Spiffy Design

Fragmented image from Shin–Bijutsukai, a vintage Japanese design magazine.

It is the deepest wish of many teachers and professors that their students write a paper with an actual thesis. Make sure your students have a point to their paper with this funny design to remind them.

The genius of the German language is its relentless logic. Why have new words when you can put together existing ones? Deutsch manages to do this while also delivering the most straight-faced put downs. Germans speakers know.

Peopling can be hard. If you're an introvert, you can't be blamed for giving them a low rating.

Grammar nerds rejoice. Now you have a design for the legions of people who mix up lay and lie. Give this to your favorite English teacher or grammarian friends and they'll thank you.

Flaunt your eighties know-how and your adoration of the best films by listing off this trusty band of adventurers. Westley and Inigo and Fezzik and Buttercup forever.

For everyone who is tired of having to be twice as good in order to succeed, and especially if you wear heels, this design is your feminist comeback

For everyone who is tired of having to be twice as good in order to succeed, and especially if you wear heels, this design is your feminist comeback

Live moves pretty fast, and if you are a Gen X fan of Ferris, you now realize how much that was true.

If you programmed in BASIC or braved the Oregon Trail or even if you wrote college papers late into the night on your computer this Gen X kids of the 70s and 80s design is your thing. Floppy disks mean always make a copy.

If you are a true Gen X kid, the 1980s were about the mixtape, the cassette tape, the music.

Declare your knowledge of another era. If you know how to dial a rotary phone, you have the nostalgia of Gen X and the kids of the 1960s and 1970s.

In the slightly wonky, amateurish way it was originally intended.

Any renovator, old house lover, preservationist, or flipper knows that DIY and old houses make for a complicated relationship. Give this to your favorite renovation enthusiast and they'll get it.

English teachers and writing teachers know that essays need a thesis. Show students that the periodic table element for good writing! This is a great teacher appreciation idea for any English teacher, science teacher, writing teacher, writing TA, college teacher, high school teacher or editor who loves a strong thesis.

The best scotch is part art and part science, which is why it should be periodically consumed! Find your perfect whiskey chemistry with this periodic table of elements. Delight the chemist or scientist in your life who also loves bourbon, rye, and single malt.

So many of Maine's towns are named after other cities of the world. Here, all of them are arranged into the shape of a pine tree. Show that Maine means the world to you.

Any lover of Quebec, Canadian cuisine, and poutine will understand that the recipe is science and art! Fries, gravy, cheese curds, and a little bit of chemistry make it the perfect comfort food.

Monday haters rejoice! If you hate every day of the week as much as Monday, you can now complain no matter what day it is.

True grammar nerds unite! We may seem crotchety, but we're correct. Declare your devotion to the best punctuation and rule the school.

Boomers and Millennials dominate the cultural conversation while Generation X is invisible, as always! Gen X kids know how to be self-sufficient and maintain their sense of humor about being the smallest generation.

If there's a mean opposite to making someone a mix tape, it has to be taping over their favorite show! Relive the days of soap operas, game shows, and sitcoms with this design especially for kids of the seventies and eighties.

If you're a veteran of knob and tube or you have agonized over saving hardwood floors you know the love and agony of a money pit antique or vintage house!

Any 1980s kid remembers the library card in the pocket of their book, with a long list of who checked it out before. You aren't past your due date and you can still get carded! Show the world you know that librarians and libraries still matter. Low tech forever.

Whether you just love the coast and sailing, or you are devoted to yacht rock, this design with an antique compass illustration could be your thing!

Singers have a good-natured rivalry and altos will love this funny design ribbing sopranos for always getting the melody. Reward your favorite alto for singing tough harmonies day and and day out at choir practice!

The original Maine state flag from 1901 is hot again! This design reinterprets the vintage Dirigo design showing the white pine and the north star and pairs it with the state name inside the image of a waving flag. Perfect apparel in red for Christmas or any other time of year in another color! Distressed for that worn look that says retro original.

The midcoast of Maine boasts many towns named after the best human ideals! Show your love for the pine tree state with this ode to the neighboring towns of Hope, Liberty, Freedom, and Friendship.

Even before typewriters, people were repeating history. Wear this design to declare yourself a historian, a history nerd, and a general smart person.

Here's something your professor or teacher wants you to know. The answers to your questions are in the syllabus. Please read the syllabus for your class, whether it's math, English, history, or science.

Describing Maine to a tee, this distressed pine tree state design is both festive and sassy! Stone Cold Salty Maine. Happy Holidays.

If you love Maine and you love a good plaid, this I Heart Maine, featuring the state of Maine filled with red and blue plaid, is for you. Show your pride in your home state or your love of your favorite vacation destination.

Reproductive freedom and women's healthcare mean body autonomy. 2022 vote for pro choice with this periodic table of the elements chemistry design. Show you're a proud nerd for women's health.

If you know, you know. Book lovers, English teachers, and cynical people will all appreciate this nod to the writers who, collectively predicted the downfall of society.

Seventies kids had video games but, thanks to parents who were hippies, we also got stuck with health food like carob chips, the most terrible dessert recipe ingredient! Tell the world you have walked through fire to reach real cookies.

The elements of public health are not a mystery. They are science! Show you are part of the scientific community with this pro vaccination design featuring the elements of the periodic table.