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V&A NEW MEDIEVAL GALLERIES & THE DEUSTCHE BORSE PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE 2010

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:08:33 +0000

VICTORIA AND ALBERT KNEW WHERE IT WAS AT

Went on a little trip to London the other day to check out a bit of art and a bit of culture in our fair capital.

V&A Medieval & Renaissance Gallery Performance (2010)

First up was the V&A to look at the recently updated
Jewellery gallery it was quite inspiring – the ability of the human hand to create insanely fine and detailed objects never fails to amaze. The collection is quite fine, featuring amazing items from all over the world and from all parts of history. I cannot fathom how some of the pieces could be made by a pair of hands.

The gallery itself is not so great though, very dark and rather pokey, with a surprisingly small amount of information presented about the collection.

What I love about the V&A is that you can stroll through its vast and sprawling rooms, with no real plan and find an array of extraordinary works. You can also not even bother to look at anything and be inspired simply by the building itself.

Statue and Shadow from V&A Medieval Collection (2010)

V&A Medieval & Renaissance Gallery Roof (2010)

Had a quick look into the new Medieval and Renaissance galleries – which are amazing. The space itself is great, really open and light – and the collection is superb. Looking at things from the distance past always puts butterflies in my stomach.

MY PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE DAY REVEAL NOTHING

Predictably, I did not take any photographs of the works the V&A boasts – but just of irrelevant bits of the building that caught my eye.

Catering Socket Lunch Room 2 (2010)

THE PHOTOGRAPHERS PRIZE 2010

Well, it would have been rude not to have checked it out whilst I was up there and see which of the four photographers nominated would get my vote. My thoughts were mixed, I liked 2 and the other 2 did nothing for me.

ANNA FOX

Anna Fox, Hampshire Pram Race, 2006

Can’t say I was that moved by Anna Fox’s work. Some interesting ideas on exploring her life through photography – but ultimately the images left me a bit dry. Reminded me of Sophie Calle, but without the passion or such good execution. I’m afraid I could not see why she had been nominated.

ZOE LEONARD

Zoe Leonard, Century Photo Centre, 200/2006

I absolutely loved Leonard’s images. A retrospective of various images from the past 30 years of her urban photography. Her work is presented full frame always including the frame of the negative. Her images are quite lovely and whilst many appear to be of a dry subject matter, they really reflect an image of beauty visible all around us. I bought her book in fact, its lovely. I think Leonard is the winner for me.

SOPHIE RISTELHUEBER

Sophie Ristelhueber, Eleven Blowups #5

I have seen some of Sophie Ristelhueber’s images before and been quite struck with them, but in the context of this exhibition – they did not really do it for me. Perrhaps more images from each series were needed in order to labour her point and no doubt some of her images are very striking – but like Fox, I was not really getting much from it. Her work reminded me of Simon Norfolk in a way, but did not seem to present the same authority that he creates. Not a winner in my book.

DONOVAN WYLIE

Donovan Wylie, Deconstruction of the Maze prison. Northern Ireland. 2009

This is an extraordinary powerful piece of work by Donovan Wylie. About the Maze prison, the sheer stark repetativeness of this series of photographs really enforces the horrors that the Maze represents. I had seen Wylie’s original series from the prison some years back and heard him speak about the work. However, I had not re-visited it and especially since seeing Hunger, the images portrayed a new sense of disgust and interest in the issues surrounding Northern Ireland. His latest images show the destruction of the complex as it is demolished. Perhaps Wylie’s work has a more important message to get across than Leonard’s street images and he would be a more than worthy winner. However, for pure aesthetic joy – Leonard still gets my vote…just.

So there you have it! Obviously my opinion is worth toffee…except to me – but it’s there for your consideration anyway! Go check out the exhibition if you get a chance as its well worth it. However, whilst on topic – I must admit to not being completely won over by The Photographers Gallery new building. Seems to lack a bit of soul to me and scream of White Cube, was hoping for something more original.

WHY MONEY & CAPITALISM SUCK & THERE MUST BE A BETTER SYSTEM…AKA WHY BRITISH GAS AND RBS ARE EVIL

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:47:35 +0000

BIG BUSINESS & BIG PROFITS AT THE EXPENSE OF THE LITTLE GUY

I am going to keep this brief, but wanted to share with you all a few quick stats regarding the Royal Bank of Scotland and British Gas and how their recent financial results perfectly illustrate why we need a change in the system and our attitudes to said system.

There are a few posts in draft regarding the need for a British revolution so let this wet your appetite for more to follow!

ROYAL BANK OF SHITHEADS

Royal Bank of Shitheads

You own this bank, literally. After the bail outs during the so called ‘Credit Crunch’, the state now owns 84% of RBS.

On the 25th February 2010 (sorry for being a bit slow at getting this post uploaded!!!), they announced their financial results for 2009 as being a £3.6bn loss.
It also came to light on the same day, that they paid out bonuses totalling £1.3bn to it’s staff.

There are 61,399,118 people in Britain. Bearing in mind we own this bank that is haemorrhaging money, now divide the £1.3bn in bonus payments between 61,399,118 and that means that every man, women and child in this country effectively paid out £21.17 of their own money to the monkeys who ran the organisation into the ground.

That, in my eyes is grossly unjust and I would prefer my £21.17 to go to a myriad of alternative and much more worthy causes.

BRITISH GAS-BAGS

British Gasbags

I suppose this one is less poignant really, but I wanted to include it on account of hating all utility companies with a passion and having had very poor experience of many of them, including British Gas.
Also, I find it hard to equate how a natural monopoly such as gas supply (or electric, water and rail for that matter) should be owned by private companies and especially be making vast profits from them.

British gas made a profit of £595m for the year ending April 2009 – a jump in profit of 58% from the year before (£376m). Coincidentally, this massive rise came at a time when their prices kept creeping up because of the supposed increase in oil price.
In 2009, British Gas had a total of 15.7m customers, meaning that each and every one of them paid the equivalent of £37.90 into the shareholders pockets. £37.90 for increased prices and laughable customer service.

Facts like this make me angry.

MINI PROJECT – THE HAIR-BRAINED MONEY RAISING CAMPAIGN

BRIGHTON BEACH – WINTER SUNSET & WHISKY MAC = PLEASURABLE

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:23:58 +0000

PHOTOS OF A SUNSET – REALLY?

Well, well, well. Here we are – putting photos of a sunset up. Does life get any more predictable than this?

At first, all I could do was take out of focus images of people!

Many a year ago – I swore never to take another photo of a Brighton sunset. When I first moved down here and was a regular beach front sunset frequenter, I would take endless rolls of film of the sunset. Occasionally they came out looking A-OK, but generally, they just looked like every other sunset photo in the world. More over, they were quite dull – once you have seen one image of a Brighton sunset…etc…etc…etc

Anyway, to this pledge I stayed true and strong. partly, this was because I started going to the seafront less, partly because I had genuinely bored myself of taking the same photo of the sunset over the crusty pier!

WHAT BROKE THE SILENCE

To be fair, there were a lot of interesting people on the beach that day...

So a few weeks back, Hannah and I took a stroll with the dog to the beach. It was a nice day – first in a long while and the air smelt of spring. Armed with a couple of hip flasks of smooth and warming whisky mac we set off and established ourselves on the beach as the sun was beginning to think about going down.

Because it had been so long since my last sunset seaside visit – I forgot how amazing the colours could be. Before I knew it…there I was, camera in hand…finger poised over the shutter…my mind saying NO but my heart saying YES. So – I decided to fuck with my rules and take some photos anyway! Glad I did really, it kinda re-sparked my love for Brighton beach when the sun is setting and the winter skies make the colours go insane.

Long live sunsets – I sincerely hope when I retire that I dedicate my final years to watching it go down every evening.

The colours were too good...the urge hard to resist!

The white backdrop of the seafront buildings glow as the sun sets

Fine - there it is, there's your bloody sunset.

In my defence…check out the crazy tuft of cloud on the left of this image. Watched that piece of cloud form and then fade for ages.

UNITED BRIGHTON HAITI GIG REVIEW + GET SOME FREE MUSIC!!!

admin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:20:32 +0000

UNITED BRIGHTON HAITI FUNDRAISER GIG

Hello pop pickers. A little late on the uptake of uploading a few images from this night, but better late than never hey?

The lovely lit back room bar at Concorde II

A couple of weeks back, on Thursday 18th February 2010 to be precise – the musical movers and shakers of Brighton united, to put on a fund raiser at the Concorde 2, Brighton, in aid of the Haiti Earthquake Appeal.

It has to be said – this is one of the best gigs I have been to in ages. I went a triffle unsure as to whether it would be one of those wishy washy something yet nothing nights, put on by some people without much direction or experience. However – the nothing could be further from the truth – the night was well programmed, diverse, interesting, unique and above all – had an awesome carnival like atmosphere! Never has fund raising been so much fun!

WHERE IS MY FREE MUSIC – TAKE ME TO SEE THE REVERSE ENGINEER

The Reverse Engineer spinning some dub. I like dub.

I promised you free music – so lets take a brief side step so those of the more gready readers amongst you can sink your teeth into the good stuff! One of the reasons I knew about this night was because musician and Our World My Eye regular – The Reverse Engineer was one of the DJ’s on the billing (spinning a fine collection of Latin, Dub and Afro-beat). As it happens, this young pup is also my brother – hence the connection runs deep!
Anyway, The Reverse Engineer has just released his latest album, which can be purchased for the bargain sum of five English pounds. However, if you are too tight for that and would prefer to sample some of his musical creations for free, prior to committing to buy – then there is hours of free music to download on the website as well.
PLUS – he also runs a music blog. What more can you ask for from one place?
For all the lowdown and to get your free music – just visit:

www.thereverseengineer.co.uk

TELL ME ABOUT YOUR HIGHLIGHTS

OK, if I must…my two highlights of the night were as follows:

1) John Soliman – one of the great things about the gig was the extra curricular activity going on, including a wandering magician going by the name of John Soliman. When he first rocked up, I was a bit sceptical that he would be a bit naff and the tricks dull (as can sometimes be the way with magicians), but as it turned out – not only was he a very charismatic entertainer, but a great magician as well. Sadly, I was too gob smacked at his card handling skills to think of taking a photograph, but check out his website for more info: www.solimagic.com

Nhasitifara front man's amazing head dress!

2) Nhasitafara – they were the band of the night for me, absolutely awesome. Fronted by Papa Linos, a noted Mbira player, the group punch out music that in there words is a”fuse the sounds of traditional Zimbabwean mbira music with the powerful brass and vocal sounds of afro-beat and funk. Their influences range from Fela Kuti, Bob Marley,Thomas Mapfumo, Tony Allen and Burning Spear.”

Ultimately, not much can be said – they have to be seen and heard. I had seen Papa Linos around and about in Brighton many times, playing the Mbira in the street and never expected him to have such energy and passion as a front man to this group. Amazing – I urge you to check them out and see them if you get a chance…you won’t be disappointed! More info at their site www.nhasitafara.com

The night brought out all the stars!

OH WHAT A NIGHT

Generally, it was a great night – and from what I hear, raised a good few thousand for Haiti. Huge props to the organisers for such a great night and I sincerely cross my fingers that they make this a regular event! Brighton is crying out for a regular night like this!!!

Incidentally, the man pictured with the star on his head makes some rather pleasant T-shirts under the guise of Knofler – check them out at http://www.knofler.co.uk/

DIGITAL LOW LIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY

The Ceiling of the Concorde II with interesting colours!

Before I go – a quick word about low light digital Photography! I generally don’t take my camera to gigs as I prefer to enjoy the night and not document it. But thought it might be fun for this night, and it was one of the first times I have done really low light stuff with my digital Nikon D80. I have done heaps of night photography on film, so was interested to see how a digital sensor would handle things. My conclusion – I need to do some research! Not quite sure how reciprocity failure fully relates to digital and obviously noise is a bit of an issue in these images. But – quite impressed with the results given I wasn’t using a tripod and essentially just taking snap shots.

Watch this space – might take the D80 out on a night time sortie and see what happens!

THINGS IN FRONT ARE GOOD BUT THINGS BEHIND CAN BE BETTER

admin — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:47:29 +0000

SOMETIMES I LIKE WHAT’S IN FRONT OF ME – BUT OFTEN I PREFER WHATS BEHIND.

LONDON FROM THE FRONT (2010)

Sometimes I like to look at whats in front of me and take photos of what everyone else is taking photos of.

LONDON FROM THE BACK (2010)

But often I prefer what is behind me and prefer to take a photo of that.

The moral of this story…

Sometimes I like what’s in front of me – but often I prefer whats behind.

P.S – Here is a quick joke for you: The photo above shows Our World My (London) Eye! HA HA HA!

BUILDING SITE MYSTERIES

admin — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:43:03 +0000

One of the mysterious and alien codes on the ground of a building site!

WHY ARE BUILDING SITES SO INTERESTING TO LOOK AT?

Have we ever discussed my love of the humble building site?

It runs deep – especially when cranes are involved. Heavy machinery is always exciting, but when it involves construction – my fascination knows no bounds!

Like with anything one knows nothing about, it is always interesting to ponder what things mean. Building sites are full of secret items. codes and symbols that I do not understand and therefore want to. Usually, I imagine in my mind that they represent something far more interesting than reality permits.

Still, perhaps that’s the secret of my fascination.

The fence contains its own mysteries...

BEAUTY IN ALL THINGS…WHY I LIKE RUST!

admin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:09:52 +0000

This kind of follows on from a previous train of thought, in my post I NEVER SAW AN UGLY THING IN MY LIFE. In that I banged on about how all things are visually attractive when seen in the right way.

It has been a subject of interest since reading the John Constable quote “I’ve never seen an ugly thing in my life blah blah blah”.

Anyway, this is another set of images that fit into that category. Taken during a stroll on Brighton beach the other day, where I was stopped in my tracks by the amazing rust on the old pillars from the West Pier. The colour, patterns and texture are amazing.

One thing that particularly interests me about subject matter like this, is it is absolutely unique. No two patches of rust can ever be the same – or the chances of them being the same must be horrifically minute. Every bit of rust you see is a unique and elaborate work of art.

Actually – this isn’t my strong point by any means – I have a pop knowledge of it, but I wonder if Chaos Theory comes into play when looking at rust? And if you looked closely enough at parts of rust, would it be a fractal? If you are a mathematical expert and have any comments on that, then great. If not – then pretend I sound really intelligent and know all about Chaos and Fractals and how they inter-relate to rust.

Rust on Brighton Beach (2010)

Rust on Brighton Beach 2 (2010)

Rust on Brighton Beach 4 (2010)

Rust on Brighton Beach (2010)

THE HUMBLE MOUSTACHE – FASHION FAUX PAS OR FASHION FANTASTIC?

admin — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:46:08 +0000

FOUND MOUSTACHE NUMBER 1

WHAT DO WE THINK OF THE MODERN MOUSTACHE THEN?

Well, views anyone? I must confess – it rests uneasily with me. I am a massive fan of the beard. I am a massive fan of the massive beard in fact. I am also a massive fan of massive hair in most formats BUT…I am NOT a massive fan of the tache (massive or otherwise) as a solo piece of facial hair.

In recent months, I have noticed that young men’s top lips are starting to become adorned with an array of different moustache types. At first, it was simply the odd dandy partaking in this new wave facial hair – but now, its hit the general public and men the length and breadth of the country are hanging up their razors to champion a tache.

Personally I say no. You do not wear a moustache on its own. Wear a full beard and tache combination. If you must, wear a designer beard alongside a moustache, but surely, you should never, ever, consider going solo. Just check out the 70’s and 80’s for proof.

The question therefore is who is right? Me and the don’t fly it solo gang, or them, who wear one with pride. Shall we do some proper research?

BRING ON THE MOUSTACHIOD MEN…

Example #1 - random man with classic tache. NO

Example #2 - the more modern pencil thin street tache - NO

Example # 3 - The ever hansom Mr Pitt with tache - NO, you look like a fool

Example # 4 - Burt Reynolds with a smokin' tache - MAYBE...alright, so this one is quite good and I am a bit jealous

Example # 5 - Hitler sans his infamous tache...HMMMM - he looks much more friendly and approachable

THE HARD FACTS…

So look, lets talk serious here. It is plain to see from these
samples, that, generally speaking – its a bad idea!

NUMBER 1 – he looks like an 80’s stockbroker…and not in a
good way.

NUMBER 2 – No words can describe what a bad fashion choice
this moustache was

NUMBER 3 – No, No, No. You look like a joke man – pull
yourself together.

NUMBER 4 – I accept this as firm evidence that some men,
can unquestionably pull off a moustache. BUT, my caveat is
that its Burt Reynolds. We are not all Burt Reynolds – one man
in a million is. So, unless your that man – don’t consider it.

NUMBER 5 – This is like my wild card. Hitler is famous for his
tache…remover it and what do you got? A slightly evil looking
maths teacher, that’s who. If Hitler hadn’t worn a moustache,
imagine how different the world could have been.

WHAT DO STREET STYLE BLOGS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE MOUSTACHE?

So, I wonder if you are convinced yet? Please don’t get me wrong – I am a fashion fan, but I am not a dedicated follower of fashion. Sometimes a new trend comes in and I think it looks a bit stupid – then, over time, come around and join in (skinny jeans on bandy legged men like myself par example). BUT…I am quite, quite confident in knowing that I shall never, ever, come round to the idea of wearing a moustache as a solo project.

Moustached Dandy from copenhagenstreetstyle.dk

I thought I would check out a few of the street style blogs to see what living samples I could find.

I was surprised at the turn out I got…I thought they would be littered with fine samples to prove my point – but those street style snappers were not playing ball.

THE STYLE SCOUT (stylescout.blogspot.com/) – NO TACHE

HEL LOOKS (www.hel-looks.com/) – NO TACHE

THE SARTORIALIST (www.thesartorialist.blogspot.com/) – NO TACHE

FACEHUNTER (facehunter.blogspot.com/) – NO TACHE

I thought I was going mad – I knew the tache had made a come back, I knew I had seen many samples in the fair city of Brighton – but this was not represented on the fashion blogs. Had I got it all wrong?

But then, as I was about to abandon my post in shame, I checked out Copenhagen Street Style (copenhagenstreetstyle.dk) and YES, my patience was rewarded with this little beauty to my left.

They are a dapper couple – the lad looks interestingly turned out – nice boots, nice bow tie, nice scarf and shirt combination. But that moustache – NO. It was all going so well until that point, it just looks bad.

THE MOUSTACHE IS SIMPLY A COMEDY ACCESSORY

I think I have more than proved my point now. The Moustache can be a comedy item, to be worn to a party, festival or perhaps for charity – but as a stand alone fashion item, its a bad show. UNLESS you are Burt Reynolds – in which case, you can just about pull it off.

The main benefit of the moustache is as a comedy item, and that is how it should be. Take Moustache Me (http://moustacheme.com/) for example, who comically apply moustaches to adverts, famous people and other such media.

It just so happened that as I was pondering the heady world of facial hair, I came across the two fine drawings which you can see in this post – which have been neatly illustrated with a stick on moustache.

Whilst I would love to claim them as my own work, sadly they were just something that I found and seemed to be rather appropriate.

Obviously, if one can grow a moustache such as the one to the right here, then we are entering into a whole new conversation about acceptance. Once the realm of the cool tache has been passed – and the wearer is firmly and securely deposited into the realm of the comedy tache, then everything is acceptable.

As a final thought for you – take heed of the note scribbled under this moustache:

“I want to look rich because that is what my character wants to be”

I ask you – would that moustache make anyone look rich?

CAN YOU GUESS WHAT IT IS YET?

admin — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:53:35 +0000

Can you guess what it is?

THE CULTURAL MEMORY OF AN IMAGE

Hmmmm, not sure that title actually says anything of worth. In fact, it sounds a bit like university art wank speak! Although perhaps that would be more like:

Can we analyse the signifiers of an image to determine its relevance on the cultural and visual memory of the populace.

Oh yes – university wank speak lecturer…here I come.

The point of this post is a brief one. Was looking at some images the other day, like this one to your right. It reminded me of a topic I have looked into / thought about / tried to explore a fair bit in the past, which relates to how we remember things visually.

EDITING THE WORLD

In particular – how much is loaded in the ‘language’ of an image that gives us clues to its meaning or what it is. Its like the fairly well known fact that when we first see an abstract image, we will often liken it to a face – as that is one of the most common visual references to us as a species. Hence seeing faces in clouds or rocks…or perhaps seeing Jesus in a bagel!

The example image here is very easy, but the question is – what is this a picture of? If we could zoom out and see more, what would we see?

Based on the fact there is not actually that much information in the photograph, if we can guess what it is an image of, what does that tell us about our integral understanding of visual clues – how they are processed and stored and referenced in society etc. How do we learn these references and how are they then used by artists or anyone else in everyday life.

Think on! I guess it interests me due to the process’s of editing that I have banged on about in the past. Photography is the editing of the world but how minimal can one get in that editing whilst still letting another person know exactly what the image is of?

MEOPTA AXOMAT – A FINE PIECE OF GRAPHIC DESIGN!

admin — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:40:08 +0000

Front cover to the Meopta Axomat 4 manual

THE MEOPTA AXOMAT – A FINE ENLARGER AND A FINE COVER IMAGE TO BOOT!

The darkroom I run is full of Meopta enlargers – they are a fairly standard piece of college equipment – built out of solid metal, so very hardy!

I was trying to establish the maximum wattage bulbs for the Axomat enlargers – that’s the sort of excitement my days can be filled with. Upon searching through piles of manuals, hap-hazzardly arranged in a filing cabinet – something glistened at me from the bottom of the pile.

I plunged my hand through the jumbled array of other grey papers, and dragged a dusty booklet to the surface – probably its first fresh air in decades!

I was greeted with this little beauty! What a design, what a photograph! Its amazing.

WHO ARE MEOPTA AND WHAT IS AN AXOMAT?

First thing to point out is that Meopta were a Czechoslovakian company that made basic and highly usable photographic equipment. The enlargers themselves are not the greatest in the world, but they are solid and fairly robust – and for basic darkroom printing, they fit the bill perfectly. For schools – they are ideal as they are also really cheap!

The Axomat was a range of enlargers they produced, from the 70’s onwards I guess.

I could go into a full on review as to the Meopta enlarger range – but from fear of boring 99% of the readers, I won’t! However, feel free to ask if you want some fascinating information on them!!!

BACK TO THE IMAGE…

I guess this must be how the Czechoslovakians chose it best to promote their enlarger – with an elegant lady, daintily raising her hand to the enlarger controls! What I like best is the fact that when in their meetings about the design and promotion for this piece of kit – a collective decision must have been made that this image best reflected the image they wished to portray.

Rodchenko's advert for the Red October Biscuit Factory (1923?)

HANG ON – WHY ISN’T EVERY DESIGNER AS GOOD AS RODCHENKO?

Thought I would stick this in as an interesting comparison! Now, I know that Czech was not formally a part of the USSR and they are not strictly neighbours. Czechoslovakia were communist post WWII for many years and, as I understand it a sort of independent satellite state of the Soviet union – so perhaps my link here is a weak one.

But, on with the point – check out this amazing poster for a biscuit factory, crafted by Alexander Rodchenko, for the Red October Biscuit Factory in around 1923.

So, that’s about 60 years earlier than the Axomat, for biscuits and is infinitely better designed and crafted than the Meopta marketing.

Many people would argue that an enlarger was a more exciting product than a biscuit (I am not sure I could ever agree with that), yet Rodchenko managed to make the poster much more dynamic and exciting.

Constructivism is an amazing and fascinating bi-product of Communism in Russia and it’s interesting how it did not filter down to all of the associated countries.

Now I am sure that Graphic Designers out there can point me in the direction of many amazing Czech designs – and they may also point out that the Meopta artwork is from the 80’s not 20’s. But humour me and lets all have a few cheers for the genius of Rodchenko (and Popova of course!) and how most graphic designers owe their entire style to these pioneers and are still not doing as well as they did back then!

Inside back cover image from Meopta Axomat 4 manual

LIFE IN A DARKROOM – THE MEOPTA WAY

Apologies. I went off topic, I shall pick up the story seamlessly…then I came across this beast on the inside cover. I can confirm it is exactly what life is like in a darkroom!

Now – ignore what I said earlier about Constructivism being great and once again humour my change in direction! I don’t know what it is, but there is something I really love about this sort of Graphic design – it seems really naive and basic, but endlessly appealing and amusing! I guess that’s the way things always go as cultural visual language moves on. In a few more decades, no doubt we will be looking back at current design and thinking how dated and simplistic it appears.

As far as I know, the Axomat 4 was produced int he early 80’s – yet this artwork seems to scream 70’s at me!

LONDON IS BLACK, WHITE & GREY ALL OVER