On May 20, 2013 a devastating tornado struck Oklahoma City, close to the hometown of The Flaming Lips. To help those most affected, the band is dedicating 25% of sales from the winning tee from the Flaming Lips design challenge to the American Red Cross.
The Flaming Lips design challenge isn’t over yet. You can pre-order it now and immediately support the American Red Cross. You’ll receive your order in about 6-8 weeks once the winning design is chosen.
Since the challenge is still open, you can be part of choosing what design gets printed to benefit this cause. If you have an idea for a design, submit it by June 3. You can also score designs to help pick the winner.
In celebration of $15 tees this weekend, we’re giving you 15 ways to win up to $150 in Threadless cash! It’s the Snap Pics For $15 challenge AKA #SPF15!
Over the long weekend, post a picture or video of you in a Threadless tee while doing one of the 15 activities listed.
Use #threadpics AND #SPF15 and post photos to Twitter, Instagram, or Vine to enter the challenge.
You can enter in as many categories as many times as you’d like. Your deadline to enter is Tuesday May 5/28 10 am CT. We’ll pick our favorite photos from each category to win $15 Threadcash. Our very favorite will snag $150 Threadcash! That's 15 winners!
So, after you’ve treated yourself to a cart full of $15 tees, post those #SPF15 pics and have a very sunny, happy weekend.
Since 1988, The Onion has made it their mission to be the first to break these compelling news stories. Their high-quality headlines give readers deep, meaningful insight into the state of our world.
Few can match the cutthroatness of The Onion reporters, who have a penchant for squeezing sources for insider information no one else can get. No matter how chaotic the newsroom gets, this publication can always be trusted to deliver up-to-date news about what the area man is up to these days. For their cutting edge work, they’ve won many prestigious awards you’ve probably never heard of.
And now’s your chance to win a major award in the form of cash and other swag by designing a t-shirt inspired by any headline on theonion.com. Your design can be word-free, as long as it’s an interpretation of one of The Onion's headlines. Be sure to mention which headline inspired you in the “about your design” section of your submission.
As promised for prizing, here's a video of the Threadstaff doing a workout created by her. As it turns out, the workout was already created on her design!
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? SpongeBob SquarePants! Who’s starring in the design on your next tee? SpongeBob SquarePants!
Dive into the world of Bikini Bottom to create a t-shirt design that celebrates SpongeBob and the colorful crustaceans and other sea creatures that frequent the Krusty Krab. Whether he’s cleaning up the slime trail left by his pet snail Gary, seeking adventure with his best bud Patrick, or trying to get his grumpy coworker Squidward to have a little fun, SpongeBob is always filled with optimism and enthusiasm.
Bring that sunny outlook to a design that will make waves. Are you ready, artists? “Aye aye, captain!”
The Internet has changed more than how we work, shop, and socialize. It has also disrupted the promise of a safe childhood for victims of child trafficking. Technology has made it easier for child predators to create and share exploitative content and connect with like-minded individuals. More can be done to stop them.
It's the mission of Thorn, an organization continuing the work started by the Demi and Ashton (DNA) Foundation in 2009, to be the digital defenders of children. Thorn aims to use technology to combat the behavior of online predators and sex traffickers. By creating a design for this challenge, you can help raise awareness for the organization’s mission to make the web safer place for kids. 25% of net sales from the winning tee will benefit the organization.
Take inspiration from how we can be better digital defenders for children who can’t defend themselves. Create a hopeful design about a predator-free future where kids can just be kids, both online and offline.
Every second of the Flaming Lips experience is an intoxicating fever dream—from the spaced out melodies and hazy guitars of Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots to the uncharted dusky terrain of their latest album, The Terror. If you’ve ever watched frontman Wayne Coyne crowdsurf inside a giant plastic bubble at one of their ethereal live shows or hooked up four stereos to give a spin to Zaireeka, an album of four discs meant to be played simultaneously, you know: No band blends psychedelic imagination and pop euphoria quite like The Flaming Lips.
Channel the mind-bending trip that is The Flaming Lips to create a weird, wonderful t-shirt design.
Take cues from the sunny optimism of “Do You Realize?” and “Race for the Prize,” the immersive shadows of The Terror, or the acid-streaked elements of their legendary live shows to design a tee worthy of Wayne & co. You can use an existing Flaming Lips logo, no logo at all, or get creative and make your own.
Be fearless, freaked out, absurd—anything but conventional.
Aren’t the outsides and insides of greetings cards just so… blah? Let’s put an end to that. We already have great designs for outsides of cards, and we wanna see what you think would make for great insides.
Check out this selection of designs we think might be great for cards. If any of these designs evoke a funny one-liner within you, write your clever words underneath the design. You can do one, a few, or all of ‘em if you feel so inspired! The writers of our top 5 lines will win $25 Threadcash.
Artists, you may see some of your printed and/or submitted designs in there. Don’t worry, we’d always clear everything with you if we decided to print some of these on greeting cards.
Get your ideas in by 5/17/2013. If we print a card with your one-liner, you’ll be compensated on the card.
Many of us were our most awkward selves in high school. Social misfit Jenna, the main character of MTV’s Awkward., is no exception. Even if you haven’t followed Jenna’s saga*, chances are you can relate to the drama, confusion, and downright awkwardness that comes with being a teenager and human being in this world.
So conjure up all the social grace and assurance you (think you) lack, and channel it into an awesome and awkward t-shirt design! Pull out your most awkward family photo for inspiration. Reminisce about the good ol’ days of braces and the horrible haircut you gave yourself once. Think very hard about an embarrassing experience you tried to forget. And get to work creating your most awkward design yet!
*Jenna meets Matty, then meets Jake, then cheats on Jake with Matty, then her best friend starts dating Jake, and now Jenna’s with Matty.
A unicorn and the Tooth Fairy having a tea party. Little Red Riding Hood and George Washington competing in a decathlon. The Loch Ness monster and Genghis Khan doing a jigsaw puzzle together. These pairings don’t make a lick of sense. And we freakin’ love ‘em.
Your challenge is to pick any two unrelated characters or figures and show us how they’d interact. Would they be BFF or mortal enemies? Would they fight? Hug? Compete? Quilt? You’re the only one who knows.
Make sure to obey the rules of parody in this challenge. If you’ve got a question about a certain character and whether or not we’re able to print them, ask Rachel and Dan below.
If you're not the artist type, but have a great pairing idea, post your idea below to find a designer collaborator!
We've got 6 copies of A World Without Mothers?, written by Ced Funches with illustrations by Halldor Andri Bjarnson - signed by the author! In celebration of Mother's Day coming up, we want to give these to you, the tumblr, the tweeter, and the instagrammer.
Tell (or show) us why you love your mom and use the hashtag #threadlesslovesmoms.
We'll pick 2 winners from each channel at 5pm CST tomorrow, Tuesday May 7! Share the word and love your moms.
The first place prize pack includes a giant plush of Red Fraggle, a 30th anniversary Fraggle Rock Collector’s edition DVD pack and a pack of limited edition Fraggle Rock playing cards.
The second prize pack includes a 30th anniversary Fraggle Rock Collector’s edition DVD pack and a pack of limited edition Fraggle Rock playing cards.
You are automatically entered when you score 50 designs so get to it!
What’s your day job? Member Service Representative at Royal Credit Union, but I am an aspiring artist.
This is your first design submission. What about this challenge made you to decide to submit? I was drawn to this design competition because I enjoy biking and thought the cause was a good one.
It took a whole lotta bikes to create the world in your design. Tell us a little bit about your creative process for this submission. I wanted to design something that incorporated the entire world. I had some troubles along the lines, but I was able to push through and I'm glad I'm able to share this design with the world. I hope others use this to promote biking and to be more conscious about our planet and ways to preserve and take care of it. We only get one.
25% of the proceeds from your design will support World Bicycle Relief to bring more bikes to more communities. Is this cause one close to your heart? Honestly, this was the first time I've heard of the cause and was very intrigued by it. I’m glad my design can help those in need and make others' lives better.
I think it would be wonderful to travel to the different countries and see how much the bikes have benefited those who have received them so far.
You’ve won a ton of biker SWAG including a custom made bike! Congrats! What’s your favorite part of the prizing? The handmade bicycle sculpture by Charles Mwanjeleka! I've already got it in a display case!
Are you a biker yourself? What’s your favorite thing about biking? I enjoy biking and can't wait for the weather to become nice again. Living in Wisconsin is very trying at times, especially these past few days where we've gone from no snow and 70 degree weather to 30 degree weather and 8 inches of snow. I'm very excited to work with Iron Cycles to have a custom bike built! I'm planning a trip to Chicago to get everything in order!
Do you commute via bike or just ride for fun? Currently, I like to ride for fun. However, this summer, I would like to start commuting to work. Our city is very bike friendly and prides itself on it's yearly additions and improvements to the trails for those who enjoy biking and are conscious about the planet.
The bicycle-themed poster show Art Crank is coming to Chicago for the first time on May 17! The show will feature handmade, bike-inspired posters created by Chicago-area artists. Limited edition, signed and numbered copies of all posters will be available for $40 each. Admission is free.
Like the Semi-Permanent page then post "I want tickets!" in the blog below by Tuesday 5/21 at 11:59PM CT. We'll pick winners this Wednesday. Good luck!
Back in Sydney for its 11th year, Semi-Permanent will once again bring a large dose of inspiration to those sunny shores on May 24-25. They fly, or drive, over some of the world’s most talented creatives, from a range of different industries, to present their work, their lives, and their progressive ideas with you. Yes, you!
Semi-Permanent combines speaker presentations from talented international and Australian creatives, plus exhibitions, workshops. and parties into a festival of creativity. A refreshing look at the current state of the art and design world — both educational and inspiring. A not-to-be-missed event on your creative calendar.
Put on some tunes and take a look at the designs artists submitted to be used with UV ink for Plain White T’s designs!
Score 50 designs for your chance at a signed single of "Should've Gone to Bed" by the Plain White T’s and a $25 Threadless gift code. 5 people will win!
Live art battle event Cut & Paste is on tour visiting cities around the world. Every year, noted artists join together to compete in creating the most awesome art before your eyes. This year’s theme is “characterized.” Artists who specialize in the creation of creatures, characters, “hes,” “shes” and its” will duke it out for one night only in front of a live audience.
Congrats to champion team 1 from Berlin, Roland Brückner and Threadless artist Martin Krusche aka MartinK.
In this competition 3 teams of 2 designers were challenged to develop a pair of metaphorical characters based on elements that have a complementary relationship like “Bread & Butter,” “oil & water” or “yin & yang.” Over the course of 3 rounds, designers developed these characters and a scene that represented their complementary relationship. In the first 10-minute onstage round, competitors prepared a black & white sketch of two characters. In a second 15-minute round, they fully detailed their characters with color and texture. In the final 20-minute final round, the teams created a final scene containing the two detailed characters to express how they complemented each other.
London RESULTS
Congrats to London champions Aleksei Bitskoff & Threadless artist Aaron Jay aka Randyotter3000
In this competition, the 3 teams of 2 designers were challenged to create two characters that serve as RIVALS or FOILS to one another. The competition was made up of 3 onstage rounds, each intended to create a product to be used in the following round. In the first 10-minute onstage round, competitors prepared a black & white sketch of your first Rival character. In the second 10-minute round, they prepared a second black & white sketch of the 2nd Rival character. In the final 15-minute round, the teams created a scene composition fully detailing a scene that features both characters and expresses their relationship.
Great news! Aaron Jay aka Randyotter3000 is our next MADE artist! His collection will be released in just a few hours and we’ll be streaming a live interview with the MADE man live via Google Hangout On Air.
Bob & Jess will be conducting the interview and we want your help to ask questions! Post them below so we can use them for the chat.
805 people scored 50+ Dead Island designs. Congrats to BRIAN ROB, JadeJemz, Bruny, parrish.lauren, gabras, Scareb, amanda.b.hoffman & Luinelen for winning the codes.
Zombie designs have run amok on Threadless! Ahhh! Knock out...err, score 50 of ‘em by 4/25 and you’ll be entered to win one of 8 Dead Island Riptide steam codes and a $25 Threadless gift code!
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