News travels

My first logging of coolness. So check 'em out. www.theshirtproject.com.

These really smart news junkies were so disheartened with the continual decline in newspaper readership, they thought why not take hot or important news stories and make them into graphic tees? That way you can "read all about it" on someone's shirt instead of being visually assaulted by messages like "I did your girlfriend." So now news travels maybe not fast, but certainly different.

In addition to being way hip, this is such a great example of how we as a  collective continue to find new ways to push ideas and keep communications creative. And while you may argue that this somehow cheapens true journalism by not conveying a full and objective story, at least it's getting news in front of people who may not otherwise even know there was a crisis involving Burmese monks.

Also, a tip to make anything you wear (including purses or even shoes) more interesting. Vintage button application! Let's call it the "bedazzler's" younger, hipper sibling. Michael's has bags of vintage buttons found on the floor room of old clothing factories. I just bought my first bag. None of them match. But that's kind of the point.

I'm thinking of clustering some on the corner of a tee shirt (perhaps one about the recent oil crisis), or onto a cheap thrift shop bag I just picked up.  Now I just need to learn how to sew.