CBS have been building up a nice little collection of
Star Trek stylised sub-brands in recent years. I've looked
QUOGs several times before, and recently collected up the uses of
their new crew renderings. I've yet to examine perhaps their most stylised take on
Trek though,
Trexels.
Trexels are
Star Trek characters, ships, and settings, presented in pixelated form; the
Trek of vintage video games.
Michael DeFelice, who worked for CBS on several
Star Trek design projects, describes them as follows in
his portfolio:
The array that Trexels has to offer will identify to the Star Trek fan while feeling fresh at retail. This bold style gives off a look of a retro video game with the bright and quirky pop of comic book art.
Trexels appear to have arrisen as
an art project by John Martz, who, with Koyama Press, offered a fine art print featuring 235 characters, which was released in 2010:
A little while later CBS seems to have picked up the idea and have released at least two further posters, now with the
Star Trek font (and CBS copyright notes) added on. There's a
collection of TOS characters:
And a
condensed history of Star Trek. The labels on this one should please Trek-lit fans, as they used the names of the Federation Presidents and foreign ambassadors established in the novels:
As with all CBS's image collections these are also starting to crop up in other forms. So far there are at least three T-shirt designs from Trevco. The
TNG crew on the bridge:
The
TOS crew exploring a strange new world:
And fully embracing the computer game style,
press A to transport:
This could be just the start though, the
portfolio of Michael DeFelice that I mentioned earlier also features concepts for applications of
Trexels to all sorts of things. My favourite is the big phaser shirt, very cool:
DeFelice's portfolio also features designs for interiors and ships that have yet to appear anywhere. Have a look at those after the jump:
Remember last year, when I reported on some especially cool T-shirts, which featured full-bleed sublimation print designs? Well it would appear I wasn't the only person that though these were awesome, as there has evidently been sufficient demand to add another twelve designs to the range from Trevco. The first collection was all TOS inspired, including designs based on Gold Key Comics and the Haynes Manuals. This second wave is a little more diverse with more TOS designs joined by couple of TNG shirts, and a five captains design. There are also three new designs drawing on imagery from the Haynes Manuals! Here they all are, (continues after the jump, images via Amazon):
