Might is Right: The Gospel of Chicago
Some books become classics. Others become evidence.
Might Is Right has spent well over a century being denounced, appropriated, misread, rediscovered, and quietly passed from one inconvenient bookshelf to another. Whether you approach it as outlaw literature, philosophical provocation, historical artifact, or a remarkably efficient way to end a dinner party, it remains impossible to domesticate.
This shirt commemorates that tradition without explaining it to strangers.
The front reproduces the cover typography associated with Chicago's Might Is Right legacy. The back of the neck carries a detail most people will never notice: ich, lifted directly from the typesetting of the second part of Max Stirner's Der Einzige und sein Eigenthum. Not a slogan. Not branding. A typographic wink for the handful of people who still look at letterforms before hashtags.
If someone recognizes the reference, you already have something to talk about.
If they don't, even better.
This product is made especially for you as soon as you place an order, which is why it takes us a bit longer to deliver it to you. Making products on demand instead of in bulk helps reduce overproduction, so thank you for making thoughtful purchasing decisions!
Might Is Right has spent well over a century being denounced, appropriated, misread, rediscovered, and quietly passed from one inconvenient bookshelf to another. Whether you approach it as outlaw literature, philosophical provocation, historical artifact, or a remarkably efficient way to end a dinner party, it remains impossible to domesticate.
This shirt commemorates that tradition without explaining it to strangers.
The front reproduces the cover typography associated with Chicago's Might Is Right legacy. The back of the neck carries a detail most people will never notice: ich, lifted directly from the typesetting of the second part of Max Stirner's Der Einzige und sein Eigenthum. Not a slogan. Not branding. A typographic wink for the handful of people who still look at letterforms before hashtags.
If someone recognizes the reference, you already have something to talk about.
If they don't, even better.
This product is made especially for you as soon as you place an order, which is why it takes us a bit longer to deliver it to you. Making products on demand instead of in bulk helps reduce overproduction, so thank you for making thoughtful purchasing decisions!
