Ripped by Pentagram?
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- huegelbonn
Hi,
i'm normally not a person who shouts out loud when ideas are taken to be advanced or reinterpreted by others, but when I saw this yesterday my stomach was hurting.
Campaign by Pentagram for "They might be Giants":
http://www.theymightbegiants.com…This is my orignal work from 2009:
http://www.typomaps.netI know it's much more difficult to judge if it's the own work which is interpreted – i'm afraid to be unable to be objektive in that case.
What do you think? Rip off or interpretation of an idea/design on an arguable level?
- WeLoveNoise0
Very close resemblance
I would say inspired cos they have taken the design further
But they are an Ad agency at the end of the dayTo be honest, i've this idea done a few times, especially on tshirts and pretty sure a beer company recently adopted a similar idea for their campaigning round nyc
- *i've seen - damn it's too early in the morning to comment on this siteWeLoveNoise
- yes too earlyhektor911
- calculator0
The feeling in your stomach was the realisation that you're not original.
- newuser0
On second thought, check your ego. You should feel honoured if they actually looked at your site.
- animatedgif0
Tiresome idea that doesn't even look good to begin with
- kingkong0
words in the shape of a map....
- huegelbonn0
It's not about the idea of drawing/visualising something using type.
It's even not about drawing a map using type.Everyday lots of people around the world have the same ideas, but by the personal style of the different creators each result is a unique artwork. All the examples above have different style, because the artists worked with different rules, e.g. use lines in addition to type – or not? Use shapes in addition to type – or not? Distort type – or not Crop characters – or not? Rotate type – or not? Use a grid – or not? Make it hand drawn or digital? Use type as texture or as words, respectively information? Make it look vintage or trendy or whatever?
Should it be accurate or just look cool?Thanks for the comments. That's why I asked – I was (and still am) insecure how important the personal touch has to be, to make something unique. It was not meant to be a denunciation, it was meant as a question for other points of view.
- goldieboy0
It's just an interpretation of an idea that has been covered plenty of times
- Jimbo820
Ignore these lot, send them a letter threatening legal action and get in touch with a good lawyer. Don't take this sh*t laying down. It'll be a long expensive slog, but can you put a price on justice? No. You can't. Keep us posted.
FIGHT THE POWER
- CanHasQBN0
fucking fuck. quit design. it's a hugely unoriginal design that's been done more times than your mother.
- CanHasQBN wakes up on the wrong side of bed again. Wrong side of the WOOOOMB. One love mate! xpig
- Strong yelling from the anonymous corner.huegelbonn
- actually i'm having a pretty great day.CanHasQBN
- i'm anonymous because i actually do good work and have a great job. to show my real name on a forum is just stupid.CanHasQBN
- ie. the stakes are greater for me. but... i know you see my cutesy screen-name and just assume i'm a hack...CanHasQBN
- Using your real name is only stupid, when saying stupid things.huegelbonn
- yes, and i choose qbn as a place to stay stupid things... and post pics of cats and naked chicks, and to vent about whatever.CanHasQBN
- I don't want any of that stuff being found by my clients when they Google my name. Is this difficult to understand?CanHasQBN
- Good point.huegelbonn
- anyway, sorry if i was too harsh.CanHasQBN
- No Problem.huegelbonn
- how many times has his mom been done? pics?
PICS!!!teh - not as many times as your mum!CanHasQBN
- This is one of the rare times where CanHasQBN and I share the same viewpoint. My job is too good to go public here.monospaced
- "my job is too good" to show my clients what a cunt i really amfadein11
- yeah, fadein, I wouldn't go public if I were as big of a cunt as you, eithermonospaced
- mono we agree politically.CanHasQBN
- though i'm still working on the Apple bankruptcy timetable. I'll have that to you soon. is an Excel document ok? ;)CanHasQBN
- ahahaha, fair enough, but make it a PPT with transitionsmonospaced
- It's only stupid to show your real name on a forum when you're a complete cuntset
- Oh, it's already been said hahaset
- teh0
Paula has been making those hand-crafted maps before you were born. You probably won't get much argument that she started that style with the posters for NY Public Theatre
- Abdul?CanHasQBN
- Dean?CanHasQBN
- @teh: Did you read my comment above? Probably not!huegelbonn
- which one huegel?teh
- ORAZAL0
But huegelbonn's execution is way better, that's what he's arguing here.
Take Jimbo82's advice and sue those thieving bastards bro!
- de4k0
I agree the execution is better, but no case at all to sue.
Using words for countries has been done before.
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