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Oct 01 '09 by Threadless

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A new design challenge! Threadless, Tate Museum, Pop Life!

What does ‘Pop’ mean to you? (We aren’t talking fizzy beverages, people). Does it elevate the everyday or take the stuffing out of high culture? Or is it simply art that’s not afraid of being a product? Whatever the theory, it’s undoubtedly visually striking and your interpretation will look stunning on a tee in the Tate Modern shop!

Your challenge is to design a tee inspired by the Tate Modern Museum’s Pop Life exhibition. Check out the Tate's challenge page!

Check out Pop Life’s featured art/artists for inspiration and how artists like Keith Haring, Takashi Murakami and Damien Hirst explore the boundaries between art and commodity. And make sure you tell us how Pop Life inspired you when you submit your ‘Pop’ inspired tee shirt design.

We're picking TWO designs for this puppy! One 18-25 year old designer will be chosen by a special panel of Tate Judges and one "all ages" designer will be chosen by Threadless to receive a whole slew of awesome stuff!!!

Pop over and take a look!

Quell on Oct 01 '09 at 3:43pm

Ooh baby.

juliejeremiah on Oct 01 '09 at 3:45pm

pop life
everybody needs a thrill
pop life
we've all got a space to fill

life ain't really funky unless it's got that pop
dig it

alexmdc on Oct 01 '09 at 3:48pm

I turn 26 oct 14th! I gotta hurry and sub before Im outta the contest for their side hahaha

Johnny Baboon on Oct 01 '09 at 3:50pm

YES! i just make it. I turn 26 in December.

TheInfamousBaka on Oct 01 '09 at 3:55pm

I'm very interested to see the entries for this one.

jess4002 on Oct 01 '09 at 4:02pm

nifty!

evan3 on Oct 01 '09 at 5:29pm

pop?

sweet n sour on Oct 01 '09 at 5:30pm

TheInfamousBaka on Oct 01 '09 at 3:55pm I'm very interested to see the entries for this one.

me too

jeffreyg on Oct 01 '09 at 5:31pm

woohoo.

btw the link on the bottom doesnt work

brentendo on Oct 01 '09 at 5:31pm

oh man alex turns 26 right in the middle of the comp! what happens when he wins!

jeffreyg on Oct 01 '09 at 5:33pm

you guys should take a loooksie at the inspiration page

its crazyyyness

hogboy on Oct 01 '09 at 5:53pm

sweet n sour on Oct 01 '09 at 5:55pm

who are some of your favourites hogboy?

celandinestern on Oct 01 '09 at 5:57pm

heh pop is all about kind of stepping all over copyrights :) wasn't there that guy that won the Turner Prize this year with a video made from clips of his favorite shows???!?!! It doesn't get much more infringy than that.... Mark Leckey, was it?

Robsoul on Oct 01 '09 at 6:13pm

"One 18-25 year old designer "

wtf?

Robsoul on Oct 01 '09 at 6:16pm

This contest is racist.

phillydesigner on Oct 01 '09 at 8:07pm

age racist

Nigil on Oct 02 '09 at 2:42am

sex appeal

plastikaa on Oct 02 '09 at 1:41pm

Great Contest. Will be down at Tate Modern in a weeks time, so will have to see what's already floating about there.

Maybe it will inspire me to get t shirt designing.

brentendo on Oct 02 '09 at 1:55pm

Robsoul on Oct 01 '09 at 6:13pm
"One 18-25 year old designer "

wtf?

there are two winners for the comp, one general winner and one 'young tate' winner.

Robsoul on Oct 02 '09 at 5:48pm

Don't worry, I read that, I just wanted to make a fuss, ,,, cause, it's kinda weird don't you think.

webcite on Oct 02 '09 at 9:36pm

Hey Robsoul: we're partnering with Young Tate on this challenge. Their mission is to reach the under 25 set with Tate goodness. We want the challenges as inclusive as possible, so we always find a way to help our partners meet their goals while keeping the whole community here engaged too.

webcite on Oct 02 '09 at 9:38pm

plastikaa... and others lucky enough to see the exhibition live: would be awesomely generous if you could post up some inspirations, ideas, insights about the exhibition after you visit it in person.

EricDiaz on Oct 02 '09 at 9:43pm

Rob i will gladly sub something of yours under my name and pay you next Tuesday.

Robsoul on Oct 03 '09 at 1:47am

Next time I'm not gonna make a joke about anything.

So a merman walks into a bar and the bartender says "Waddya have?" The merman says "eek eek eek eek."

I just made that up, it's really bad huh... hahaha

Robsoul on Oct 03 '09 at 1:48am

But it's a cool contest.

Robsoul on Oct 03 '09 at 1:48am

I'm backing it.

Bramish on Oct 03 '09 at 1:48am

How would a merman even walk? You didn't think that through at all.

Robsoul on Oct 03 '09 at 1:50am

That's what my wife said, I hate you both.

Robsoul on Oct 03 '09 at 1:51am

But the first question is, do merman actually exist. And haven't you seen splash? Come on Bram, they have legs on land, but they are usually nekkid.

Robsoul on Oct 03 '09 at 1:57am

See, they have legs on land... and in german, hahaha

NomadSlim on Oct 03 '09 at 2:22am

Mtv is run by a bunch of 50 year old white dudes. Nobody can judge the age of an artist based on the work. I am boycotting this challenge.

plastikaa on Oct 03 '09 at 3:06am

webcite, I would happily photograph, but unfortunately I have a feeling I cannot photograph inside Tate Modern Galleries apart from in the turbine hall (the huge entrance hall for those who have not been to Tate Modern). Also from my experience as this is a temporary exhibition it will cost and thus be in one of the galleries.

I have looked on-line and this seems to be the case - some saying you can get special permission to photograph for study/research but you have to apply and it takes a week to process.

None the less I'll come back and post if I acquire anything.

SteveOramA on Oct 03 '09 at 3:06am

I turn 27 one day after Alex! Crazy!
I guess I'm "all ages" now. I thought that meant I didn't have to get carded?!? This challenge is confusing to my brain.

radiomode on Oct 03 '09 at 7:18am

this is wow

bengineer on Oct 03 '09 at 7:28am

cool challenge but the age thing is just ridiculous...

alexmdc on Oct 04 '09 at 10:42pm

there is an andy warhol exhibit in milwaukee! perfect!

alexmdc on Oct 04 '09 at 10:42pm

also last link doesnt work on here

skaw on Oct 04 '09 at 10:48pm

oh boy. fixed it! thx alex

spacesick 2 on Oct 05 '09 at 3:48pm

Edword on Oct 05 '09 at 3:53pm

me to old........

Edword on Oct 05 '09 at 4:01pm

oh wait my bad

and one "all ages" designer will be chosen by Threadless

wordtrey on Oct 05 '09 at 4:07pm

Hot!

herky on Oct 05 '09 at 4:08pm

awesome!

#1 on Oct 06 '09 at 2:31am

Will Tate Modern also sell the "all ages" designer T in their shop?

4 days later

hersheyam on Oct 10 '09 at 2:32am

I hope you publish a news blurb about where NakedAndAngry.com went, because I absolutely loved that website and I'm sad it's gone.

2 days later

GIST STUDIO on Oct 12 '09 at 3:21am

Yes, what happened to Naked and Angry?

angelatag on Oct 12 '09 at 9:11am

I don't know if this would be useful, but anyway... I found this and thought I'd share:

Pop Life articles, reviews

35 days later

angelito on Nov 16 '09 at 3:40pm

Went to the show the other weekend! Pretty wide array of artists showing there. Lots of porn. Strangely enough. Also worth going into the big black void in the Turbine Hall (though that's not part of the exhibit)