Obey the Giant: Life in the Image WorldAugust, 2001 - 224 pagina's Design critic Rick Poynor explores the thinking behind contemporary visual culture - intriguing and fascinating appraisal. In the twenty-first century, commerce and culture are ever more closely entwined. This new collection of essays by design critic Rick Poynor takes a searching look at visual culture to discover the reality beneath the ultra-seductive surfaces. Poynor explores the thinking behind the emerging resistance to commercial rhetoric among designers, and offers critical insights into the changing dialogue between advertising and design. Other essays address the topics of visual journalism; brands as religion; the new solipsism; graphic memes; the pleasures of imperfect design; and the poverty of "cool". Around the world, many are now waking up to the dominance of huge corporations - invariably expressed by visual means. This pointed and provocative counterblast arrives at a moment when critical responses are vital if this mono-culture is to be challenged. It offers inspirational evidence of alternative ways of engaging with design, and it will appeal to any reader with a questioning interest in design, advertising, cultural studies, media studies, and the visual arts. |
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... Giant's agenda is entirely polemical and opposed to much visual production , this is far from the whole story . As an ordinary viewer , my attraction to the image world was first prompted by forms of commercial communication that seemed ...
... Giant's agenda is entirely polemical and opposed to much visual production , this is far from the whole story . As an ordinary viewer , my attraction to the image world was first prompted by forms of commercial communication that seemed ...
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... unhappy with the black - and - white photographs he had been taking of torn posters and decided to pull down these ready - made collages and take them home . He later moved on to other forms of artistic practice , 160 OBEY THE GIANT.
... unhappy with the black - and - white photographs he had been taking of torn posters and decided to pull down these ready - made collages and take them home . He later moved on to other forms of artistic practice , 160 OBEY THE GIANT.
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... Giant has a posse ' as well as the popular pro wrestler's gigantic stats ( 7'4 " , 520lb ) - began to appear around ... Giant ' posters , the wrestler's heavy face morphs into the features of Che Guevara , Gene Simmons of Kiss , and ...
... Giant has a posse ' as well as the popular pro wrestler's gigantic stats ( 7'4 " , 520lb ) - began to appear around ... Giant ' posters , the wrestler's heavy face morphs into the features of Che Guevara , Gene Simmons of Kiss , and ...
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction | 6 |
ADVERTISEMENTS FOR UTOPIA | 14 |
The boredom of plenty | 16 |
Copyright | |
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