Apr 13

“Shepard Fairey Is Not a Crook”

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Steven Heller takes a critical look at Shepard Fairy’s controversial work.

…His is a wink and a nod toward visual culture and media monopoly. No designer with Fairey’s experience and historical knowledge could be so stupid as to pinch such visible historical artifacts and call them his own. On the contrary, Fairey sees popular visual culture in terms of what Tom Wolfe has called a “big closet” of shared objects…

Head over to The Moment blog for to read the article in full.

Thanks Mike for the tip.

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Apr 09

Design _________ a Depression

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Image from New York Times

The New York Times recently published a piece “Designing Through a Depression” by Allison Arief that continues the heated debate on the affects of design due to the economic downturn. Below is an excerpt:

Addressing other nations at the G-20 last Wednesday, President Obama suggested that the United States was unlikely to return to its role as a “voracious consumer market.” If Obama’s right — and the experience of Japan, post-recession, suggests he may well be —what might that mean for design?

Other relevant articles worth reading are “Design Loves a Depression” published in January and “Design Hates a Depression”

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