Day 12

I’ll be honest; I possess no in-depth knowledge of the significance of this 5-point red star emblem. A quick scout around the Internet suggests that no one else does either, at least nothing definitive anyway. The most popular positioning of this emblem seems to be among matters of the former Soviet and communism, and not necessarily in a negative context. However, words like "Soviet" and "communism" are immediately steeped in negativity and so a T-shirt like this probably serves to fuel the commercialisation of the counter-culture fad perpetuated by the ailing intelligence and flourishing ignorance of today’s MTV generation.

Then again it may well be a promotional T-shirt for an ambitious start-up firm run by a slew of young, trendy, entrepreneurs calling themselves Red Dwarf after the common star entities found in our Milky Way galaxy. They’re probably a software company or something. Yeah, software, that’s big and trendy. That definitely explains why I found this tee rotting away in one of the most disease-ridden corners of Camden market.

Day 11

What do I look like when I wear a T-shirt for a 10 hour flight? Well my curious readers, this is what I look like when... wait… I’ve done this before…

As I mentioned earlier in the week, I've been based at the Consumer Electronics Show continuing my creative project with Samsung. This morning marked my exit from the Show, meaning that most of my day was spent in the sky. It also means my posts from now onwards will be appearing at more user-friendly hours and smelling less of melted cheese and bacon.

Today I'm wearing a birthday gift given to me a few years ago; a Famous Stars and Straps tee, which features the brand name floating about in a greyscale 3D environment. I packed this for my trip as Travis Barker was positioned at the Pioneer booth of the Show and I had hoped to get a photo with him for the blog, but regrettably, other commitments meant that I was unable to do that.

Nevertheless, I really like the fit of this T-shirt, and I also really like the text-based illustration, but I'm not a huge fan of the part where the designer sneezed just before hitting File > Save and passing the artwork over to be mass-printed. That fatal sneeze caused the designer to click down on his mouse, shunt it across his desk and inadvertently drag the black typeface layer of the word “SINCE” away from it's 3D backdrop.

Sadly, my extensive report on this issue will now never be seen by Travis Barker.