many uses of THE GRID. It basically makes everything look like Tron.
El Ballistico the Magician
A very early t-shirt from Some Product for the magician El Ballistico. The design was hand drawn on a napkin and was digitally “remastered” by my friend Pete Digiboy. The tees were sold by El Ballistico right off the side of the stage after each performance. Only about 50 were made. There is talk of a limited edition re-print of the El Ballistico tee, to be sold exclusively at El Kartel in Vancouver.
The original “after school special” El Ballistico tee from a photo by Ricky The Tongue. Layout and additional design by Pete Digiboy.
A few rare photos of the missing magician El Ballistico and his assistants in his prime.
Photos: Ricky the Tongue
Some Product meet Vegas, Again!
Some Product will be showing at Pool Tradeshow in Las Vegas, Feb 16-18, 2010. Please stop by the booth if you are there!!
I will also be showing Le Monde Gris at ENK at The Bellagio.
A lovely view of the Wynn from near the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Photo Credit: D. Briker
Sex Metal
Sex Metal was a term used to describe 80’s Judas Priest album covers by a Japanese friend of mine. It is a yet to be released line of tees from Some Product. Most designs are in development stages. Samples and very limited runs are printed by Mycommunitee.
Human fulfillment is only possible through the abandonment of the self……..
Fiorucci
Fiorucci, is a super fun and sassy fashion label out if Italy. It was very active in it’s heyday in the 70’s and into the 80’s. This tee has been a favorite since it mysteriously appeared in my possession years ago.
Strip club swag
Odd Ball Cabaret tank. An excellent strip club, 80’s illustration tank top.
Some Product, what’s in a name
The name Some Product was “borrowed” from the great Sex Pistols bootleg with the same name. The Pistols were an amazing band and an even more amazing idea, a spark, that heavily influenced many things and ideas in current popular culture. The name is very fitting with the ethos of the company. It’s all just Some Product.
This was a hand stenciled, airbrushed tee with an obvious nod to the Sex Pistols famous news headlines. Some Product produced in a very limited run of 40 tees for customers in Japan and a few were sold in Canada at El Kartel.
Digitally printed by Mycommunitee.com. All graphics are compiled from original 70’s clippings from newspapers and magazines.
This Rock and Roll Swindle graphic, currently available in the Some Product catalogue.
..The Pistols, The Clash and Buzzcocks for 1 Pound!! Not Bad……Tee available from Some Product for Fall 2010.
Mycommunitee
MyCommunitee is dedicated to digitally printing the best, one of a kind custom tees, limited runs and samples with a very quick turn around. For more information on Mycommunitee, please visit the website, here. Check out all of the Mycommunitee tees on this blog by clicking here.
I will post examples of cool stuff we have printed in the past and of course I will continue to post stuff we are working on.
Two of the very first tees we printed at Mycommunitee. The first image is a scan of a drawing of mine and the second is a photographic collage.
