Threadless T-Shirts - Five's a Crowd

Five's a Crowd by secretly robots

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Submitted on:

Nov 27 '06

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66 comments

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1.77 out of 5

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joannchilada on Nov 27 '06

hehehehehe

travioli on Nov 27 '06

morganian on Nov 27 '06

hhm an in-joke only other threadless members will get? might come across as a tad racist if it got printed seeing as the text is WHITE!

resistealeau on Nov 27 '06

ooh i really like this... morganian might be right, though. shiit.

AmiLove on Nov 27 '06

this is really cute

AmiLove on Nov 27 '06

and i don't think it wouls appear at all to be racist ......... i think that's a very silly idea

AmiLove on Nov 27 '06

would

MikeHarding on Nov 27 '06

I really like it -- for a design geek it applies to many situations, not just t-shirts. The only thing I would love from a typography perspective is for the 'still' to be moved back closer to the 'is'. Things won't line up, but it gets rid of the noticeable hole in the middle (just my opinion though, so take it or leave it)

The racist thing is interesting. I'm a designer, so my initial response is as intended, but other people might not have that perspective obviously.

WinterInChicago on Nov 27 '06

you spelled color wrong

ysy101 on Nov 27 '06

True, true. I didn't realize it could be construed as racist, but now that I think of it...Anyway, I've gotten a "Lose the text" before and I didn't even HAVE text in the design.

AlinaT on Nov 27 '06

haha color is spelled wrong. good idea. but might be considered racist.

Robsoul on Nov 27 '06

great take on the 5+5+5 contest dealio. yeah...and .... colour is spelt correctly.

american english=the bastardization of king's english

chastinet on Nov 27 '06

huahahuahahauhahuahua and the t-shirt color?

adorkable8605 on Nov 27 '06

i'm pretty sure colour can be spelled either way...

_heycarmelina on Nov 27 '06

Oh my goodness, people. "Color" is the American spelling and "colour" is the British. Read about why on Wikipedia. (You'll see, Robsoul, that '-or' is the original ending from the Latin. It became '-our' after the Norman Conquest in 1066 to represent the Old French pronounciation. And it made me laugh to read you talking about the "bastardization of king's english" and using the word "dealio" in the same comment.) As for the design, I agree with MikeHarding. I think getting rid of that space will put more emphasis on "colour" and "enough," as well. My only problem is, being a white girl, wearing that shirt around the town in which I live would get me smashed on the concrete.

eskimokiss on Nov 27 '06

amen brother!

bananaphone on Nov 27 '06

colour is correct imo. There are far more colour people than there are color people!

Leslee on Nov 27 '06

Hey, topical!

Skipper6745 on Nov 27 '06

Colour is way better.

And this is nice! It works as an in-joke, but would still work as a tee regardless. It may confuse people, but that'd be good anyways. 5

SUPERxDUPER on Nov 27 '06

I don't think that this would be taken in a racist way if it was to get printed the way it is right now. Sure, some people might think about it, but it doesn't really make sense that way. If it said "One colour is still BETTER" then that would be a different topic. And about the big gap, the shirt would still be fine with or without it.

x_shinobi_x on Nov 27 '06

Yeah... I'm American and I think I like "Colour" better too...

holeeraviolee on Nov 27 '06

i really like this.
and i really like colour spelled that way.
just like cheques and realise.

firebolt816 on Nov 27 '06

great! i don't mind colour or color

0Jim0 on Nov 27 '06

agreed

Robsoul on Nov 27 '06

dealio

kaezera on Nov 27 '06

If you make it "color" you can shrink the space between "is" and "still" and still have the lines grow in length.

segue on Nov 27 '06

It will of course be percieved as racist by some people, as illustrated by the posts here alone and you really cant defeat that with your own brand of tricky logic. Its witty under your intentions but its easily misinterpreted and perhaps the world just doesnt need that kind of confusion...

...oneshirtcolourisstillenough :P

biesdesignstudio on Nov 28 '06

agreed with MikeHarding, especially on the typography.

j.ayde on Nov 28 '06

COLOUR IS SPELT WITH A "U" IN HEAPS OF COUNTRIES! jeez. silly peopleees.

Jooliesays on Nov 28 '06

So... why not just change the colo(u)r of the text? There are no purple people, or orange people, or green people, so just pick your favorite complimentary colo(u) scheme.

himitcho on Nov 28 '06

I'd buy it! hotttt

The Ending on Nov 28 '06

Americans speak ENGLISH. Just because you took our language and butchered it doesnt mean our spelling is wrong. For gods sake you took the word LASER and put a Z in it!!! LASER IS AN ANACRONIM! Each letter MEANS something! Grrrrrrrr

JefftheStud on Nov 28 '06

The people that would actually depict this shirt as a racist statement -would probably get offended by saying "Hello" to them. so dont worry about it.

claude.mercure on Nov 28 '06

Wow, The Ending - so many dumb statements in only three lines! First, if you're going to argue about spelling, maybe you should take a lesson on it yourself. "Anacronim" isn't a word. "Acronym" might be what you were looking for. Also, your really put your foot in it by calling English "our language" - it existed long before the US ever did!

Lunchface on Nov 28 '06

The Ending is English if you look at the chaps profile. So I think he's entitled to state English as 'our' language. Shame about the anacronim/acronym issue though. (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation for those who were wondering ^_^.) I think the designs good, but perhaps quite an in joke, but at least a newbie like me can get it. YAY at me!

Lamo Levo on Nov 28 '06

Everyone calm down. Its a nice t shirt design, isn't it?! Lovely.

squishyfishy on Nov 28 '06

yup, sounds totally racist..

sugarkitten on Nov 28 '06

But it is 2 colors green and white, so how is that racists. God you left wing, ultra sensitive liberal hacks really like to fuck everything up. Stop looking for shit to get pissed about and get jobs!

Number09 on Nov 28 '06

I think it's a funny shirt... Racist meaning or not.

runningwithcolours on Nov 28 '06

colourful..both the design and the sensational debate

eevonvon on Nov 28 '06

you should have this in EVERY color!

vmininni on Nov 28 '06

put the words its light grey or something, its a cute shirt, and yes i guess only threadless members would understand the shirt but it's still really nice :) 5

sarcastickisses on Nov 28 '06

shit i didn't even realize it could be racist

piasano on Nov 28 '06

spell color right and i would consider voting on it

mrdeadhead on Nov 28 '06

ha i'd like it if it weren't meant for threadless people or designers.
cause everyone else is gonna think that it's a race shirt, or something.
then i'm gonna get beat walking around on the streets.

seanbs89 on Nov 29 '06

I like it but I dont want to offend anyone if I wore this shirt!

Ava Adore on Nov 29 '06

yep its spelt colour for me.

and awesome sub!

little_mystique on Nov 29 '06

agree with the whole racist thing..maybe if you make the text purple or blue or green then no one could get offended

Hannahhughes on Nov 29 '06

This teeshirt is amazingly clever and not at all racist...in the worls of threadless. We see it as tee shirt design, the rest of the world might take offense. And "Colour" is Colour in my native land. I personally love it, but you might wanna change some colours or some words around in order to save your ass from the political-corectness police. :D You get a $5 from me :D

fantashstic on Nov 29 '06

as I am athreadless member, I get it, and like it! but I DO see where it could be seen as racist, so if it were printed in a colour other than white, I would buy it. 5

chelseakurtzman on Nov 29 '06

really unfortunate about the racist thing...I like it.

JeffreyyS on Nov 29 '06

i like it because it is racist

The Ending on Nov 29 '06

Claud im english. As for the 'Acronym' thing. You knew what i was getting at so does it really matter? Still a great design :-D

penguin89 on Nov 29 '06

i assume it is a threadless joke and wasn't intended to be racist i didn't even realize it until i read the comments. now that i see that i would think twice before wearing it. i really really liked it before i read the comments though and would probably still buy it so $5.

rebelduck on Nov 30 '06

As a newcomer to threadless, I didn't catch the joke and I automatically thought it was horrible. I'm pretty sure anyone else who wasn't acquainted with threadless would assume it's a racist comment too.

Still funny though...it'd be good if there wasn't a double entendre.

Momo Muffins on Nov 30 '06

colour is color, i dont exactly know why people thought it was racist....i didnt get that opinion at all when i saw it. But, i was reading though the comments and i saw someone write:
"colo(u)r"
pretty much it looked amazing to me, regardless that it wasnt anything more than just correcting someone. haha. anyways, nice design. 5$

Drusilla on Nov 30 '06

That's how I spell colour. I love this, and it'd be kind of a funny way of identifying other threadless members if you couldn't see their designs from far away... or maybe I'm just crazy? However, a second after I saw this as a threadless joke, I did consider that it might be taken as slightly racist as Morganian said.

I love it though!
=]

whootie on Nov 30 '06

it's an awesome threadless idea and i like the style of it. as stated above, i couldn't wear it. not necessarily because of the racist thing, but because none of my friends would get it.