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sorry about previous post, it seems laird & partners are fully responsible for the crap. my mistake
(any point of view, though?) by pp.
gap logo redesign – laird & partners
Month: October 2010
gap logo redesign – crap or scam?
well, i guess everyones read about the gap logo issue, for those who live in caves, gap showed the redesign of their logo last week on the web. designers, along with customers and regular folks just trashed the design all over the world. all this pressure on the brand lead them to do an announcement that they would step backward and get their old logo back.
that is not a wrong thing since the redesign was actually a real crap but what is strange is that no-where on the net i found any article talking about the agency responsible for the redesign. when tropicana faced the same story few month ago and went back to their old packaging, peter arnel studio was clearly made responsible. on the other hand, who the hell would came up with such a lame logo? laird & partner that are in charge of their image? i don’t think so.
anyway my point is that gap never intended to replace their logo but to reinforce it, so they came up with the crapiest thing ever and let the buzz grow to eventually let their consumers think the brand really cares about their comments and involvement. is it making any sense? by pp.
Darjeeling limited: Waris Ahluwalia’s new tea room at the highline
waris’ the tea room located under the NYC highline is set up through October 17th and it will surely be fun to stop by at tea time. by dd
adam green and the moldy peaches: who’s got the crack?
not that the topic of the song is that invigorating but the delivery is indeed.
thanx to CM, i’ve been listening to the moldy peaches the past few days, and must admit they have something special. don’t love the unnecessary graphic verbage but they top the charts for not giving a shit and that is in itself quite cool. the favorite track by far is “new york city’s like a graveyard” a good one to get a sense of the band. the first time i heard “who’s got the crack” was by pete doherty on an unreleased copy of the babyshambles album, and was surprised to find it was a cover as it’s so relevant to mr. doherty himself. by dd
the biggest cat: the nearly extinct siberian tiger
was reading about the the siberian tiger, dont ask me why, but i found an interesting point that led me to think… the rare siberian tiger is near extinction, and less than 300 remain in the wild. during the soviet rule, they were protected, and numbers controlled, but after the fall and the western style business endeavors their numbers plummeted, along with their long protected habitat, the siberian woods, cut down for lumber, all due to lack of government spending and high demand through the poachers on behalf of the tigers. it made me think, about big businesses polluting our world, dumping toxins in the amazon, depleting our oceans, buying out our governments, cutting down our forests…. everyone wants to be rich (not a problem, who doesn’t want to be comfortable and travel the world) but at what fuckin’ cost? as much as individual might is right, and a small government is good, it surely has its downfalls. you need a government to protect what belongs to us all, because individuals can be greedy, and that’s a key role of a government. now does that have to be socialism? or is it just being a human? hopefully a logical one. by xy
Talking about the lennons
sean and kemp by terry richardson
looks like sean had better taste in women than john… well i guess that’s not so nice to say. i do like yoko as annoying as she sometimes is she made john a better man, i mean how one can go from writing “love me do” to “working class hero” is beyond me. by dd
john lennon: the glitch in imagine
was listening to lennon’s imagine and got to the bit about : “imagine no possessions, i wonder if you can…” and was picturing the footage of lennon and yoko in the back of their white rolls royce and thought… i wonder if you can, john? I suppose not. any how the man was amazing and the world is less great without him but this no-possession business just doesn’t work so well. the rest i can deal with and agree but I need a few of ma’ things around. by dd
to each his own, the gentle women and 10 magazine
10 magazine cover – guinevere van seenus by mario sorrenti
the gentlewoman magazine inez van lamsweerde and beard by inez van lamsweerde
looks like beards are in-above the neck and below, basta! by uh
is joaquin phoenix still here?
save the beard, glasses, and ill-fitted suit – you never looked this cool as an actorwhat ever happened to joaquin phoenix after his hip hop daddy hoax? i must say, i liked him for it for a minute, to throw away everything for nothing, although he behaved (acted) rather childish even as a fake character… wonder what came out of the mockumentary “i’m still here”? did anyone see it? worth the time or not? by dd
highly disputed 51 park: the ground zero mosque by soma architects
renderings of the park51 community center, aka ground zero mosque, as prepared by the architectural design consultants soma architects
who ever knew this is what those “evil-doers” were planning all along? as much as the “playground of the devil”, manhattan, is a non-religious city as a whole, and more than that, a godless city for that matter, i must say that if this center is to be designed properly, as some of the fabulous churches and synagogues in the city that are more than holly, then its a welcome site indeed. ironically i was sent this clip from CNN which is pertinent to this issue, and although we don’t dabble into politics on tomorrow started, this post is as much about urban planning and architecture as the lady gaga is about her music… not to mention that we cant resist but to oppose bigotry and malinformation of any kind and will find a way to do so.
from CNN: a synagogues reborn in beirut lebonan. by xy
jean-luc godard: film socialisme
very funny how lincoln center chose to place patti smith as the single image defining the godard film in their booklet. not that any one image could do the job, but given patti was almost irrelevant in the film, and perhaps a good lure is rather funny.
for those expecting to see a rock film, be advised….la porte etroite, renoir, palestine, jj martin, des choses comme ca, napoli, greece, andre gide, patti smith, cruise ship, opera, egypt, wind, balzac, barcelona, hitler, chris marker jab and meow meow… just a few of the things i took away on sept 29th.
115 years of cinema and the man dominating the second half of it, was at it again. godard’s latest film at the new york film festival at lincoln center was a must see. first off let me say how much i love lincoln center, it reminds me of why i love new york so much. just being there i felt vibrant and at ease, its the best of new york in one place. the film started on time, and the audience was a who’s who of film buffs. I ran into wes anderson after the film while getting a coffee in the lobby before going back in for the discussion panel. ironically i had just seen ‘the fantastic mr. fox” and i told him how disappointed i was that jarvis cocker had such a short role in that.
anyhow, back to film socialisme. as i had anticipated i was amazed, bored-to-tears and lost. to clarify, godard remains my hero but that doesn’t change this. after prenome carmen, in my opinion, you must be fluent in french in order to watch a JLG film. even then you best have read up on your literature, art history and philosophy to put that puzzle together. the audio is so dense and layered there is simply no way to do subtitles on the later godards. i was mad at myself for my lack of lingual stamina–if nothing, just to be able to see his films. so yes, it’s not for everyone and chances are it will not be released in cinemas. but as balzac said: you must never forget… who your real daddy is. by dd
