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- RobotGunslinger
"Friday, November 04, 2005:
R.I.P. Them=Clients
We will be focusing in 2006 on our own projects, art, films and ideas to be published through YouWorkForThem. Stay tuned for more to come."Nice. I am kind of miss all the great non commercial work from the usual suspects. Really liked the times when it was more about design experimentations, not about rockstar ethics (look at my porfolio).
I really haven't heard much from guys like Presstube, Pleix and so on in 05.
Hopefully we're going to see more original stuff like the old praystation or soulbath and so on in 2006.
Maybe I am not looking hard enough for new interesting stuff, but I miss teh old little bit more underground design vibe(sorry).
- ********0
we are all growing up.
i remember 10 years ago it was about who can come up with something cool and new.
everyone worked till 10-11 pm cause they wanted to not cause they had to.
it was the dot boom culture where fun was work.
as we all grow up, we look in to making money and less experiments.
at the end, we all become that CD, who cant design and unable to work the latest technology
- tparsons0
Hey GunSlinger why don't you start shooting from the hip and create some of your own.
Have fun with it.
Best,
- ********0
except tim
he paints and still produced kick ass design..
- ********0
i mean "produces" kick ass work still
- tparsons0
Haha... Thanks MrDinky..... You got some hot shit yo self.
- ********0
nah i am just all talk.. no substance..
- RobotGunslinger0
what? I paint and do great design?
- PETER_POPOFF0
WWFT get money in 06
- RobotGunslinger0
also just do clarify...
this isn't ment to be a rant.
Of course people are getting older and want to actually earn money and feed the family, but I still feel that those big guys left quite a big gap that hasn't really been filled with enough interesting projects by younger guys.
There are a few neat things happening with with software and interfaces thanks to processing, but it's not quite the same.
- tehgee0
i liked backstreet boys when they were underground
- nRIK0
mmm, more YWFT than WWFT = customers rather than clients
- ********0
i think younger guys are out to get money and fame.
"i wanna be an AD when i grad from art school"
i think thats the mentality.
i miss the days when everyone had whacky job titles and did wicked shit.. they didnt go out to get famous, or money, they just did their thing and fame and money came along with them..
- ********0
fame and money and design? yeah right
- pocho0
Senor Dinky nailed it. Compared to ten years ago, it seems like i've just quit working my ass off and feeling good about my work.
Now I just finish as soon as I can...I don't work late, I just finish as soon as I can. I don't want to own the world anymore...I just want to get paid. I also have a wife and four kids. It's all about them now.
- ********0
we have seen so much that nothing impresses anymore.
there are so many good work out there, when someone does something really good, you dont get that same exictment when Praystation did that badboy site or when yugop came out with the floating / scrolling navgation..
you gotta ask.. when is the next technology revolution gonna be?
so you can feel that excitment and energy
- ********0
it's called "getting older" go ask the hippies about it- they ended up bmw-driving brokers
- RobotGunslinger0
but it's not just about technology. Some of this stuff had character and mood. Sure there were rock star antics, but at least those guys made cool stuff and hid under fake names. Quite different from the hip hop showoff thing that most youngsters are doing now.
Maybe the whole community has become a bit stall. Computerlove is dead (as of now) and sites like k10k and designiskinky haven't got a facelift in about 5 years.
- RobotGunslinger0
stale not stall
- ********0
Most everyone sells out at some point. Why do you think things are the way they are? Pop culture has actually led individuals to believe that they are unique. Every idea, joke, or brainfart you've ever had was formed by someones else long ago or several thousand people simultaneously. This is why work is important; it's what makes the greats great.
