Keep Shuffling Emperor Penguin Heavyweight Tee · Big Print

One penguin, made of 1,400 penguins.

An emperor penguin drawn out of the huddle it stands in through the Antarctic winter: 1,400 smaller penguins, printed big on the front with no words. Every penguin in it is its own colour, so the whole bird shimmers.

The motto stays off the shirt, here with its footnote: Keep Shuffling.¹

¹ Every 30 to 60 seconds a wave of small steps travels through an emperor penguin huddle, slowly reorganising it. Zitterbart et al., PLoS ONE, 2011

Fig. 9 in The Small Print, Deep Planet’s series of animals drawn from their own true stories. For the friend who always shares the warm spot.

Watch the emperor penguin episode on Deep Planet.

About the print

• The drawing alone, 12 in tall, centred on the front. No motto or footnote on the shirt.
• Shimmer inks: every mark printed in its own colour, flowing along the animal, and drawn a little heavier so it reads from across the room.
• Garment-dyed, so each shirt's colour varies a little.
• Printed to order by Printful, direct to garment.

Heavyweight Tee

• Unisex Garment-Dyed Heavyweight T-Shirt, Comfort Colors 1717
• 100% ring-spun cotton
• Fabric weight: 6.1 oz/yd² (206.8 g/m²)
• Garment-dyed
• Relaxed fit
• 7/8″ double-needle topstitched collar
• Twill-taped neck and shoulders for extra durability
• Double-needle armhole, sleeve, and bottom hems
• Blank product sourced from Honduras
• Sizes: S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL