…“I began to wonder what it would look like if we made quilts today that expressed our hardship,” she said, “I thought I could make quilts of these foreclosure maps, and it just seemed like a great way to tell a story, and also create a history so that there’s something we can look back on.” Clark realized that quilts have long been objects of “functional memory,” serving both as historical records and visceral works of art.…
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| From Book 87 by Jiri Szeppan. Click image for more options. |
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| "Now I can be choosy" photo by Doug Millison |
“Disciplines are getting more democratic and accessible. For the first time, almost everyone has access to the technology that makes designing relatively easy. As a result, we’re surrounded by ever increasing numbers of graphic designers. The only way to stand out in this crowd is to work from a good idea. Without an idea, design becomes wallpaper: sometimes pretty but ultimately left in the background. As more and more “design-like-wallpaper” heaps up, the value of ideas can only increase. After all, if computers are a shortcut around craft skills, the only point of difference left is thinking.”
…read it all: http://www.manystuff.org/?p=9944
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