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Sketchbook 13:

Postmodern design.

This qualifies as post modern because it takes the Chanel logo and remixes it. The meaning is ambiguous but it makes the viewer wary of the prior meanings attached to the Chanel logo. It brings up questions about the systems of belief that Chanel uses to advertise and market itself. The ‘luxury’ becomes clear as artifice and we as viewers feel strange in that realization.

ronulicny:

CHANEL chainsaw by….TOM SACHS….

Week 15

This feels very modernist to me. It’s really using the essence of its materials, the wood, the cords, and the lightbulbs, to create art. It doesn’t hide them or paint them, it lets them be in all their natural beauty. (I especially love the lightbulbs.)

torontodesign:

bohemian gastropub

Sketchbook 12:

This is an almost alright infographic. The information is there, but its a little difficult to overlay the many different points the author is trying to show. There are republicans, democrats, alternating colors, black lines (jobs at the end of the year?) on top of jobs created? It’s just a little confusing to understand. Obviously, the creator wanted viewers to have a positive experience of the democratic job creating ability. It’s almost too much to include the animals with the percents in them. I would argue that this needs to be more square shaped, laid out differently, and colored with less gradients. C’mon, guys, it’s not THAT hard.

Week 13

designindex:

(via Amsterdam Sinfonietta Posters)