Professor H K Frensel’s Gebrauchsgraphik covers from the 1950s and 60s.
(Source: staleconversations)
Professor H K Frensel’s Gebrauchsgraphik covers from the 1950s and 60s.
(Source: staleconversations)
Tom Betthauser (mini-interview @ Fecal Face)
This kind of work brings out the deepest form of envy in me.
Bob Edwards interviews Robert Redford about his work for the Natural Resources Defense Council, fighting for the environment and the arts. He also discusses Sundance and some of his film career.
A good listen indeed.
My submission to Make Your Franklin. Thanks to Geehoff for pointing out this little community art project. I just couldn’t help myself.
i REALLY wanted to contribute to this but I had problems downloading their template, I think it might have just been too big (that’s what she said).
That sucks! Maybe this will work…
Hope it helps. :)
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My submission to Make Your Franklin. Thanks to Geehoff for pointing out this little community art project. I just couldn’t help myself.
The image is a combination of text editing and Photoshop. I inserted or replaced sections of the image with plain text of the U.S. Constitution, as well as other random substitutions concerning the ‘$’ symbol.
My goal wasn’t necessarily to redesign the bill, but to highlight the fact that currency is an abstraction far beyond our control, often working at the expense of human decency. It’s practically cliché to remark upon the influence money has on human choices, but there’s no denying the enormous impact this piece of paper has had (and continues to have) on human history. The resulting image is a representation of the bill’s effect, not only on our country and the world, but on the human psyche.