Ripped by Pentagram?
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- toodee0
To be fair it's not the best piece of work Pentagram have ever done.
You should clearly be focussing your rage at The Global Fund for Children. They're the ones profiting from your creativity rape.
- uuuuuu0
Seems possible that someone with a key role in this got the brief and thought 'hmm Alphabet of Nations reminds me of that poster I saw The World in Words' and then yadda yadda yadda you got ripped. "Inspired" to be nice but only if someone seriously internalized your poster and only partially realized it. Lots of detail are the same.
- 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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- spot130
life is too short to spend it in court regardless... take it as a compliment and move on
- monospaced0
- Right! There's also a dark blue one of mine.huegelbonn
- I saw that too. For some reason this seemed more fitting since it was lighter. I like yours more.monospaced
- Clearly they were inspired by your map design. Very nice BTW.utopian
- I think their overlapping and fake overprint multiply is just sloppy.monospaced
- I agree. Yours is nicer.Jimbo82
- your's is way nicer in my opinion. you should start a qbn print exchange and send these out.capn_ron
- For what it's worth, I prefer yours..set
- I agree. Yours.dopepope
- Yup. Yours is MUCH nicer.jacklalane
- teh0
- Haha, the one on the wall is almost exactly the same!qTime
- yes.teh
- That wall graphic is also available on a stock site in the SAME COLORS as the OP's.monospaced
- Hmm interesting!teh
- Of course I know Paula Sheers Maps. But come on, they are in a totally different style. I love them, by the way.huegelbonn
- The wall tattoo was the first shameless rip. It's around for about 1,5 years now. The guys are from England. Shame on you.huegelbonn
- so are you saying you ripped them huegel?teh
- No, they did. Last word was swallowed: Shame on them.huegelbonn
- robthelad0
This is all bollocks. SO you made a text based map and so did someone else, now it's time to have a better idea. Or just cry in the corner till your mum comes home and strokes your hair.