We know that “The T-shirt” is a subject on which many of you have been jaded. Overdone, overproduced, overplayed (and we push the play button as much as anybody), t-shirts today are not the simple product they were five years ago. There’s too many, most of them suck, and, well, you’re almost too over it to care. However, in one of the last posts that you will find on JS about the omnipresent tee (okay, not really, we’re gonna keep it up, but less fervently and more selectively), we’re going to take it back to the beginning, when a baby-soft shirt was something that took years- not dollars- to create; when wearing an awesome tee made you feel arty instead of like a sellout; when dropping out of college to start a clothing company was still a (kinda) legit thing to do.

If you’ve been a JoshSpear.com reader for awhile, you are no stranger to momimomi. If you’ve only been a reader for the last three weeks, you should still be acquainted with the company, as they are one of a scant few clothing lines that have been making their way to our pages for the better part of two years. When I worked in a clothing boutique not so many years ago, momimomi was one of the only brands of tees to be kept, season after season, on rotation. The deal is simple: momimomi has been making buttery tees for a long time, and they’ve been killing it since day one. We write about them because we love them, because they’ve earned it, and sort of because…they started it. So, readers*, in one of the last full-length mentions of “fecking incredible t-shirts” you’ll be hearing on here for awhile, we give you momimomi…

(like everything they do – these answers were a collaboration between Danny and Olin, momimomi’s founders):

Joshspear.com: So Danny is a businessman by training and Olin is an Architect. What led you two into fashion design?

Danny & Olin: In the beginning, momimomi was a creative outlet for us. We had corporate 9 to 5’s that didn’t help stimulate our imaginations - so our plan was purely to use the t-shirt as a medium for expression. We didn’t have plans, initially, to enter the “fashion” game….and still stay somewhat on the periphery. READ MORE…

From organizing customized clocks for auction to conceiving customer-participation contests, the Canadian guys at Furni Creations have a nutty second sense for getting us 0-to-60 amped for their modern, skate-inspired house accessories. They're now spreading word about their latest Small Fall collection, with fresh design takes on the people's fave: Furni's high-quality clocks. For the fall season, Barcelona artist Emil Kozak lent his graphics skill to the limited edition Alba-EK desktop alarm clock, and Furni merged shapes from two popular models to form their new Knox. Heads on the go will like the ‘80s digital watch collaboration between Furni and our friends at CoolHunting called Farmer, which is water resistant like your dad’s old retro watch. But because I don't like having tan lines, I’m probably going to order the travel-friendly, delightfully analog, Steven and keep his bro, Arthur on the nightstand. Orders ship mid-October.

An Italian company has made it even easier for MySpacers to nab that perfect picture with a portable tripod alternative. Called Klikk, the tiny device allows users to snap away at artsy angles and in less-than-perfect settings. A better example of what this means for self-modeling photogs is the ability to, for example, safely balance your little digi on a forest tree branch, run around wearing tons of eyeliner underneath it, then brag to your friends about your shoot with Annie Leibovitz. The site for the Klikk is entirely in Italian, but because the language of narcisscism is a universal, it’s not too hard to navigate. Happy clicking (uh, Klikking)!

The beauty of art is that there is nothing that its defines boundaries or rules; you can work with any media on any surface and it is art. Daniel Edlen found his niche painting portraits of American legends on original vinyl LP records using monotone acrylic paint. He’s chosen to stick with favorite artists such as Ray Charles and B.B. King but his portrait of a young Audrey Hepburn has gotten him some much deserved attention. The records are of course the artists’ and he simply mounts them on top of the cover, all of which go inside a frame. His style reminds me of Pointillism and I am impressed at how well he captures the faces of artists we all love. Check out his gallery on Flickr and his website for more information about his work and on purchasing.

Created for the inner nerd in all of us — the ultra-dope, inner nerd, that is — Rhombus Wear is a clothing line created by husband & wife team James and Lisa Clunie. She’s a fashion designer and he’s an art director. Their line was created to fit that little fashion niche you find in creative industries…you know, the one where we don’t have to wear a suit to work and wander around in jeans and flip-flops while trying to adhere to the unwritten code of what’s cool in a hipster-centric work environment like an ad agency. That niche.

The Rhombus line features a variety of dressed down clothes in plaids and custom prints like “standardized test” and “binary” — yes, like the computer code. Inspired by math and science, and art and design, Rhombus’ clothes are aimed squarely at creative professionals. So if you’re getting sick of your Diesels and want something with that underground/no-one-knows-about-it-yet appeal, definitely keep an eye on Rhombus.

After Wednesday’s drastic iPhone price reduction, it came as no surprise when the phone’s early adopters collectively responded with a succinctly stated “WTF.” After all, the iPhone’s success — and subsequent price reduction — was partially in thanks to the loyal Apple consumers that jumped on board barely two months ago, making the premature and dramatic price change feel suspiciously similar to a punch to the babymaker. In typical Apple fashion, Mr. Steve Jobs quickly responded to the clamor with the promise of $100 Mac Store credits to all initial buyers of the iPhone. This efficient reaction somewhat quelled the disdain, but still left an important question lingering: What the hell was that about? It seems ridiculous to think Apple could have expected anything less than an uproar; sure, we’re all well-meaning people who want to share the magic of an affordable touchscreen, but quite honestly, the way the price reduction was initially introduced (i.e., no acknowledgment of potential offense) went against basic human instinct. And ethics. And the thing is, we know how smart the crew at Apple is, so we just don’t get it. Thank heaven we also know how smart the crew that reads JS is, because we need you to help us make sense of this mess. Extra points if you have an iPhone; extra extra points if your theory turns out to be correct. Also, if you just need to vent, feel free — this is a safe space.

Danny wrote about Oddica just a little bit ago, and basically told you everything you’ll need to know about the t-shirt selling, profit sharing outfit. What’s happening now — the reason I’m writing about Oddica again so soon — is that they’ve released the t-shirt equivalent of a box-set. But not one of those irrelevant compilation box-sets where any true fan already has all the material and all you’re paying for is some extended liner notes and cardboard packaging, oh no; The Boombox Trilogy consists of three new shirts (available separately, but new, nonetheless), five really nice buttons, and an “exploded boombox” messenger bag. You can be sure you’ll be the only guy/gal in the subway with the exploded boombox bag because Oddica is only selling 63 trilogies, each one with a number to authenticate it. And how much do you have to spend for three t-shirts, a messenger bag and five buttons? $59. Not bad at all.