‘I Am a Functionalist Troubled by Aesthetics’ — Wim Crouwel Quote Tee | Wear Words Black-on-White Statement Shirt — Oversized Tee

“I am a functionalist troubled by aesthetics.” Wim Crouwel co-founded the Amsterdam studio Total Design and drew his 1967 New Alphabet from letterforms built entirely on the grid, imagining screens years before they could render them. Colleagues nicknamed him “Mr. Gridnik” for that devotion, and for two decades he gave Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum its crisp, systematic look, catalogue by catalogue and poster by poster.

**AS Colour 5082 “Faded Bone” — Oversized Tee (Cream finish).** 100% carded cotton, heavyweight 240 gsm, garment-dyed — each tee fades a little differently, so no two are identical. Oversized, boxy relaxed fit, dropped shoulders, wide twin-stitched ribbed neck, side-seamed, pre-shrunk (size down for a less roomy look). Care: machine wash cold inside-out with like colors, do NOT bleach, do NOT tumble dry (line dry in the shade to protect the garment dye), cool iron inside-out (never iron the print).