ABOUT
US
We don't rise and shine - we CAFFEINATE
and hope for the best
Special Interest Design is your favorite coping mechanism in shirt form - born from a cocktail of late diagnoses, creative hyperfixation, and the crushing realization that executive dysfunction is forever. We’re a neurodivergent-run merch shop for people who don’t rise and shine - we caffeinate and hope for the best. Our designs are for the snack-fueled, overstimulated, underdiagnosed overthinkers who keep it together with elaborate coping rituals and a questionable number of tabs open. Everything we make is equal parts chaos, catharsis, and caffeine worship, featuring art that says what your out-of-office reply is too polite to. We’re not here to fix you - we’re just here to say “same” with a cartoon squirrel and a wearable mood board. If your brain is both the main character and the unreliable narrator, welcome home. You belong here, even if you forgot why you came.
OUR TEAM
manny
Chief Executive Dysfunction Officer
Strategic overthinker. Late-diagnosed and finally making it everyone else’s problem - in merch form. She paused a Very Respectable Career™ to draw relatable jokes and caffeine-fueled mascots, and honestly? No regrets. Equal parts chaos and hyper fixation, she’s here to turn lived experience into wearable truth. No toxic positivity. No fixing required. Just shirts, procrastination, and survival.
Dr. Dolittle
Head of Customer Relations
Very lovable, but something ain’t quite right. Don’t expect tricks - he’s mostly asleep. Dr. Dolittle handles all customer engagement via cardboard taste-testing and 4 a.m. affection campaigns. While his approach is unconventional (e.g., butt-on-face sleeping arrangements), his emotional support credentials are unquestionable. He’s not here to help, but he is here - and isn’t that enough?
Doogie Meowser
Head of Tech Support
Our systems specialist with a knack for high-fives for treats and selective hearing. Doogie is the first to show up when a laptop opens, usually to sit directly on it. He offers purr-powered tech support in exchange for brushy-brush spa treatments. He reliably delivers brief but passionate cuddles at 140dB. If your issue isn’t resolved, it’s probably your fault - or you didn’t bring snacks.