the UK, like the netherlands is on the verge of making huge and extremely damaging cuts to the arts, effectively handing the keys over to the money men… here is a sobering and funny perspective on the implications from mister ‘david shrigley, enjoy…
(link via the CR blog)
the continuing revival of the weathered or old, lo tech, amateur photography ‘look’ can be witnessed through the popularity of ‘lo-mob’ and ‘polaroid’ effect apps for the iphone, this article analyses the whole phenomenon again, as it applies to album cover art…
…a lot of indie artists lately have felt something similar, it seems. Artists who sound about as different from each other as Vampire Weekend and the Dum Dum Girls– have embraced the look and feel of old, amateur photography, often featuring images of childhood and family. Stuart McLamb of the Love Language found this great image of his mother– literally beaming in the unintended glare of a too-hot flash at night, and thought it the perfect album cover…
…born out of frustration, complacency and laziness. Most designers are seduced by design trends… easy to appropriate, and even easier to imitate. The challenge is to innovate…
a mildly amusing publication and project from designers elliott scott and christopher doyle, watch for example the very sarcastic ‘how we did it’ making of film
christopher doyle was also the designer who grabbed a bit of attention earlier this year with his ‘personal’ corporate identity project, which i personally found better
…suppose I say to you in English that “I spent yesterday evening with a neighbor.” You may well wonder whether my companion was male or female, but I have the right to tell you politely that it’s none of your business. But if we were speaking French or German, I wouldn’t have the privilege to equivocate in this way, because I would be obliged by the grammar of language to choose between voisin or voisine; Nachbar or Nachbarin. These languages compel me to inform you about the sex of my companion whether or not I feel it is remotely your concern. This does not mean, of course, that English speakers are unable to understand the differences between evenings spent with male or female neighbors, but it does mean that they do not have to consider the sexes of neighbors, friends, teachers and a host of other persons each time they come up in a conversation, whereas speakers of some languages are obliged to do so…
very interesting article on language & culture
i am going on the assumption that a friend sends me an image like this because he just thinks it will make me laugh and not because he is trying to tell me something, or am i wrong pepijn? thanks anyway :) it did… and i will try and not to take it personally…