A t-shirt
isn’t just a cotton garment, it’s a form of communication, a personal billboard that
lets you get a message out to the world in a medium that offers the minimum of effort.
Whether your geek tendencies lean towards gaming, Apple, space, film or social media, we’ve
got a sassy selection of tees that will have you reaching for the plastic before you can say
“medium, in blue, please.”
After all, why go plain-chested when you can be spreading the word of geek? Emblazon your chest
pronto with a themed tee that says it all.
Amazing Apple Tees
Apple fans tend to lean towards the fanatic side of fandom, and as such provide a ripe market for
t-shirt designers to exploit. Heck, there’ve been so many Apple-flavored tees over the
years some bloke has written a book about it. These three designs offer a call for
Jobs to be President (after all, he’s no slouch in the success department) from Insanely Great Tees, a New
York-based Apple tee specialist, a photo-real Mac from Print Liberation’s “Great Moments of the 20th Century”
series and a cunning mash-up from MightTees which mixes Jobs and a Mac with John Cusack’s boombox-wielding Lloyd
Dobler.
Cost: From left to right – $19, $18, $31.99
Magnificent Meme Tees
Nod to classic, recent and current memes with this trio of tees that celebrates the wonder of LOL
cats with ThinkGeek’s customizable “im in ur” tee complete with
wash-off-able marker pen, the randomness of keyboard cat with an
instantly recognizable line drawing from Nerdy Shirts, and make a super in-the-know reference to Chat Roulette with the
“Nexted” design from WeSaySo
over on Spreadshirt.
Cost: From left to right – $19.99, $19.99, from $14.90
Fantastic Film Tees
While what makes a “geek
film” is wide open for discussion, geeky film-lovers will no doubt appreciate a tee
that references a fave flick in a subtle, insider sort of way. Here then, are three examples of
such a garment, with a t-shirt promoting the Lighthouse Lounge made by LastExitToNowhere (the absolute t-shirt authority on made-up companies from films
– recommended for a browse), an Inigo Montoya name tag from ThinkGeek,
and a colorful effort celebrating the league championship win of the Rollers from 80sTees. Can you name all the films?
Cost: From left to right – approx $32, from $17.99, $20
Great Gaming Tees
The world of video games lends itself to t-shirts very well indeed thanks to its graphical
nature. No matter what kind of gamer you are, you can be sure there’s a tee out there for
you. We’ve plucked three from the internets that made us smile. Tell those young
whippersnappers that you’re “classically trained” with this dark blue design
from 80sTees, see behind-the-scenes at the space invader training academy thanks to
Threadless,
while ShirtCity’s video game t-shirt shows the evolution of the game
controller across multiple platforms.
Cost: From left to right – $20, $18, $22,95
Rad Robot Tees
Everyone loves robots but as we haven’t yet managed to get to the stage where we can have
our own robo-buddy, we can at least have a few decorating our clothing. There’s more than a
few — 51 in fact — decorating ChopShop’s
WeRobot tee. As well as the 50-plus bots it boasts glow in the dark eyes for the
robots drawn from film, TV, literature, video games and more. “Robots Can’t
Smile” is a whimsical take on a robot-themed tee from Design By
Human’s il_Mostro, while RedBubble’s robots are livening things up by doing the YMCA dance.
Cost: From left to right – $20, $19, from $24.74
Marvelous Music Tees
While we wouldn’t dream about treading on that oh-so-personal area that is music taste, as
far as t-shirts go, what we can offer is a selection of fun music-themed shirts. First up is
Five Crown’s melting
guitar, familiar to anyone who has seen the recent iPod nano ads, although we’re
certainly not making any kind of comment about which came first. This is followed by a classic
blank cassette tee from Forever21 which should appeal to anyone old enough to remember the pleasure
of possibility a blank tape used to present. We round off the three with another Five Crown’s design that sees
vinyl getting the spotlight – perfect for anyone who still enjoys sticking a record on the
turntable.
Cost: From left to right – $26.99, $24.99, $14.90
Spiffy Space Tees
Rather than go down the NASA tee route (we’re so over that) we’ve got three
space-themed shirts for your consideration. First up is “A Flying Dog in Outer Space”
from Threadless that see’s man’s best friend conquer the final frontier
complete with helmet and doggie jet pack. We stay space exploration-related with the next
t-shirt, an Etsy offering that depicts the Pioneer Plaque (familiar to space geeks
everywhere), the pictorial guide to life on Earth stuck on Pioneer 10 and 11 in case they were
intercepted by alien lifeforms. Last up is “Spacemen Rock,” another colorful effort
from Threadless, which has four astronauts getting their groove on.
Cost: From left to right – $18, $14, $20
Super Social Media Tees
You’re well taken care of over on Zazzle for your Mashable t-shirts needs – where there are tons of designs to
chose from that are customizable in enough ways to make your brain boggle. Next up, you can
social bookmark yourself in the real world with this text-based effort from Nerdy Shirts. Finally, Twitter users get a “Follower” option from
ShirtCity.
Cost: From left to right – Varies, $19.97, $19.95
Groovy Google Tees
What could be better than a t-shirt with the Android robot on it? How about the Android robot
walking a dog? An official gProduct, its coolness is only eclipsed by our next g-themed option
– the Sesame Street-themed doodles now available as tees from the Google Store. Big Bird is our fave, but there’s also Elmo and The Count
options. While you’re asking yourself how your wardrobe has survived so long without Sesame
Street/Google tees, take a look at our last option from CultClassicTs, which asks another question – what would Larry &
Sergey do? (Answer: acquire it, shut it down, open in again in restricted beta and fail to
integrate it in other Google products).
Cost: From left to right – from $14.80, $20.10, $22.99
What geeky t-shirts are in your wardrobe? Let us know in the comments.
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