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Hurley's van, Locke's wheelchair and other symbols from Lost collide to form a cracked-up airplane in a new T-shirt that pays tribute to the fast-wrapping show.
"Lost is full of instantly recognizable symbols and physical, tangible things – a broken airplane, a set of knives, a wheelchair, a metal case, the Virgin Mary statues," said artist Nathan Pyle, who designed the Threadless shirt 108 Objects From Flight 815.
"The design is a tribute to the very visual nature of the show – stark black and white, physical conflict (gun beats knife, smoke monster beats gun!) and the physical items that in many cases tie a character to his/her checkered past – Charlie's Drive Shaft ring, Kate's toy plane, Sawyer's letter."
Pyle, a fan of the show, went back to Lost's amazing early episodes to kick-start the design, and Threadless users pitched in by suggesting iconic images to include. The end result is more than 100 symbols that add up to one memorable plane crash.
"I'd originally set out to create a giant, chalkboard-size differential equation that 'explains' the ultimate mystery of the show," Pyle said, "using symbols from the show – a polar bear (minus) fish biscuit (times the square root of ) the lighthouse, and on and on to a tongue-in-cheek payoff I hadn't yet determined – probably something about telling Locke what he can't do. As I drew more and more symbols, I realized the equation was unnecessary and I could make the items into a mosaic."
See more images of the shirt and hoodie, and get a sneak peek at another Lost-inspired design coming from Threadless in coming weeks, below. Wardrobe planners take note: The Lost series finale airs May 23.
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