The phrase “Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer” was the departure point for the latest t-shirt in the-affair’s quest to clothe the creative men of this world in something that not only looks good, but starts intelligent conversations.
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A single line from William Gibson’s cult-classic Neuromancer speaks volumes in this t-shirt for the-affair.
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Just another Jesus shirt you’re thinking, right? Not exactly… ‘Muslim Jesus’ is a reflection on the futility of religious intolerance. From afar, Jesus stares serenely at those surrounding you. But up close, Islamic crescents cluster together in abstract patterns. Anyone close enough to know this and still want to have it out, should’ve already registered on your fuckwit radar.
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the-affair is a brand that creates beautiful conceptual t-shirts for the intelligent consumer tired of the cute-sy threadless aesthetic. Its the love child of myself and Dangerous Dave Black.
With no physical presence on the high-street, we began with the simple insight that fitting rooms have full length mirrors for a reason. The website was thus created to mimic the actual experience of trying the shirts on.
Awarded the FWA Site of the Day 29.03.2008
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‘Un-illustrated’ is a self-initated project exploring the power of illustration. The concept was very simple – use absence to speak volumes.
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Boredom Is Your Fault isn’t just another blog – its a lens through which you see the world. Think of it as a personal ethos, a manifesto for living if you will.
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‘Your Own Personal Jesus’ is a project that explores the idea that religion has been replaced with global consumer capitalism and its associated vices. Taking an iconic image of Jesus as the ground, I developed a system in Flash which replaces the pixels with any symbol desired. The example above is a composite running top-to-bottom as follows: Alcohol; Death #1; Tobacco; Cocaine; Caffeine; Wealth #1; Ecstasy; Death #2; Wealth #2.
Launching in time for Christmas 2007, Your Own Personal Jesus will open this project up for anyone to upload any symbol of their choice, then publish the result as part of their blog, allowing them to quickly and easily make a comment on religion today. The results will be exhibited in London sometime during Summer 2008.
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This wall was the second collaboration between myself, Dangerous Dave and Wen. We began a few days before halloween with 20 litres of black paint and the previous mural. I recorded the whole process and compressed it into these 90 sec. Its much nicer to watch that way.
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The first collaboration between myself, Dangerous Dave and Wen. We had a new flat, a house-warming party very soon, no concept whatsoever and a whole lot of beer. If you’re interested, I did the typography. And who knows, possibly I will save the world. And you might too…
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Cast your mind back to the old days, when 2.0 was something you’d find on the side of a box of software. Remember, before Flickr? When having your photos online was anything but easy?
