Tuesday, 9 April 2013

Day 99



I do love it when a 'first' presents itself to my THREEHUNDREDANDSIXTEEFIVE challenge. Today's donated tee has been delivered loaded with 'firsts' so you can imagine how loved up I am right now.
For starters, it's the first tee donated by Ann Arbor T-shirt Company, based all the way over in Michigan, US (another great effort put forth by our American cousins by the way).
Secondly, it's the first tee I've received which directly quotes an American Football coach, with annunciation and intonation intact.
Finally, it's the first tee of the challenge to have this quote readily available for public viewing via numerous YouTube video clips, such as this one.

Matt over at Ann Arbor T-shirt Company tells me that Brady Hoke is the latest head Football coach of the Michigan Wolverines and spawned the now famous quote during an interview with a journalist about it. Seizing the comedic moment immediately, the tee designers splashed the slogan across brightly coloured garments and now flog them on game day Saturdays.

The typeface and aesthetic of the slogan invokes all the usual connotations of American sports apparel which is a nice twist on the context.

As well as 'firsts', this tee has also brought with it a "second" in as much as it's the second sports based design I've worn in a row, which actually was not intentional.

See more from Ann Arbor T-shirt Company via their Twitter account

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THREEHUNDREDANDSIXTEEFIVE Project

Hi, I’m Andi Best and I’m a regular guy, rising to an irregular challenge.

People tell me I have a lot of T-shirts. These people are not wrong, it’s true, I do.

But one person went as far as to tell me I have so many T-shirts, I could probably wear a different one every day. This is obviously not true, but it got me thinking - what if I could wear a different T-shirt every day? What if I never wore the same T-shirt twice for an entire year?

Challenge accepted

I have created project THREEHUNDREDANDSIXTEEFIVE which, beginning January 1st 2013, will track my pro gress sourcing and wearing a different T-shirt every day for the next 365 days – and I’m going to need your help to do it…

TAKE PART HERE