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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... mall as a cynical , ecologically unsound cathedral of commerce ; a vampire development sucking the life out of ailing high streets in nearby towns ; a non- place as characterless and sterile as the contemporary airports it so much ...
... mall as a cynical , ecologically unsound cathedral of commerce ; a vampire development sucking the life out of ailing high streets in nearby towns ; a non- place as characterless and sterile as the contemporary airports it so much ...
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... mall's more hostile commentators have been reluctant to concede . For a commercial space , it's prodigiously supplied with non - paying seats not connected to cafés , many of them comfortable leather armchairs . Soon after I arrive , I ...
... mall's more hostile commentators have been reluctant to concede . For a commercial space , it's prodigiously supplied with non - paying seats not connected to cafés , many of them comfortable leather armchairs . Soon after I arrive , I ...
Pagina 29
... mall of the Thames Walk , verses in four - foot - high capitals about Old Father Thames rolling along to the mighty sea form a frieze that runs the length of the mall . It's impossible to read at a glance and few will walk the entire ...
... mall of the Thames Walk , verses in four - foot - high capitals about Old Father Thames rolling along to the mighty sea form a frieze that runs the length of the mall . It's impossible to read at a glance and few will walk the entire ...
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction | 6 |
ADVERTISEMENTS FOR UTOPIA | 14 |
The boredom of plenty | 16 |
Copyright | |
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