25 Funny T-Shirts for Designers and Developers

Dec. 4, 2009 | Compilation | 140 comments

Everyone loves an original and unique t-shirt.

Fashion statements aside, they do give a slight insight into your personality, your current mood and sets you apart from the crowd.

This article is not a collection of the best designed t-shirts by the best designers, this is a collection of t-shirts especially for designers and developers.

Those poor suffering souls that have to endure the pain and distress of the questions from everyday Joe’s (“you work with a computer, do you? Will you fix mine?”) and have to work with the many pitfalls and perils that the web offers (IE6 and Flash intros).

Yes, this collection is for you!

Compiled exclusively for WDD by Paul Andrew from SpeckyBoy

Know of any other great funny t-shirts? Please share them below…

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http://evelt.com joel k.

GOOD POST
i love the “What part of.. don’t you understand ie.
http://netdna.webdesignerdepot.com/uploads/funny_tshirts/wddtshirt21.jpg

good T-shirts :)
thanks
Mikael Cubillan

Wow very nice!
http://MexiChriS.com MexiChriS

ahaha, amazing round up, might have to get me that beer shirt! :)

- MexiChriS
http://www.subtypical.com Jesse

I’m almost too embarrassed to put a few of these on my Christmas list, but these are great!
http://newelementdesigns.com Don

I would like to add this site to the list.

Shirts for Coders. http://www.shirtsforcoders.com/
- http://www.opticsugarmedia.com Dana
  
  Awesome post….I needed a laugh today. Don..these are equally as hilarious. Thanks for sharing.
http://michaelfretz.com michael

I need some of them!!!!! :)
http://www.blogsolute.com Blogsolute

Nice collection. Liked it and Thanks for share.
http://www.vectorss.com/ vectorss

great list. Thanks
http://designinformer.com Design Informer

You are the CSS to my HTML is the best!
http://www.mycreativestrokes.com Puneet

hahahahhahahahha

These are really funny

Very nice
http://www.engiguide.com Ajay

Gr8 collection man….

i woluld lik to mak one of dem 4 me…..

Tnks a lot 4 shearing it…..
http://twitter.com/z0r z0r

Didn’t like the last ones. But others are great.
http://www.iwgroupinc.com Matthew Shelley

Some pretty solid ones in there, thanks for the chuckle :)
http://socialbootstrap.com Adam Wood

Check out this shirt for those of you who love conditional formatting:

http://www.cafepress.com/if_IE
http://www.psprint.com/ Jennifer Moline, PsPrint

Fantastic list! I included a couple of those shirts in a gift guide I posted yesterday. One that I love from my list is “Design Is Honest. Advertising Is Lying.”

http://blog.psprint.com/printing/stress-free-holiday-gifts/
http://www.designcrumbs.net Jake

They’re all funny, but I don’t think any developers that I know would actually wear any of these…
http://www.twiter.com/AllanEmerson Allan

Great list, might I add:
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/01/20/tshirt-mass-quantiti.html
and
http://www.funny-games.biz/images/pictures/780-tits-t-shirt.jpg
http://www.neveranullmoment.com j4kp07

there’s no place like 127.0.0.1
http://theshapeslab.com lush

this is so funny, jajaja
:)
Stoian Kirov

Awesome :D:D:D
Can’t stop laughing :D
http://pah3.com Duane

Where can I order some of these T-shirts?
http://www.designfollow.com/ designfollow

wow, great idea

thank you.
http://www.beerbergman.com Beer Bergman

And the very best was…. “webdesigner will work for beer” :-)

Great t-shirts!
http://rainfallgraphics.com Matthew Simmons

Haha. These are great. I like the HTML (How To Meet Ladies) one. It seemed a bit, ironic. =D
http://www.online-blogger.net Indrek

Excellent T-shirts. Wouldn’t mind having some of them. I’d surely be the coolest guy in our company
Jesse

priceless and spot on!
http://www.mushroomdigital.co.uk website designers stoke

Wow! These t-shirts are excellent. Very funny. I need to order some these :)
http://www.chrismdesigns.com Chris McCormick

Hahaha. Love those. All so true.
http://www.flutterbutterdesigns.com/blog Denise

This was hilarious! I need the help desk one! The loading one needs to be on mens underwear! hahahaha
http://www.5alarmint.com Jamal

Great concept! I need to get some of those shirts.
Tanner

Hilarious!
http://www.andydev.co.uk/ Andrew Yates

Love them, have to get myself some of these for work.
http://www.youdesignweb.net Francesco Caruccio

Fantastic!
Nikhil Tripathi

Cool Collection, I liked lot, M going to make of them from it. Awesome…
http://davekingsnorth.com Dave

I like these but there’s no way I’d wear one. My mates would take the piss if I even wore these around the house
- http://henry.brown.name Henry
  
  Haha, that’s the point, I think :)
http://www.smashingshare.com/ Waheed Akhtar

Nice collection. I am going to buy 2nd from top (Yes I am a Web Designer …)
http://dswordpress.com Cathy

These are adorable – mostly for men – but adorable none the less. If my Mom didn’t think I was being a pervert I would wear the void warantees one! :)

On my mom-blog I gave away ladies underwear that said, “500 Error” “Server is Unavailable” on the tush. I got a lot of funny comments on that one! :)
http://alaydrus.net abdullah alaydrus

love the design, especially the last one.
Andrej

ROFL.
This is great.
I just woke up, then went to WDD and I must say, this is the greates beginning of the day I coul wish
http://www.designtorontoweb.ca/ Brampton web design

haha..photoshop helping the ugly since 1998…I love your collection. Where do can I get this shirt?
http://lanxiaoxi.com lanxiaoxi

My mom went to the w3c, and all I got was this sweaty t-shirt. ;-)
http://www.idc-guide.com PADI IDC

How funny! body /body being my fav out of that lot but wouldn’t dare to wear any though
http://www.aledesign.it aledesign.it

amazing! so really nice! Some ideas is fantastic!
http://www.honourchick.com/blog honour chick

lol… very funny. thxs for sharing this compilation. ;)
k

OMG since 1988! :)))))))))))
creativeblondes

I want the tshirt!
http://adriansauer.com Adrian Sauer

Great collection.
Andrés

No need to buy any of those t-shirts if you really are a web designer, simply make one yourself :)
http://cmstutorials.org krike

awesome t-shirts :D especially the last one.
Praveen A P

My Girlfriend is already fed up of all the Java Shit. Now, If I wear the T shirt that said “I skipped your flash Introduction”, then She would design a shirt for herself that would say “Access Denied. Are you Trying to Hack?”

Praveen
http://www.aliusdesigns.com Al

LOL I love these, gonna have to order some for holidays lol
http://www.cutelittlefactory.com Andrea Austoni

Some nice ones.
I made a design T-shirt a while ago if anyone is interested:

http://www.cutelittlefactory.com/news/i-shit-design-t-shirt-available/
http://www.e11world.com e11world

The LOADING and HTML (How to meet ladies) are my favs.
http://macs.su Astoria

“I see dead pixels” one does rock! As well as the last pack.
http://www.leosquarez.com leosquarez

AHAHAHHAH.. where about you can buy some of these?
http://www.lonegrainger.com/ Brandon

Really great round up! loved it.
Mohammad

Cool,TNX
http://svesten.wordpress.com svesten

Ahahah I know HTML – How To Meet Ladies ! I want this Tshirt !!!!
Ali Choobdar

I love the last one :Xx
http://www.eclipsedesign.eu Kartlos Tchavelachvili

The first and second ones where funniest :D
http://www.bookmans.com bob

http://hwww.twitpic.com/3hhbw
http://www.fairheadcreative.co.uk Adam Fairhead

These are fantastic :D
http://www.webanddesigners.com Webanddesigners

Fabulous collection.
http://caramelz.my Grey

I totally love these t-shirts! Thanks for sharing!! :D
daya

hi, nice ones. where would I get those t-shirts?
http://www.ninjacrunch.com bono calacal

This is so funny. I got to get the first one lol. Thanks for posting.

cheers!
http://www.rossmcnaughton.com Rosti The Snowman

Haha I love the first one. :D
Jared

Two favs: Photoshop – Fixing Ugly Since 1988 (yes, it has!)

2. Any of the ones that explain that a web designer is not an IT tech, or a computer technician.
http://www.creativeindividual.co.uk Laura

Wow, I would love some of these… what you can say on a t-shirt that you just wouldn’t dare say to a client’s face…

My favs are:
– fantastic!
I just took a hugh mysql dump – could offend so many people
I Heart Command Z – so true
I see dead pixel – unfortunately also true :-/

Thanks so much for sharing, what a way to brighten up my lunch break =D
shaymein

these make me want to quit my job. #terrible
http://www.goldweb.es esteban

jajajaja yes, i dont wanna fix computers anymore! please people dont call me for that
RoaldA

HAHAHAHA! FANTASTIC! :D
Especialy the “In the beginning The Internett was void And without form And darkness was upon the face of Interactive Multimedia and Rich Internett Applications, And then Macromedia said “LET THERE BE FLASH!” :D
http://www.r4-nintendo-ds.pl r4 dsi

The t-shirts are just awesome. The designs are too innovative. The best one that I liked is “404 error one”.
http://www.future-webs.com Future Webs

They are awesome, the last one is spot on!
http://www.kaplang.com/blog Michelle

lol love them all…some are aimed at web designers being guys, it would be nice to see some female versions too :)
http://www.brandledesign.com Web, Email, Logo Design | BrandleDesign

HTML (How To Meet Ladies), Hahaha. Brilliant.
http://john.onolan.org JohnONolan

Great post! Thanks for including mine (the very last one) – some really great other designs too :)
http://www.cngarment.com olicom

wow`~that’s awesome!!!~~

by the way. we not just can make all these designs.but also can make any design from yours.all you have to do is show the design to us.and we will do the rest till make the exactly one.
http://bonfx.com Douglas Bonneville

Don’t forget “There once was a graphic designer…” limerick t-shirt at:

http://www.cafepress.com/bonfx.416310751

…taken from…

http://bonfx.com/15-top-graphic-design-limericks-for-your-amusement/
http://www.twitter.com/ronigomes Roni Gomes

Very cool!
I loved “PHOTOSHOP, helping the ugly since 1988.”
LOL
simo

you missed the SVN is not FTP t-shirt!!!!
Luci

Brilliant! Love them sooo much, I want about 1/2 for myself, and the other 1/2 for all the web designers i know. Great finds!
http://www.aliyildiz.co.uk Ali

nice selection, l want one
http://www.hammerkit.com Paula

Hehehehe… :) The shirt is a must have!
http://www.hamburg-zauberer.de Zauberer Hamburg

Photoshop – Helping The Ugly Since 1988 is the best!
Chris @ Rizzo Tees

A great selection!
http://www.thepromoshop.com/store/tee-shirts/ Printed Tee-Shirts

I love the MySQL Dump one! That is great! The body one is good too.
http://www.trickbizz.co.cc Margesh

nice collection dude…
http://night-fairy-tales.blogspot.com/ SMiGL

Good collection!
http://www.modanamusica.com MPOSSEL

I want all of them! uaiauiaui

Greatfull!
http://www.iastron.com/5000 Kulin

I like the Tshirt which says I am a web designer I dont fix computers
http://www.studioweber.ro Alex Flueras

Super collection, they are so real :-)
http://www.zoombits.de/speicherkarten/usb-sticks/memory2go-8gb-usb-stick/5804 8gb usb stick

Hi,
Very impressive designs.I want all these T-shirts..These are quite different so I think developers will really like them.
http://www.meerakrishnan.com meera

haha … hilarious collection! You are the CSS to my HTML is so adorable :)
http://shahriat.com Shahriat Hossain

I Know Html (How To Meet Ladies) hahahahaha :D awesome one ;)
http://goldennetwork.net web design miami

Cooool collection ! sooo funny ! I really like it , thanks for sharing !
http://www.offpeakdesign.com Dave

Finally, t-shirts that understand me!
http://sumerasblog.wordpress.com/ sumera

Great Design , very much stylish shirts. i want all of them.
http://www.grafikguru.com Best Web Designing Contest

I love the first T-shirt design.. I was planning to design a site where in I can put the T-shirts design in my site,. Now your blog helped me a lot and now I am going to post my design in a site running by grafikguru.com
http://www.mahametrosinar.com Design and printing services

I love all these design , great concept and well targeted niche
http://www.mcbwebdesign.co.uk Martin Bean

They’re amazing. I’ve just bought a couple!
http://www.thomascraigconsulting.com Thomas Craig Consulting

Awesome collection, might have to get a couple of these for the office.
http://emlakx.net emlak

Excellent T-shirts. Wouldn’t mind having some of them. I’d surely be the coolest guy in our company
http://www.ishantechnologies.com Jack

I liked all but the these two were awesome

“You are the CSS to my HTML is the best!”

“Photoshop helping ugly people from 1988″
http://www.dollarlogodesign.com Dollar Logo Design

I love all of them! My favorite is “yes i’m a web designer no, i won’t make your website for free!” As a designer, I have encountered a few of those annoying customers….
http://www.teamlogos.info/ Team Logos

So hilarious!! I love all of them. I’ll make sure to get a few of them later.
http://www.cazazz.com cazazz

The one with on front and on back is the cleverest, but I’d wear the “I love control Z” one any day!
- http://www.cazazz.com cazazz
  
  ah, the body and end body tag doesn’t display in comments, so my above comment doesn’t make sense – all the more reason to wear it on a t-shirt!
http://www.squareroot-inc.com Susan

Love it! Thanks for sharing this collection.
http://www.creativeworld.com.au Leon Poole

Only one shirt on the list that I’d wear.. the ‘I see dead pixels’ is just pure awesome XD
http://www.shirthunters.com Thomas / shirthunters.com

Nice list, even if I wouldn’t really wear those shirts…
http://www.classesandcareers.com/ Teacher Teacher

My personal favorite was “…that’s enough social interaction for one day.” ;)
http://www.webmarker.net/catalog/computer/software software

Hi, very nice colection!
http://www.smallbizexpress.com Sbx Web Designer

hey great designs… i love all esp “photoshop helping the ugly since 1988″ and ” web designer will work for beer”. thanks for sharing these cool stuffs

Steve
http://gustavscirulis.com Gustavs Cirulis

I have the first one and I love it.
http://www.jc-designs.net/blog Jeremy Carlson

The “Yes I am a web designer, No I won’t make you a website for free” one is awesome. Every developer should wear that at family gatherings….or when with a client.
http://www.squiders.com Web Design Kent

Very funny, ironically lacking design in many cases! Loved the – You wouldn’t ask an architect to fix your fridge…”
http://www.albruna.nl/albrunablog/ Martin

I really like the one that says: don’t nother me, I’m rendering

Excellent list!
http://premium-theme.de/ Premium Theme

nice i want them all :X
http://www.nyamok.com astho – web designer

hahahaha…
i love the last design..
http://www.rikmg.co.uk Richard

these are awesome, but I can probably add more….
http://shikebali.co.cc Shikeb Ali

I loved the “HTML” print :)
http://rolling-webdesign.com Theo

Great shirt designs, awesome ! Thanks for sharing !
http://vladcarp.ro Vlad Carp

funny…
http://www.lisadowdell.com Lisa

I am so LMAO!!!
http://www.dotsensebd.com dotSense

hahaha…so funny! i like “Yes I am a wEB DESIGNER. NO, I won’t make you a Website for FREE!” and “I KNOW HTML (How To Meet Ladies)” …love all of them.
TheAL

Some of these are flipping awesome! My only tweaks: #2 should say “developer,” and #17 was way cooler when I saw the version years and years ago that used a huge Java function. CSS is a bit too easy for the joke to work.
http://pixert.com Kate Mag

really fits designers.
http://www.absolutet-shirts.com jake huff

I do tech support and work on websites so these are all great shirts, check out some of the funny shirts at absolutet-shirts.com they have tons of funny shirts as well
http://www.heartbracelet.org Heart Bracelet %0A

mens underwear that is polyester based is the stuff i love to wear, polyester does not stain that much compared to cotton ;”;
http://www.redchillimedia.com Sachin Gupta

Awesome, creative, funny & nice artwork for T-shirt designs…
http://JustLikeAMagic.com Mohammad Elsheimy

Hahahahaha, very awesome ;)
http://www.sayvende.com/ Desiree Arias

Funny tshirts, i like “my mom went to w3c” and “photoshop” one
http://www.vabytech.com vivek

COOL GEEK T-SHIRTS…AWESOME POST MAN
Ade Budiman

“Web Designer will work for BEER” Yeach!!! Awesome!
Jason

If you like funny t shirts, be sure to check out http://www.normginatees.com. If the shirts don’t get you to tears, read the LEGEND of Norm Gina himself. Hilarious stuff..
http://www.stickgangs.com Stick Games

Great tees there, might have to grab myself 1 or 2 of them :)
Macareno

I want to suggest one of the best geek t-shirts (IMHO), the perfect cross-over between the IT Geek and the Heavy Metal fan: Metadata T-Shirt!
http://www.redbubble.com/people/charlizeart/t-shirts/1280530-3-metadata

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