tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33986364.post8227345373876493853..comments2023-07-30T08:41:37.419-04:00Comments on sub-studio design blog: The Merchants of CoolAnnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02735032548962207895noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33986364.post-47455062653770940932009-01-14T01:07:00.000-05:002009-01-14T01:07:00.000-05:00Yikes! Good post. Yes, I think corporations have t...Yikes! Good post. Yes, I think corporations have taken advantage of the attention for: the trendiness that the visual culture and the love for asthetics has brought in the recent years. What was once an honest interest has now become a full blown trend. <BR/><BR/>You know it's bad when it comes to the point that everyone wants to have their own clothing line, everyone wants to print on shirts, release their own vinyl toy, come out with their own stationary line, glassware, website/design blog, etc, etc. And even though it is all exciting right now for alot of people. It devalues what art and design is really worth. <BR/><BR/>Funny thing is that, this is just the beginning phase. It will explode to a rediculous popularity that it will become boring. And we will come across more and more artists or designers being-famous-for-being-famous rather then famous for their own skills and work.<BR/><BR/> Example : Shepard Fairey steals ideas and art from other artists and just adds that vector graphics software effect to the images and signs them. As if he made an original piece.<BR/><BR/> Alot has been said about him being a plagiarits. But his fans don't care about this, and he makes people money and he is just too famous and trendy right now it does not matter what he does(as long as it's "Shepard Fairey"). He can poop and make red lines with black and blue in a vector format and sign it, and he will sell out of his prints(just because it's him).<BR/><BR/>We are seeing a fair amout of this now and we will se alot more later on.Rice Candyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087898508525975498noreply@blogger.com