I don’t think it’s a secret that Oxide likes t-shirts. We make all the t-geek sites part of our daily rounds. But, as much as we love the art on these shirts, we rarely buy them. Why? Because (for reasons we’ve yet to discern) the art is printed so large that the shirt is embarrassing to actually wear. It’s a trend that Threadless popularized in the modern t-shirt market — and judging by their success, that must be what the people want.

But not us. Wacky, oversized t-shirt art is not our thing.

Over the last couple of months, each of us (including intern Josh) has been tasked with designing a t-shirt. There was just one rule: it had to be something we’d want to wear ourselves. Despite designing them independently, there are some serendipitous common threads. It’s now self-evident that these are the ingredients to a great, wearable t-shirt:

1. appropriately-sized art
2. one or two-color ink
3. a shirt color that doesn’t make you feel naked
4. subject matter that’s vaguely self-promotional

See the entire collection and buy one today at tshirts.oxidedesign.com. (Better yet, get one for yourself, one for your mom, and one for each of your pets: they’re only $12 each!)