About IntrusiveShirt

IntrusiveShirt was born somewhere around hour nine of a fifteen-hour car ride. We were out of music, out of snacks, and running on nothing but shared hyper-fixation and the kind of spiraling thoughts that happen when you’ve been awake too long. One of us said something cursed. The other said, “put that on a shirt.” Neither of us meant it. And yet, here we are.

This wasn’t supposed to happen.
But most things worth doing aren’t.

Why We Exist

Because we believe thought has weight.
Because jokes are rituals.
Because meaning happens whether you want it to or not.

Every shirt we make is a snapshot of a thought in transit — a microcosm of human cognition dressed in absurdity and Helvetica. A half-step between laughter and crisis. The moment your brain stutters, and instead of correcting itself, it leans in.

We don’t make designs to be viral. We make them because they feel true in a way nothing else does. They’re small, wearable paradoxes. Things that shouldn’t be said, but are. Fragments of consciousness held up like fossils in fabric.

If language is the tool we use to shape reality, then these shirts are soft, strange weapons.

What We Actually Do

We make shirts that:

  • Externalize internal monologues
  • Feel like the brain’s version of closing 43 tabs
  • Look like a meme, feel like a revelation
  • Function as camouflage for people who hate small talk

Every design is a conversation we’ve already had with ourselves. We just put it on cotton so you don’t have to repeat it out loud.

We obsess over kerning, phrasing, and the exact amount of existential weight a font can carry. Not because we have to, but because it feels right. The shirt has to feel like the idea. The energy has to match. It’s the principle of equivalence, just… in t-shirts.

Who It’s For

  • People who stim while talking about the nature of time
  • Those who have opinions on which fonts feel “safe”
  • Anyone who’s written a manifesto by accident
  • Philosophers with too many Discord servers
  • People who understand that “I’m fine” can mean 700 things, depending on tone and spacing

IntrusiveShirt

Worn thoughts. Fractured logic. A little too real.
This is the loudest your inner voice will ever be.