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in the words of talented designer ‘hans gremmen’ himself

same designer
same work
same content
same system
same design
new website

this rather unusual flyer which i received today is maybe worth a mention, it came in the post from my brother richard who wrote:
"i sent you this because i know you like this sort of quirky stuff, it’s right up your street" hmmm right thanks mate?

what’s unusual is that it’s quite a complex and expensive-looking piece of print (well for a flyer at least), the card is printed in full-colour on good quality paper with a special perforation line down the middle, the product and the ‘brand’ being promoted are actually ‘god’ and a small local baptist church, which was distributing the flyers to people outside a fun fair in a small village in the UK? clearly the place of choice to find evil sinners in need of salvation

the front is designed as an entry ticket complete with a serial nr. 777 (weird) it displays two fingers holding the ticket on either side of the perforation line and reads:

[i”>’if you don’t need a ticket to heaven then tear this up? if you can.'[/b]

a small line of text along then edge adds [i”>’admit one'[/b] obviously intending to be witty, being a responsible organisation they even felt the need to add [i”>’please do not litter'[/b] too, which IS much wittier to me, albeit by mistake this time

selling god and trying to be ironic, that’s new? on the reverse we suddenly return to the familiar tone of voice in a long monologue about sinners, this being my favourite part:

[i”>’have you ever lied (even once fibs, white lies etc)? Ever stolen??blah blah blah? ever looked with lust? If you have said ‘yes’ to these three questions, by your own admission, you are a lying, thieving, adulterer at heart, this is how god sees you?'[/b]

wow great, that’s really selling it to me guys? i’m already tempted… it then carries on (and on, and on) explaining how evil i probably am and that god will destroy sinners blah blah etc.. a sticker at the bottom displays the date and location of the next following church meeting and having spent several hundred words explaining my shortcomings it closes amusingly (again unintentionally so) with the jolly phrase [i”>’you are very welcome!'[/b] looks like that perforation line is going to come in handy after all?

these deceptively cuddly looking animals by artist marjolijn mandersloot are actually made of materials such as bronze and aluminium, many of them are also ‘larger than life’

this project: i dove you currently running in amsterdam, encourages people to send love messages to each other via doves, the messages can be posted online and are then transmitted via doves (wearing RFID tags) to special brid coops installed at several key locations around town (paradiso, museumplein etc.) go on, choose a dove and tell someone how you feel…