Help Japan related art/design thread
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- instrmntl0
- that's nice.akrok
- sold.Dodecahedron
- yeah. i like the uplifting ones.instrmntl
- way better than the others.capn_ron
- finally, not a tragic red dotJosev
- true but design wise this is a ripoff of this http://companylogos.…
In a more humanitarian sense, it's good.k_temp - the "heart logo" that i posted says "play"k_temp
- my buddies club woop woop, kinda niceduhsign
- akrok0
- keep it simple.akrok
- dont get it.. is it representing the reactors having only half the normal water?autoflavour
- you dont get it. ok. do you know about the "half flag down" moment?akrok
- could also have other meanings.
cut in half, the country.akrok - or a tribute to pokemon creator. he unfortunately died in the disaster.pango
- he didn't die.digdre
- It's a Greenland flag.i_monk
- monospaced0
So...is the consensus still that this is all shameless promotion and that the disaster should generate nothing but donations?
- akrok0
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at least he got something to write about. not that i was going to read all that blah blah shit he wrote. and only in english.
and if he wouldn't had written it, i wouldn't seen it. so, it benefitted him, also.you could complain and say shit about almost everything. most people do. cause it's easy.
- dibec0
I find it utterly disrespectful. Degrading a great country, with prints and images of a horrific event. It is not so much the art, but rather the symbolism behind the image. "Japan got fucked, here is a cool image". Did we see 9-11 donation shirts of the towers falling? "Hey America got fucked, wear this around to show your sympathy" Why not show the beauty of the Japanese culture, ie their strength, honor and resilience? ffs. I remember on 9-11 people hanging the American flag off bridges, every bridge and overpass, it was every where. It was the American spirit. It was beautiful. There are a lot of beautiful things going on with Japan yet we have failed to capture that in the graphic community. Instead we have turned the beauty of helping and compassion into a "cool" Japan got fucked image contest.
/end rant
- dibec, here's the real discussion... http://www.qbn.com/t…kingsteven
- <inteliboy
- Agree. The imagery should be more in a positive direction rather then negative.redred
- Rather "than", rather.redred
- ThePublics0
Hey fucktwat, some of us are happy to just be respectful and donate and when we see people jockeying for publicity on the back of a tragedy it makes us sick, capiche?
- Julesvm0
good article:
http://www.fastcodesign.com/1663…- This sums up exactly what I was trying to say before, but my writing skills are far less elegant.dMullins
- and that article is about one of the most tasteful of the group.Josev
- I cant believe they reference Wabi Sabi in this. I cant see the appreciation of the nothingness in japan
autoflavour - it is a good article... again, not sure that wabi sabi or any philosophy of aesthetics are applicable.mrghost
- topic0
- the next poster is of the clown blowing it back up?zenmasterfoo
- bwahahaharandommail
- hahahaJosev
- well he doesn't have a red dot that's for sureloool
- randommail0
Desperate graphic artists who are over-eager to jump at the obvious visual punchline.
- < self absorbed twattopic
- artists are going to do what artists do.pango
- i dunno, i see randoms point. 98% self promo, 2% actually wanting to help.Hombre_Lobo
- 98 +2 = 100 Nicely done.meffid
- CuriousGeorge0
- This isn't even clever. Two weeks from now it will have no context.dMullins
- The context is that they have an office in Tokyo, hence using part of their brand to make the flag.CuriousGeorge
- Switzerland have an office in Tokyo?mydo
- Hahaha. It's weak. You'd think W+K would come up with something better...Bargels
- s133pycat0
- nice oneredred
- A band aid on a disaster of biblical proportions, fucking retarded!utopian
- ffs, disgusting on so many levels.kingsteven
- utopian0
- pac-man dying...
or blood-red fortune cookie
that's deep..SteveJobs - +1dMullins
- this, bang on.Hombre_Lobo
- pac-man dying...
- benfal990
if someone create one without taking the red circle, i will give him 100$
- http://instrmntl.com…SteveJobs
- you should give the 100 to the red cross...Julesvm
- dMullins0
Honestly, these types of relief efforts are all so useless. Why create/sell a bunch of consumables? Why not just donate your time or money to actual relief work. So sad and lazy at the same time.
- Because people are more likely to buy something than to donate.CuriousGeorge
- im not trying to be a "hater", but obviously that's how i was coming off, so i will shut up now.dMullins