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NEWSPAPER BLACKOUT T-SHIRTS: “CREATIVITY IS SUBTRACTION”

Friday, April 16th, 2010

newspaper blackout t-shirt

I am so excited to announce that my friends at Wire & Twine are handprinting our first-ever Newspaper Blackout t-shirt. I’m a customer, so I know their impeccable design taste and the high-quality of their products, but I also know that they’re good Ohio folks, based out of Oxford, a small town where I spent four of my favorite years.

“Creativity is subtraction.” It’s not a poem, it’s a rallying cry.

These tees are handprinted on American Apparel triblend atheletic heathered gray t-shirts. Which are super soft. (Meg and I own several.)

On sale now: store.austinkleon.com

Buy yours now! The preorder sale is now over. Check the store to see if more are available.

newspaper blackout t-shirt

newspaper blackout t-shirt

austin t-shirt

meg t-shirt




3 Comments on “NEWSPAPER BLACKOUT T-SHIRTS: “CREATIVITY IS SUBTRACTION””

  1. Pemm Says:

    I had to order one as soon as I saw it. This is just beautiful.

  2. Austin Kleon Says:

    Thanks, Pemm!!

  3. Interview: Austin Kleon « Says:

    [...] just what we choose to leave in, it’s what we choose to leave out. (I like the idea so much I made it into a t-shirt.) What the poems have taught me is that every artist needs constraints. Absolute freedom is the [...]

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