I've submitted a proposal last week to the Maker Faire to have an exhibit with them this May. I had an idea and while it is hackery, also has an art/design component. I think i could even pass it as art. If I get the installation off the ground, I am going to give it a try. I started a blog for this venture, here. Currently it is heavy laden with philosophy and not so much craft, or progress reporting.
However I had unconsciously been thinking of the back drop as an Urban Outfitter's like wall and partial room. I can't think of a single better way of explaining the style of it.
I've often thought Urban Outfitters was derivative, and it commoditized slackerdom. It was a bittersweet elitism but I usually turned my nose up at it in order to have stronger style standards. But I had still been a guilty fan of their interior design, and occasionally of their products. I had been thinking lately that their interior design rocked and that I wanted to meet whoever was responsible.
Now I am breaking it down a little. I think the white chandeliers idea though might have come from this designer, Harry Allen, maybe even the picture frames. The reason I think that it is derivative of is that Harry Allen's "Reality" objects is in the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and they are a a different kind of institution. Harry Allen made molds of objects and that's why they are white. Urban Outfitters probably painted their chandeliers.
In a similar origination chase, the last time I was at the SF MOMA, I noticed a monograph for this artist, Ryan McGinness and felt reasonably confident about what was derivative of what.
Derivation is the business of museums. They ought to have a better idea than me.
So Urban Outfitters is derivative, so what. H&M is and IKEA is. We enjoy design knock-offs from Target too. So fancy designers aren't getting the lower budget dollars, I can live with those economics because I feel pretty certain that they do well, and the imitative flattery helps them.
This one blog made me sad though. It took the cake. I was relieved to see that at least it only had three entries for the year. Urban Counterfeiters
That's just not cool.
However I had unconsciously been thinking of the back drop as an Urban Outfitter's like wall and partial room. I can't think of a single better way of explaining the style of it.
I've often thought Urban Outfitters was derivative, and it commoditized slackerdom. It was a bittersweet elitism but I usually turned my nose up at it in order to have stronger style standards. But I had still been a guilty fan of their interior design, and occasionally of their products. I had been thinking lately that their interior design rocked and that I wanted to meet whoever was responsible.
Now I am breaking it down a little. I think the white chandeliers idea though might have come from this designer, Harry Allen, maybe even the picture frames. The reason I think that it is derivative of is that Harry Allen's "Reality" objects is in the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and they are a a different kind of institution. Harry Allen made molds of objects and that's why they are white. Urban Outfitters probably painted their chandeliers.
In a similar origination chase, the last time I was at the SF MOMA, I noticed a monograph for this artist, Ryan McGinness and felt reasonably confident about what was derivative of what.
Derivation is the business of museums. They ought to have a better idea than me.
So Urban Outfitters is derivative, so what. H&M is and IKEA is. We enjoy design knock-offs from Target too. So fancy designers aren't getting the lower budget dollars, I can live with those economics because I feel pretty certain that they do well, and the imitative flattery helps them.
This one blog made me sad though. It took the cake. I was relieved to see that at least it only had three entries for the year. Urban Counterfeiters
That's just not cool.
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yonderboy:
Yeah! That car is amazing... it just looks like someone drew it in...
kestrel:
Yes, you're winning.