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Martin Firrell: Public Art Piece

Wednesday, February 21st, 2007

Shown before the feature film at Curzon Cinemas.

“Whether the Curzon project is effective communication in this setting is open to question. For anyone with concerns about these issues, it offers useful encouragement; it is good to know that others feel the same way, and support from an ‘official’ source carries some weight. If there really were audience members who had never previously thought about globalisation, terrorism and the need for difference to maintain a healthy society, then a portentous announcement lasting just a couple of minutes can only take them so far.”

Read full article here.

Sources
Article by Rick Poynor, Cognitive Dissonance, Eye Magazine.
Martin Firrell - http://www.martinfirrell.com.

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The Pomo Zeitgeist

Sunday, July 30th, 2006

Source: Design Anarchy, Kalle Lasn, 2006

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Ralph Lauren at Wimbledon

Thursday, July 6th, 2006

Ralph Lauren at Wimbledon

“Ralph Lauren will become the first external company in 129 years to outfit the British tennis event’s 570 umpires, ball girls and ball boys.”

Not only that, but Ralph Lauren have also enlarged their polo pony logo, considerably, presumably to make it easier recognise at a distance. What seemed before as an inconspicuous mark on expensive clothing, now appears as a super conspicuous sign with all the regular signifieds and connotations, just taken that one step further.

Wimbledon, despite many other world tennis grand slam events, enjoys a good deal of freedom from major corporate sponsors plastering their graphics all over the venues (not to mention kitting out all the umpires, ball girls and ball boys in high-end designer clobber). The deal worth £10,000,000 to Wimbledon must have proved too much money to refuse. It does indeed appear that everyone has their price, despite 129 years of tradition. If you are going to break over 100 years of tradition, do it in style - arguably.

Sources:
Polo Ralph Lauren Corp.
MSNBC

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Periodic Table of Mass Consumption

Tuesday, July 4th, 2006

Periodic Table of Mass Consumption

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Happy Christmas

Saturday, December 24th, 2005

Photograph taken in a store in Covent Garden, December 2005.

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Brand Tattoo’s

Thursday, December 15th, 2005

As one Apple tattoo recipient states, “I’m a Mac freak–I identify strongly with Apple and Mac computers–I got it done to convince myself I would always be true to Apple, not for religious or political reasons, but to convince myself that Macs are the way ahead”.

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Aesthetic Norm & Value

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005

…is usually harboured by individuals [and] is stabilised by the norm. Moreover, it is sustained by institutions:

“Society creates the institutions and organs with which it influences aesthetic value through regulation or evaluation of art works. Among those institutions are art criticism, expertise, artistic training (including art schools and institutions whose goal is the cultivation of passive contemplation), the marketing of art works and its advertising, surveys to determine the most valuable of art, art shows, museums, public libraries, competitions, prizes, academies and frequently, censorship.”

Jan Mukaŕovský

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Which are you?

Tuesday, October 11th, 2005

1. You believe that: “…graphic design is a problem-solving, business tool and that designers should suppress their desire for personal expression to ensure maximizing the effectiveness of the content”.

or

2. You believe that: “…although design undoubtedly has a problem-solving function, it also has a cultural and aesthetic dimension, and its effectiveness is enhanced, and not diminished, by personal expression”.

How to be a graphic designer without losing your soul, Adrian Shaughnessy, 2005

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untitled

Monday, September 5th, 2005

“Semiology [is] the study of signs and signals, the symbols, gestures and messages through which western society sustains, sells, identifies and yet obscures itself by painting or powdering over its raddled, whore-like visage…Barthes’ purpose is to tear away masks and demystify the signs, signals and symbols of the language of mass culture.”

Dennis Potter,
The Times

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THE ABC: Zur Semiotik de Widerstandes

Thursday, August 18th, 2005

Made it to ‘THE ABC: Zur Semiotik de Widerstandes’ yesterday at the Galerie Neurotitan in Berlin. The space was not that great and there was not as much work on show as I had hoped. Saw some work by Matt Siber, Heidi Cody and Andreas Ullrich which was inspiring, so the trip was not a complete waste of time. Berlin made up for it with Berliner Weiser mit susse and various other local delicacies along the way.

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New Portfolio Site

Thursday, August 11th, 2005

Just finished my new portfolio site. Click here to view

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THE ABC: semiotics of resistence

Friday, August 5th, 2005

“THE ABC presents new and old concepts from A to Z. A multi-media based spectacle about Dada, Cut-Ups, International Situationism, Urban Art, Culture Jamming etc. with the contribution of 26 international artists and activists.”

A show at the Galerie Neurotitan in Berlin that I really want to go to.

Visit site here

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Perception

Monday, June 27th, 2005

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Lifelong Brand Loyalty

Friday, April 29th, 2005

“When children read books or play games, they are at their most receptive to learning and suggestion. It’s an advertiser’s dream situation,” said Kath Dalmeny, author of the [Food Commission] report.

“By linking food brands to games and books, companies get children to have fun but the children are also advertising fatty, salty and sugary products to themselves. The companies hope children will build up positive - even lifelong - associations with the food brands.”

Click here to read the Food Magazine report. (Adobe PDF 980 kb)

Sources:
The Daily Telegraph, 27th April 2005
Report published in issue 69 of The Food Magazine

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>>Typoglycemia

Friday, April 29th, 2005

“Aoccdrnig to rscheearch taem at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae.

The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Such a cdonition is arppoiately cllaed Typoglycemia.”

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Does anyone else have issues with this?

Thursday, April 28th, 2005

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Art

Friday, April 8th, 2005

Art: an effective antidote for life’s deepest tensions and anxieties.

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Openness Is Pleasure

Monday, December 20th, 2004

“In allowing the reader to freely associate the signs, they enjoy the experience of doing this whilst at the same time enjoying the aesthetics of the signs.”

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Art: “The Criticism of Life”

Sunday, December 19th, 2004

Mathew Arnold

Mathew Arnold (1822-1888), poet and critic.

Every great work of art, suggested Arnold, was marked (directly or not) by the “desire to remove human error, clear human confusion, and diminish human misery.”

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Eat it

Friday, December 17th, 2004

Spoon Fed

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