Books and Art and T Shirts, Together As One. You're Welcome.

Ali's Team Pick:

Ever want the entire text of a book on a tee shirt? How about on a poster? Me too! This is a thing I want!

Litographs will provide us with this dream realized by putting the entire text of our favorite classics on beautiful screen printed tee shirts and posters and then selling them to us. They're not just going to throw some words on there, either. They're going to print them in beautiful designs that truly represent the heart of the story. One of my favorite books in all the world is Alice in Wonderland. Their print of this work is breath taking.

Alice in Wonderland, via litographs

See all the tiny, tiny words in there? I can't even believe it. And in order to expand their line, they've got a Kickstarter going with rewards like a litographs tee shirt of your choice for $30, or one of the screen printed posters for $50. Remain unconvinced? Take a look at their Kickstarter video below to see the wonderful craftsmanship going into each piece (the way they print the tee shirts makes my brain explode.) Each tee shirt and print is unique. And don't forget to vote on their fifth and as yet undecided tee shirt design! Leaves of Grass and the Kama Sutra are both on the table.

21 responses to “Books and Art and T Shirts, Together As One. You're Welcome.”

Emma (member)
November 19, 2012 at 5:19 am Permalink Reply Report user

Wow I want all of them. This is awesome.

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Michelle
November 19, 2012 at 6:44 am Permalink Reply

Oh my god oh my god oh my god. They can have all of my money. I need these. My friends and relatives need these for Christmas. This is the best ever.

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1. Michelle
  November 19, 2012 at 6:57 am Permalink Reply
  
  HOLY FUCK I just had the best idea. I’ve been planning in making hollow books for my favorite people for Christmas but WHAT IF I sync up the books and these shirts? Like the words and story were cut out of the books and put on the shirt? Oh god I’m so excited.
  
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  1. Maria (member)
    November 19, 2012 at 7:05 am Permalink Reply Report user
    
    That is such a great idea! I am very jealous of your favorite people.
    
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    1. Michelle (member)
      November 19, 2012 at 11:32 am Permalink Reply Report user
      
      It’s extra great because this shirt/poster idea alleviates some of the guilt I feel when cutting up books.
      
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  2. DeAnne (member)
    November 19, 2012 at 8:41 am Permalink Reply Report user
    
    hollow books are my go to gift of choice! the best!
    
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Sarah (member)
November 19, 2012 at 7:48 am Permalink Reply Report user

Oh wow, oh wow, oh wow. This is an amazing idea … and I’m probably going to buy more of these than I can afford.

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Cat (member)
November 19, 2012 at 8:08 am Permalink Reply Report user

I used to run my own print business and cannot believe what they have managed to achieve here. I didn’t think that was possible…
amazeballs.

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Willis (member)
November 19, 2012 at 8:13 am Permalink Reply Report user

I can’t put in to words how much I want all of these. Or maybe I could, then I could put all of those words on a shirt in a nifty design.

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Gabrielle (member)
November 19, 2012 at 8:32 am Permalink Reply Report user

This is a thing I want too!

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DeAnne (member)
November 19, 2012 at 8:41 am Permalink Reply Report user

oh my god.

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Unicorn Damn-it (member)
November 19, 2012 at 9:05 am Permalink Reply Report user

This is the most wonderful thing in the world, ever.

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k (member)
November 19, 2012 at 10:00 am Permalink Reply Report user

This also has the potential to get awkward: people who figure out what you have on your tee will try to read a few sentences.

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1. Launa (member)
  November 19, 2012 at 11:04 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Or the potential to get awesome when your crush decides to read her favorite book off your body.
  
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  1. Marlena (member)
    November 19, 2012 at 11:39 am Permalink Reply Report user
    
    sharing the love of boobs…I mean books
    
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Launa (member)
November 19, 2012 at 11:01 am Permalink Reply Report user

I donated so fast I even surprised myself. I freakin’ love kickstarter.

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Launa (member)
November 19, 2012 at 11:18 am Permalink Reply Report user

OMGosh… I just got an update that said because of the extra money they made, they’re going to work with indie authors to turn their books into lithographs. That means any lesbian authors among our ranks can turn their work into posters and maybe tees! There’s even a new tier added to the rewards!

(I usually don’t double post, but this seemed worth it. Sorry if that was tacky.)

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JD
November 19, 2012 at 11:51 am Permalink Reply

The next design needs to be Jeanette Winterson’s Written on the Body : )

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K (member)
November 19, 2012 at 12:16 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Okay so I saw this on buzzfeed the other day and thought it was super cool, but didn’t bother to watch the video.

But i saw the thumbnail on this page, and holy shit guys, this is one of my closest friend from high school/college’s boyfriend!!! And she’s the first girl I made out with, so you know, she’s pretty great, and I just finally met him like a month and a half and he’s a pretty cool dude and super super smart.

Everyone should go support this NOW. 1) because seriously, it’s a freaking brilliant idea executed beautifully and 2) because Danny is awesome. So yea. So much money of mine is headed that way now.

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kd15 (member)
November 19, 2012 at 1:53 pm Permalink Reply Report user

So incredibly cool

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Luce (member)
November 19, 2012 at 2:17 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Oh wow, I need all of these, they’re beautiful and an amazing idea.

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