Utopian Design: Pangaea Project’s Charitable Tees

By Nicole Schlomann

T-shirts are a dime-a-dozen these days, but when you see Pangaea Project’s designs, you’ll instantly know they’re special. Spearheaded by Chrissie Lam, the Pangaea T-shirt Project is an effort to “connect artists and activists, communities and causes,” and profits benefit her efforts in Rwanda and other developing nations. Made from super-soft organic tees donated by Save Khaki and others, with some made in Uganda, the shirts are emblazoned with quirky graphics by artists like Bryan Collins, Steve Green, Chris McNally (pictured above), and Jon Theiss (pictured below, left).

Artist and designer Lincoln Mayne volunteered to screenprint the designs himself. Lam’s goals include “raising awareness and funds to help sponsor orphans, and filming genocide survivor testimonies.” Check out her blog at www.createforacause.com for Lam’s personal anecdotes of her volunteer work, as well as photos of her Rwandan experiences and the collection’s tees. “The locals, NGO workers, journalists, photographers and filmmakers are all so inspiring and interesting,” says Lam. The shirts she’s commissioned are just as inspiring, and there’s a design for everyone in this collection—one top is printed with a sketch of two colorful hands waving hello, while another sports bright red hearts and arrows that make up the African continent. What better way to wear your heart on your sleeve?

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Hungry Planet

	‘hungry planet: what the world eats’ by peter menzel — ecuador: the ayme family of tingo food expenditure for one week: 31.55 USD family recipe: potato soup with cabbage photographer peter menzel published his first book of photojournalism ‘material world, a global family portrait’ in 1994. the book looked at the material lives of people around the world. more recently, menzel and his wife faith d’aluisio published ‘hungry planet: what the world eats’. this latest book details the weekly food purchases of families around the world. “the centerpiece of each chapter is a portrait of the entire family surrounded by a week’s worth of groceries accompanied by interviews and detailed grocery lists.” china: the dong family of beijing food expenditure for one week: 1,233.76 yuan or 155.06 USD favorite foods: fried shredded pork with sweet and sour sauce japan: the ukita family of kodaira city food expenditure for one week: 37,699 yen or 317.25 USD favorite foods: sashimi, fruit, cake, potato chips germany: the melander family of bargteheide food expenditure for one week: 375.39 euros or 500.07 USD favorite foods: fried potatoes with onions, bacon & herring, fried noodles with eggs & cheese, pizza, vanilla pudding kuwait: the al haggan family of kuwait city food expenditure for one week: 63.63 dinar or 221.45 USD family recipe: chicken biryani with basmati rice chad: the aboubakar family of breidjing camp food expenditure for one week: 685 cfa francs or 1.23 USD favorite foods: soup with fresh sheep meat From Designboom

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