well, it would appear that fast company think my citID proposal for amsterdam, is ‘lame’ (fair enough it’s a matter of taste) and too complicated for a city logo… say what? (see previous entry in ‘me stuff’ for the whole project and explanation…
me news
d.i.y?
earlier this year i did a talk to students about the differences between working for a company or going solo, i wish i’d read this wonderful piece by michael johnson on the same subject before i did, as usual an entertaining and insightful read…
can we trust each other?
…that was the subject of the first emails to the people Vandejong communications wanted to get involved with their project; Creating Trustville. The Amsterdam based agency has detected a decline in the societal discussion regarding vision and development of society and culture.
Positions on the political spectrum -both left and right, are deepening and are increasingly rigid; politics and media alike. The empty arguments find a desolate no-man’s land that is ‘the people’ – and more often, completely misses them. Where do we base trust if we can base it at all? What is it made of; this trust?
intriguing newspaper direct mail piece which i received from design agency ‘vandejong’ introducing their new project ‘creating trustville’
you look like you don’t need friends
left is the book i made for artist ‘martin de waal’ earlier this year… and right is a poster for the upcoming film the social network (thanks to martin himself for pointing out the pretty surprising similarity…)
the scorsese factor
…the second reason is the work itself. This is where the Scorsese comparison breaks down, because he eventually won his Oscar for The Departed, a good film, but probably not his finest. This is one of Innocent’s best pieces of work. It must get harder and harder to write good, convincing stuff when an increasingly cynical audience is looking for any excuse to write you off, and you’re surrounded by countless imitators tiresomely attempting the same thing.
But Innocent have always done it much, much better. And they’ve moved things on by introducing some playful graphic and illustrative elements, like the copy that winds in circles, so you’re shaking up the contents even as you read it. It’s all carried off with the familiar winning charm that Innocent keep getting exactly right – and is much harder than they make it look…
interesting article on this year’s D&AD ‘writing for design’ winner: the smoothie people innocent