May 2nd, 2011 Comments Off
Cracking open a fortune cookie at the end of a Chinese meal and seeing if/how the inside message personally relates to our individual lives is all part of the fun and good times. But the fact is, we all know the prophecies are mass produced, completely generic, and totally random. Even beyond the universal words, the fortunes share the same unconsidered design and ultra-ordinary typography. Thus, it all comes down to how we interpret the meaning of the message.
But what if we took a fortune cookie’s fortune, altered its context, and gave it a major redesign overhaul? How would the message be read differently? Or for that matter, would it? Now through May 12th, a new exhibit and silent auction at the Type Directors Club (TDC) in New York City, Posters of Fortune, features crave-worthy posters of re-imagined fortune cookie sayings by twenty internationally renowned designers and typographers.
Read my full article on Print Magazine’s awesome design blog, IMPRINT and check out a few samples below:
"You have a remarkable power which you are not using." - designed by Siggi Eggerstson
"Behind back luck comes good luck." - designed by Will Staehle
January 13th, 2010 Comments Off
If you’re an entrepreneur (or ever had daydreams during death-by-boredom conference meetings of becoming one) you’re familiar with the process of trying to come up with “the big idea.” It ain’t easy, to say the least: researching, brainstorming, sleepless nights, feeling like your banging your head against a brick wall, headaches (from actually banging your head against a brick wall), more sleepless nights (from uncomfortable bandages wrapped around now bruised head). Then, finally, at 4:23am as you lay in bed ready to strangle the 1,099th sheep you’ve counted – the idea finally comes!
Understanding this crazy, difficult process, I’m ever more appreciative of creative, original, inspired new business and product ideas. Thus, the moment I heard about ARTCRANK, the bike-themed poster art show (coming to San Francisco on October 24 at 580 4th Street), I had to know – who the heck thought of such a brilliantly simple concept of combining bikes and art??
Now before you go banging your head against a wall (again) in a “why didn’t I think of that” frenzy, check out this insightful interview with the clever brains behind ARTCRANK, Director/Curator Charles Youel. And then go check out an art show like you have never experienced before. READ FULL ARTICLE: SF EXAMINER