Out of Print but Not Out of Luck
Posted by Mariko Fujinaka in book design books on April 13, 2010
Check out this interesting company that highlights “iconic and often out of print” book covers by putting the images onto T-shirts. The company is called, as you probably guessed, Out of Print, and it’s not just a clothing company. As Out of Print states on its mission page, “We work closely with artists, authors and publishers to license the content that ends up in our collections. Each shirt is treated to feel soft and worn like a well-read book.” In addition, the company promotes literacy though its partnership with Books for Africa; for each shirt Out of Print sells, a book is donated to a community in Africa.
Current shirt selections include George Orwell’s 1984, John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, J. D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye (I think that was the cover of the edition I read!), Mikhail Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita, and plenty more. Shirts come in both men’s and women’s styles, and hey, wouldn’t these make great gifts?
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