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- nick0
that was a really nice post snugs
- nick0
"When we look at design today, it is pretty scattered and really not even searching for any meaning or relevance, which completely reflects our society right now. We use visuals as vehicles to sell, products and ourselves."
i think about this a lot
- prodigalslacker0
sorry i went to nap. long night.
anyway king said it best, but yes... trends can be very, very bad. propagation of ideals in society is never a good thing, because it makes the end user less aware of everything that's out there. take music, for example. clear channel's close ties with teh bush administration (and the agreement to deregulate more by the fcc, hence allowing clear channel to expand) is making it harder for anyone clear channel doesnt want on the airwaves to get heard.
this makes for the big mess that is pop culture. every now and again there's that breakthrough that causes a following, but the following once again is the trend, while the breakthrough self-destructs (see: nirvana).
and for my book i used different styles, so long as they adhered to the concept of the chapter. the concept of the book is that it's a self-portrait; i took things that were important to me and i wrote and designed about them. when there are things that i dont care if people understand word for word, i would use a more abstract design method. where it was my political tirade against george bush and i wanted to show that i did a lot of research, i kept the text clean.
following trends is a bad thing if you do it for the reason that you don't actually know you're following a trend. if you're aware of the world around you, and you are a part of a trend, i think that's different. just because a friend of mine has been wearing chuck taylor's and goodwill t-shirts for years... does that mean she's only cool while the trend lasts in the aesthetic fashionable sense?
- pepe0
it seems like the reason design as a whole feels so scattered is cuz its become so accessible. Anyone can be a designer these days and with the internet be it a print web or motion designer the accessibility to common denominators visually is higher, the demand more, the competition close, and therefore the need to fall into trend high. Its far less of a craft anymore. Most of the spray paint splotches we all see were prob. done in illustrator!
- kodap0
ISN'T NATURE A WONDERFUL THING?
SORRY BOUT THE CAPS. TOO LAZY TO TURN IT OFF
- whatever0
so...
community(style + insecurity) = trend
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There is a great article in the lastest print about the use of West Coast 80's Latino culture to create an edge. Gothic fonts, lowriders, etc...You see it in GTA-SA, the graphic language of the latest Hot Topic T-shirts, actually my Burton snowboard uses Custom Culture detailing as well.
Ultimately it comes down to authentity right? Style is either bitten by posers who pimp it out without knowing what it means or by inner circle prodigy's and trainspotters who suck up the flavor, or it is created by someone who has a message or an idea or a spark. What's funny though is that the epicenters of most of these things are generally less sophisticated than several exceptional of the million permutations that are created. But I always respect the True School, warts and all.
Warhol may have bitten Lichtenstein well in advance but he's one of the first names that comes up when you say POP.
It is a Marxist notion of craft and the market that you are discussing. Commodification. Which is good since most designers can't explain why for shit...
Speaking of which there is an interesting article in the latest print that discusses the role of bullshit in selling ideas.