Ballard-Ruscha
The current exhibition Crash at the Gagosian is a mish-mash of artworks, by a
stellar cast of artists, with a vaguely 'Ballardian' connatation, however
tenuous (I'm still struggling to
Martin Gittins
A brand for London
> "Branding, it could be said, is the greatest gift commerce has given to culture"
So said Wally Olins, on the blog of Saffron Consultants, recently appointed to
create the brand
Why 2010 wont be like '2010'
In 1984, during the third quarter of Superbowl XVIII, Apple aired its infamous
advert [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_(advertisement)], directed by Ridley
Scott, to launch the Apple Macintosh, and proclaimed that
Learning from Niketown
> "I like Nike, but wait a minute.
The neighbourhood supports, so put some money in it."
* Public Enemy, Shut Em Down
In the 18 years since Chuck D rapped those
Grootens
Operating at the intersection of data visualisation and urbanism, the Atlas work
of Dutch book designer Joost Grootens is without peer. At its best, graphic
design and data visualisation reveals new truths, ways