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‘They’
I know a lot of people who listen to ‘they’ – including my mother.
I don’t know who ‘they’ are, but ‘they’ wield a lot of power in our society.
Above, the work of Simon French.
‘The word fuck’
‘Say it loudly and proudly!’
‘What will future generations condemn us for?’
‘Here are four contenders for future moral condemnation: Our prison system; industrial meat production; the institutionalized and isolated elderly; the environment’
Often I just look at the news and wonder how fucking stupid we’re going to look to future generations.
We have a lot to answer for. I found a great breakdown in The Washington Post. Read it here.
and
Above – just to contrast – is Walt Disney’s original plan for EPCOT, outlined in a 1966 short film. Made a couple months before Disney’s death.
‘avarice’
‘Sugary motion graphic piece inspired by a poem from Irish author Tony Curtis.’
Video by Fan Sissoko of the Dublin-based firm Stef&Fan. Check out the other cool stuff at their site.
Music: Birdy Nam Nam’s 2009 track, From Here to There.
‘Make Jobs,’ still free
Former student takes design class. Former student notices my work in his textbook. Sends me an email. Photo, above.
Mike Dunkl spotted my 2003 ‘Make Jobs Not War’ poster in his copy of Design Basics: 8th Edition – with some academic text explaining how my visual works (below). Aside from the pencil illustration, I lifted the gothic type directly from a 1912 American Type Founders specimen book. (The green color means ‘money,’ btw) (And there are two ls in ‘mehallo’)
In 2003, jobs were drying up and we were about to go to war on some really flimsy evidence. I felt I had to say something, so I did. My poster – among others – became available for free download at Another Poster For Peace.
At the time, anti-war statements were not the popular thing. Though for me, it was the right thing to do. When the war started, I was following a young Iraqi’s ‘live from Baghdad’ blog up until he stopped posting. Never knew what happened to him – another innocent lost to history.
I still stand behind my poster. Evidence of why we ended up in Iraq in the first place has turned out to be far more flimsy than imagined . . . and today, we’re still at war. And the jobs have simply gone away.
Rag, Bone, Default
‘Rag & Bone enlists an astonishing top models cast for their SS11 campaign shoot – photographed by models themselves and their friends’
Many years ago, I worked on an ad campaign that took this candid approach. Only without the supermodels. And ultimately, without approval. Our series, targeted to IT professionals, would have been the first printed appearance of Psy/Ops’ Default Gothic – we were doing our mockups using beta versions of the fonts.
Pictured: Abbey Lee Kershaw, Sasha Pivovarova, Lily Aldridge and Edita Vilkeviciute
Found via Design Scene
Gaga’s new deal with Target
‘Jenkins says Target is now committed to being more ‘thoughtful’ – she used the word 11 times in a half-hour interview – about the issue of political donations’
A messy backdoor subject, über-design-supporter Target’s support of pro-business, Republican causes were taken to task with Lady Gaga’s decision to release an exclusive Deluxe Edition of her upcoming album thru Target.
Details here.
update
Tho as of News reports March 8, all this is moot. Gaga has reportedly ended her relationship with Target. Article here.
Original photo by Nick Knight; info found via Jeanne Mehallo
SPY, the very good (Google) archive
‘[Spy] was cruel, brilliant, beautifully written and perfectly designed, and feared by all.’ –Dave Eggers
SPY Magazine. The New York monthly. The most influential magazine of its time. The Rosetta Stone of modern periodical publishing. Really.
SPY took celebrities and the super rich to task for being, well, celebrities and super rich. Donald Trump was a frequent target. And the best part: SPY was caustically funny and incredibly smart in the way it did what it did. [Read more →]
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