DESIGN - Ardentees T-shirt Collection

Ardentees has launched a collection of 13 new designs based on the theme of 'PSEUDO REALITY',
inspired by a poem by Tamyka Bell. They've got new artists on board as well as some more established ones including Julian Kahlon (Robot Tiger), Claudio Parentela, Katty Bouthier and Ruben Ireland. I quite like the designs which all have a slightly surreal, obscure design. They're priced at a reasonable £25 and you're less likely to catch your mate in one than if you hit the high street.

Each design reflects the artists' personal inspirations as well as being linked to the original poem...

The same lines over and over

Like a scene from a play

Too often rehearsed

We lie to ourselves

And we lie to each other

And continue our belief

That we speak only truth

Acting reality

We make it seem so real

You could touch us

But what would you feel?

Am I warm or cold

Or even tangible?

Into my orange-tinted dreams

I lapse once more

For this reality is not pseudo

It's just fake

How can you take it?

The finest actors ever...

I shun you all.

Tamyka Bell

19 April 2001