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ᴛʜᴇ ɴɪɴᴇ ɪɴᴄʜ ɴᴀɪʟꜱ ʟᴏɢᴏ ꜱᴛᴀɴᴅꜱ ᴀꜱ ᴏɴᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏꜱᴛ ᴇᴀꜱɪʟʏ ᴀɴᴅ ɪɴꜱᴛᴀɴᴛʟʏ ʀᴇᴄᴏɢɴɪꜱᴀʙʟᴇ ʙᴀɴᴅ ʟᴏɢᴏꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴀʟʟ ᴛɪᴍᴇ. ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴛʀᴇɴᴛ ʀᴇᴢɴᴏʀ ᴀɴᴅ ɢʀᴀᴘʜɪᴄ ᴅᴇꜱɪɢɴᴇʀ ɢᴀʀʏ ᴛᴀᴘʟᴀꜱ, ɪᴛ ʜᴀꜱ ʀᴇᴍᴀɪɴᴇᴅ ᴜɴᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇᴅ ꜱɪɴᴄᴇ ɪᴛ’ꜱ ᴏʀɪɢɪɴᴀʟ ᴄᴏɴᴄᴇᴘᴛɪᴏɴ, ʜᴏᴡᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴍᴜʟᴛɪᴘʟᴇ ᴠᴇʀꜱɪᴏɴꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ɢʀᴀᴘʜɪᴄ ꜱᴛʏʟᴇꜱ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴀᴘᴘʟɪᴇᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴜɪʟᴛ ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ɪᴛ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ʏᴇᴀʀꜱ. ᴡʜɪʟᴇ ɪᴛ ʜᴀꜱ ʙᴇᴇɴ ʀᴜᴍᴏᴜʀᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴀᴍᴇ ‘ɴɪɴᴇ ɪɴᴄʜ ɴᴀɪʟꜱ’ ɪꜱ ᴀ ʀᴇꜰᴇʀᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴊᴇꜱᴜꜱ ʙᴇɪɴɢ ɴᴀɪʟᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʀᴏꜱꜱ, ʀᴇᴢɴᴏʀ ʜᴀꜱ ɪɴꜱɪꜱᴛᴇᴅ ɪɴ ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴠɪᴇᴡꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴄʜᴏꜱᴇɴ ᴀꜱ ɪᴛ ᴀʙʙʀᴇᴠɪᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴇᴀꜱɪʟʏ ʀᴀᴛʜᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀɴ ɪᴛ ʜᴀᴠɪɴɢ "ᴀɴʏ ʟɪᴛᴇʀᴀʟ ᴍᴇᴀɴɪɴɢ”.

ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴀꜱᴋᴇᴅ ʙʏ ꜰᴀᴅᴇʀ ᴍᴀɢᴀᴢɪɴᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴏ ᴀ ᴠɪꜱᴜᴀʟ ᴀɴᴀʟʏꜱɪꜱ ᴏɴ ɴɪɴ’ꜱ ʙᴏᴅʏ ᴏꜰ ᴡᴏʀᴋ, ʙᴇɴᴊᴀᴍɪɴ ᴄʀɪᴛᴛᴏɴ, ᴀ ᴅᴇꜱɪɢɴᴇʀ, ᴀʀᴛ ᴅɪʀᴇᴄᴛᴏʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘʀᴏꜰᴇꜱꜱᴏʀ ᴀᴛ ʀᴜᴛɢᴇʀꜱ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱɪᴛʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴄʜᴏᴏʟ ᴏꜰ ᴠɪꜱᴜᴀʟ ᴀʀᴛꜱ ʜᴀᴅ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴀʏ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴏɢᴏ:

“ɪᴛ ɪꜱ ᴘʀᴀᴄᴛɪᴄᴀʟʟʏ ꜰʟᴀᴡʟᴇꜱꜱ. ɪᴛ ᴜᴛɪʟɪᴢᴇꜱ ᴜɴɪꜰᴏʀᴍ ʟɪɴᴇ ᴡᴇɪɢʜᴛꜱ, ᴍᴀᴛʜᴇᴍᴀᴛɪᴄ ꜱᴘᴀᴄɪɴɢ, ʙᴏʟᴅ ʟᴇᴛᴛᴇʀꜰᴏʀᴍꜱ. “ɴɪɴ” ɪꜱ ᴀ ᴛʀᴜᴇ ᴀᴄʀᴏɴʏᴍ, ᴀꜱ ᴏᴘᴘᴏꜱᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴀɴ ɪɴɪᴛɪᴀʟɪꜱᴍ. ɪᴛꜱ ᴀʙʙʀᴇᴠɪᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ɪꜱ ᴀɴ ᴀʟᴛᴇʀɴᴀᴛᴇ ꜱᴘᴇʟʟɪɴɢ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰɪʀꜱᴛ ᴡᴏʀᴅ ɪᴛ ʀᴇᴘʀᴇꜱᴇɴᴛꜱ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀʀᴋ ɪꜱ ꜱʏᴍᴍᴇᴛʀɪᴄᴀʟ. ɪᴛ ɪꜱ ɢʀᴀᴘʜɪᴄ. ɪᴛ ɪꜱ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴀɪɴᴇʀɪᴢᴇᴅ. ɪᴛ ɪꜱ ʟᴇɢɪʙʟᴇ. ɪᴛ ɪꜱ ᴇᴀꜱɪʟʏ ʀᴇᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇᴅ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴍᴇᴍᴏʀʏ. ɪᴛ ʀᴇᴘʀᴏᴅᴜᴄᴇꜱ ᴡᴇʟʟ ᴀᴛ ᴀʟʟ ꜱɪᴢᴇꜱ. ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪꜱᴛ ɢᴏᴇꜱ ᴏɴ.”

ᴡʜɪʟᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏʀɪɢɪɴᴀʟ ʟᴏɢᴏ ꜱᴛɪʟʟ ꜱᴛᴀɴᴅꜱ ᴀꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ɢʀᴏᴜᴘꜱ ᴘʀɪᴍᴀʀʏ ᴍᴏᴛɪꜰ, ɪᴛ ʜᴀꜱ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴅᴇᴄᴏɴꜱᴛʀᴜᴄᴛᴇᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴇxᴘᴇʀɪᴍᴇɴᴛᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ꜰᴏʀ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ ɴɪɴ ʀᴇʟᴇᴀꜱᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀᴄᴄᴏᴍᴘᴀɴʏɪɴɢ ᴛᴏᴜʀ. ʜᴇʀᴇ ɪꜱ ᴀ ʙʀɪᴇꜰ ʀᴜɴᴅᴏᴡɴ ᴏꜰ ʜᴏᴡ ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀɪɴ ᴠᴀʀɪᴀᴛɪᴏɴꜱ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴇᴠᴏʟᴠᴇᴅ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ʏᴇᴀʀꜱ:

#Nine Inch Nails #logo design #logo #graphic design #Typography #abbreviations #symbol #motif #LSAD #lsadgraphicdesign #band logo

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LJMU students and History of Art and Museum Studies staff are off to Jamaica for two weeks to study in the Edna Manley College of Art in Kingston! They will get to produce some exciting art, experience the very different culture and have a lot of fun along the way! This is what studying History of Art and Museum Studies at LJMU can do for you! #historyofart #LJMUGoAbroad #LJMUGlobalOpps @LJMUarts @graphics_lsad @lsadgraphicdesign (at Manchester Airport)

#ljmuglobalopps #historyofart #ljmugoabroad

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ARTIST RESEARCH: OBVIOUS PLANT

Obvious Plant is Jeff Wysaski, a man who has been making seemingly real yet obviously fake products (mainly toys) and sneaking them onto store shelves since 2015. 

Upon first glance, most of the products he makes don’t look much different from what you might find in your local discount shop. However, a closer look will reveal something is not right...

“The whole idea of Obvious Plant is to make the world more weird. So the idea is to make things a little more surreal in people’s everyday lives — give them a good laugh, like while they’re grocery shopping or doing something really boring. I really do enjoy when people online are tricked into thinking something is real. That’s fun for me because that means I did my job right.”

#obvious plant #toys #conceptual art #parody #graphic design #lsadgraphicdesign #LSAD #comedian #lowbrowart

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GRAPHIC DESIGN: RESEARCH

TERRY RICHARDSON | SISLEY “FARMING” CAMPAIN 2001

There was a time that Terry Richardson was one of the most sought after fashion photographers in the industry. Whether you loved him or hated him, it was impossible to turn the pages of a fashion magazine without seeing his work. While some considered what he did to be ground breaking, many believed it to be nothing more than cheap exploitation by a creepy pervert who used shock tactics as a guise for high-fashion. 

Knowing what we know now, it’s seems more likely that the latter sentiment is truest to form. 

This Sisley campaign from 2001 marks some of his most controversial work (there is a lot) and in my opinion, a low point for both the fashion industry and maybe even just civilisation in general. 

#sisley #terry richardson #graphic design #fashion photography #LSAD #lsadgraphicdesign

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ARTIST RESEARCH: KEITH HARRING

Keith Harring (May 4, 1958 – February 16, 1990) was an American artist who came to prominence out of the New York graffiti scene during the 1980′s. His early influences included the likes of Dr. Seuss and Walt Disney, as well as his father, who was an amateur cartoon artist. 

Harring’s style became a familiar sight in the New York City subways, and as his popularity rose, he began producing much larger works, in a very stripped down yet highly energetic style. 

Much of his work was embodied by social activism, namely AIDS awareness and the promotion of safe-sex ideals. A gay man himself, he was a victim of the AIDS crisis in the 80′s and the ignorance and stigma around it. 

Speaking on the AIDS crisis and the influence it had on ‘The Downward Spiral’ track ‘Heresy”, Trent Reznor has said: 

"I was trying to explore some of the paranoia I have as a sexually active person in the age of AIDS," he says of "Heresy."

"I guess I feel cheated for not growing up in a more liberated era. At the same time, what gets me mad is the way the right wing has used the 'convenience' of this epidemic in helping to promote their own agenda."

Harring spoke of and spread awareness of the AIDS epidemic at a time when the country and the politicians who ran it refused to acknowledge its existence. Despite the virus being identified in 1981, President Ronald Reagan himself did not even utter the word in public until the end of his two term presidency. This hesitancy to act would inevitably only worsen the situation. As the epidemic spread like wildfire, so too did the ignorance and ostracism directed towards the gay community. 

Harring himself would eventually die from the disease in 1990, at the age of 31. 

#keith harring #artist research #graphic design #lsadgraphicdesign #graffiti #street art #NIN #Nine Inch Nails

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‘THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL’ - NINE INCH NAILS

RESEARCH: 10500 CIELO DRIVE: THE TATE MURDERS 

On the night of August 9th 1969, Tex Watson, Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel, and Linda Kasabian, forced their way into the home of Sharon Tate and Roman Polanski on the orders of Charles Manson, who instructed them to "totally destroy" everyone in it, and to do it "as gruesome as you can".

Manson’s motivation was revenge against famous record producer Terry Melcher, with whom Manson had a previous relationship with before being snubbed concerning the possibility of recording his music together. Melcher was the previous resident of the house before Tate and Polanski, and had invited Manson over as a guest on a couple of occasions. 

At the time, Polanski was away in Europe working on a film project, and Tate was entertaining guests, among them Abigail Folger (heiress to the Folgers Coffee fortune) her boyfriend, aspiring screen-writer Wojciech Frykowski, and Jay Sebring, Tate’s friend and former lover. 

Steven Parent, a friend of the caretaker who lived in the guest house in the back, was the first of the Manson Family’s victims that night, as he was stabbed and shot leaving the residence.  Among those invited that night but did not attend were record producer Quincy Jones, and actor Steve McQueen. 

After an evening of socialising, Tate and her guests had fallen asleep, only to be awoken by Manson’s followers and brutally murdered in the ensuing struggle. Included in the list of victims was Tates unborn child, Paul Richard Polanski. Tate was 8 1/2 months pregnant. 

Manson had told his followers to "leave a sign—something witchy" before they left the scene. Susan Atkins took Sharon Tates blood and wrote the word “PIG” on the front door. 

#nin #Nine Inch Nails #the downward spiral #charles manson #manson family #murders #graphic design #LSAD #lsadgraphicdesign #research

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‘THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL’ - NINE INCH NAILS

PAINTING WITH FIRE: FINAL DRAFTS

TRACK 6: RUINER

Final drafts for Ruiner artwork. 

I’m very happy with the textures of these pieces. If I could find a way to create like this without burning highly toxic fumes then this is all I would ever do. There is nothing I like more than a happy accident, and waiting to see what results from such a chaotic event as burning a painting is quite thrilling. 

I also love the colours of these pieces. They are pretty evenly distributed over the bread boards, and the contrast of red, black and silver seem appropriate for this track somehow. 

#Nine Inch Nails #NIN #logo design #logo #album art #texture #colours #lsadgraphicdesign #graphic design #LSAD #design

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NINE INCH NAILS - THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL

GRAPHIC DESIGN - IDEAS DEVELOPMENT

TRACK 12: REPTILE

EDIT: I’m after being informed by Andrea (https://k00234566.tumblr.com/) that the worm I found is actually a New Zealand Flatworm, a particularly invasive species not common to our part of the world that should be reported when found. Thanks Andrea! I knew it was up to no good...)

As our protagonist’s plea for someone to end his suffering go unanswered, he naively attempts to salvage some shred of his former self, or perhaps even find a way out of what he already knows deep down is inevitable, his destruction. 

We can assume from the opening lines that the woman this man encounters is not the same as was hinted in ‘Piggy’ or ‘Closer’, but more than likely a prostitute:

“she spreads herself wide open to let the insects in she leaves a trail of honey to show me where she’s been she has the blood of reptile just underneath her skin seeds from a thousand others drip down from within… oh my precious whore”

The images of ‘honey’ and ‘insects’ always stood out to me in this song. I decided to get a little on the nose with it and take a jar of honey out to the field across from my home. I dripped the honey on to different surfaces to see what kind of effects I can get. I was happy with the way the colours and textures of the rusted gate and aluminium pan complimented the honey, but I wanted to get some insects involved if I could. 

I turned over as many rocks and pieces of garbage as I could, and succeeded in finding many different ant colonies around the place. However the pictures of them I took on my phone were underwhelming as they were too small to make any sort of impact with the camera i was working with. 

Then I lifted a rock and found one of the weirdest things I have seen in recent memory. What appeared to be some sort of worm that looked like an eel started slithering out from under the rock. Perhaps I just don’t get out enough but I have never seen a worm that shape and with the strange off-white border around it. 

I decided to take some pictures and while the worm made it’s way, a nearby slug suddenly shared my curiosity and started following the worm. I caught a few pictures of their encounter and then let them on their way. 

I adjusted the contrast on the photos and found it difficult to decide which one to use for a cover. I looked forward to bringing them into photoshop to add the NIN logo and get a better sense of which one was most appropriate. 

#Nine Inch Nails #NIN #reptile #the downward spiral #graphic design #LSAD #lsadgraphicdesign #ideas development

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NINE INCH NAILS - THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL GRAPHIC DESIGN - IDEAS DEVELOPMENT TRACK 11: ERASER

Here are a few of the different options I have settled on for the ‘Eraser’ single artwork. I loved the way each arrangement looked and felt in black and white with the contrast turned up high and the exposure turned down. They have a real industrial feel and brought to mind the visuals used on the Nine Inch Nails tour promoting ‘The Downward Spiral’, particularly  the video that I have attached below. 

#NIN #Nine Inch Nails #eraser #the downward spiral #ideas development #graphic design #LSAD #lsadgraphicdesign

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‘THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL’ - NINE INCH NAILS

FOUND OBJECTS: FINAL DRAFT

TRACK 7: THE BECOMING

These are my two final drafts for ‘The Becoming’. 

I wanted to do a “clean” and “dirty” version, as it brought me back to buying CD’s as a kid. The Parental Advisory sticker was something of a badge of honour back in the 90′s.

At this point in the album our protagonist has successfully overthrown God and regained his control and identity, only to find all meaning lost as there is now nothing to believe in: 

"all pain disappears it's the nature of my circuitry, 

drowns out all i hear there's no escape from this my new consciousness, 

the me that you know used to have feelings, 

but the blood has stopped pumping and he's left to decay, 

the me that you know is made up of wires, 

and even when i'm right with you i'm so far away."

#NIN #Nine Inch Nails #nin logo #graphic design #album art #album artwork #LSAD #lsadgraphicdesign #sculpture #photography #industrial music #the becoming

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GRAPHIC DESIGN: TYPOGRAPHY

‘THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL’ - NINE INCH NAILS

TRACK 5: CLOSER

‘Closer’ is Nine Inch Nails most famous song, made popular by its accompanying visionary music video (directed by Mark Romanek) and the unforgettable line, “I wanna f*ck you like an animal.”

I wanted to experiment with typography for potential single artwork for this song, using a font that suits the themes of this record. 

I found an old issue of Playboy in a stack of magazines I have set aside for collage (honestly, that’s all they are for!) and went about seeing if I could potentially extract the words “closer to god”. 

While I came quite close, I needed to manipulate the ‘G’ to look like a ‘C’ for the word “closer.”

As it was a serif font, I was able to cut the lower edge off of the letter ‘L’ and attach it to the ‘G’ to make a convincing ‘C’. 

The only issue now was that the ‘D’ in god was too small for my liking, so I therefor tried to position it closer to the camera’s lens by sticking it to the end of a nail with blu-tack. Unfortunately the camera was able to pick up on the difference in depth, so I resided to making my own lower case ‘D’ using half of a lower-case ‘A’ and attaching it to a lower-case ‘L’. 

It took a bit of fooling around but I got there eventually.

#NIN #Nine Inch Nails #closer #closer to god #the downward spiral #Typography #graphic design #lsadgraphicdesign #LSAD

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GRAPHIC DESIGN: STORY PROJECT

‘THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL’ - NINE INCH NAILS 

TRACK 1: MR. SELF DESTRUCT

Final draft for the single artwork for Mr. Self Destruct. 

The font I selected for the lyrics was called ‘bitwise’ and was taken from www.1001fonts.com

#NIN #Nine Inch Nails #nin logo #mr self destruct #the downward spiral #graphic design #mixedmedia #lsadgraphicdesign #LSAD

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NIN LOGO EXPERIMENTS: GRAPHIC DESIGN 

I really enjoyed cutting up and rearranging text in the typography workshop with Lorraine last semester, so I decided to do something similar with the ‘NIN’ logo and see what results came from it.

While I didn’t really blow my own mind like I did last semester, I did come up with some interesting shapes and compositions that made me rethink this logo I’ve been looking at most days since I was 13. 

Nine Inch Nails play around with their logo a lot. It is easy for them to get away with because of how instantly recognisable it is, even when partially or almost completely obscured. 

These renditions I played with have probably gone a little too far for me to successfully implement them into any future NIN designs, but they definitely gave me a bit of momentum moving forward. 

#NIN #Nine Inch Nails #Typography #graphic design #lsadgraphicdesign #logo #logo design #symbol #motif #deconstruction

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ꜱᴛᴏʀʏ ᴘʀᴏᴊᴇᴄᴛ:  ɴɪɴᴇ ɪɴᴄʜ ɴᴀɪʟꜱ  ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴏᴡɴᴡᴀʀᴅ ꜱᴘɪʀᴀʟ (1994)

ꜰᴏʀ ᴍʏ “ꜱᴛᴏʀʏ” ᴘʀᴏᴊᴇᴄᴛ, ɪ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴅᴏɪɴɢ ᴀ ɢʀᴀᴘʜɪᴄ ꜱᴛᴜᴅʏ ᴀɴᴅ ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴘʀᴇᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ 1994 ɴɪɴᴇ ɪɴᴄʜ ɴᴀɪʟꜱ ᴀʟʙᴜᴍ, “ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴏᴡɴᴡᴀʀᴅ ꜱᴘɪʀᴀʟ”.

ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴀꜱᴏɴꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ ᴘɪᴄᴋᴇᴅ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴀʀᴇ ᴍᴀɴʏ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴍᴀɪɴʟʏ: 

1) ᴛʜᴇʏ (”ᴛʜᴇʏ” ᴍᴇᴀɴɪɴɢ ᴛʀᴇɴᴛ ʀᴇᴢɴᴏʀ) ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀʟᴡᴀʏꜱ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴍʏ ꜰᴀᴠᴏᴜʀɪᴛᴇ ʙᴀɴᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜɪꜱ ɪꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴀʟᴡᴀʏꜱ ʙᴇ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴍᴏꜱᴛ ᴄᴇʟᴇʙʀᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ꜱɪɢɴɪꜰɪᴄᴀɴᴛ ᴀʟʙᴜᴍ, ᴀꜱ ᴡᴇʟʟ ᴀꜱ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴍᴏꜱᴛ ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟᴇᴛᴇ ᴀʀᴛɪꜱᴛɪᴄ ꜱᴛᴀᴛᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ. ɪ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴡʀɪᴛᴇ ᴀɴ ᴇꜱꜱᴀʏ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴡʜʏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪꜱ, ʙᴜᴛ ɪɴ ꜱᴜᴍᴍᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴡᴀꜱ, ᴛᴏ ᴍᴇ, ᴀ ᴘᴇʀꜰᴇᴄᴛ ʜᴀʀᴍᴏɴʏ ᴏꜰ ᴠɪꜱᴜᴀʟ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀᴜᴅɪᴏ ᴇxᴘʀᴇꜱꜱɪᴏɴ. ɪᴛ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴀɴ ᴀᴛᴍᴏꜱᴘʜᴇʀᴇ, ᴍᴏᴏᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀᴇꜱᴛʜᴇᴛɪᴄ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡʜɪʟᴇ ʙᴏʀʀᴏᴡɪɴɢ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ɪᴛꜱ ᴏᴡɴ ᴄᴏʟʟᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏꜰ ᴠᴀʀɪᴇᴅ ʀᴇꜰᴇʀᴇɴᴄᴇꜱ, ʙᴇᴄᴀᴍᴇ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟᴇᴛᴇʟʏ ᴜɴɪQᴜᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ɪɴꜰʟᴜᴇɴᴛɪᴀʟ ᴏɴ ᴛᴏ ɪᴛꜱᴇʟꜰ. ɪ’ᴅ ʀᴀᴛᴇ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ꜱɪɢɴɪꜰɪᴄᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴏɴ ᴘᴀʀ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴏꜰ ʀᴀᴅɪᴏʜᴇᴀᴅ ᴏʀ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ɴɪʀᴠᴀɴᴀ ɪɴ ᴛᴇʀᴍꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ɪɴꜰʟᴜᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴏɴ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴇᴍᴘᴏʀᴀʀʏ ᴍᴜꜱɪᴄ. 

2) ᴛʜᴇ ᴠɪꜱᴜᴀʟ ᴇʟᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀᴋ ᴏʙᴠɪᴏᴜꜱʟʏ ʙᴇɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴏᴄᴜꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴊᴇᴄᴛ, ɪ ᴄᴀɴ ꜱᴛʀᴏɴɢʟʏ ᴄᴏɴɴᴇᴄᴛ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀʟʙᴜᴍꜱ ᴀʀᴛᴡᴏʀᴋ, ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇᴅ ʙʏ ʙʀɪᴛɪꜱʜ ᴄᴏʟʟᴀɢɪꜱᴛ ʀᴜꜱꜱᴇʟʟ ᴍɪʟʟꜱ. ᴍʏ ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴇꜱᴛꜱ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴘʀᴏᴊᴇᴄᴛ ᴀʀᴇ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ “ꜰɪɴᴇ ᴀʀᴛ” ᴀɴᴅ “ᴅᴇꜱɪɢɴ” ɪɴᴛᴇʀꜱᴇᴄᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ɪ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴡᴏʀᴋ, ᴀʟᴏɴɢ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴄᴄᴏᴍᴘᴀɴʏɪɴɢ ᴡᴏʀᴋꜱ ɪɴᴄʟᴜᴅᴇᴅ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀʟʙᴜᴍ ᴘᴀᴄᴋᴀɢɪɴɢ ᴅᴇꜱɪɢɴ / ʟᴀʏᴏᴜᴛ, ᴘʀᴏᴍᴏᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟ ᴘᴏꜱᴛᴇʀꜱ, ᴍᴜꜱɪᴄ ᴠɪᴅᴇᴏꜱ ᴇᴛᴄ. ʀᴇᴘʀᴇꜱᴇɴᴛ ᴀɴ ꜰʟᴀᴡʟᴇꜱꜱ ᴇxᴀᴍᴘʟᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜɪꜱ ɪᴅᴇᴀ. 

3) ɪᴛ ʜᴀꜱ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴇxᴘʀᴇꜱꜱᴇᴅ ᴍᴀɴʏ ᴛɪᴍᴇꜱ ʙʏ ᴛʀᴇɴᴛ ʀᴇᴢɴᴏʀ ʜɪᴍꜱᴇʟꜰ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ɪꜱ ᴀ “ᴄᴏɴᴄᴇᴘᴛ ᴀʟʙᴜᴍ”. 

ᴍᴜꜱɪᴄ ᴊᴏᴜʀɴᴀʟɪꜱᴛ ᴛᴇʀʀʏ ʙᴇᴇᴢᴇʀ ᴡʀɪᴛᴇꜱ: 

“ᴀᴛ ɪᴛꜱ ᴄᴏʀᴇ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴏᴡɴᴡᴀʀᴅ ꜱᴘɪʀᴀʟ ɪꜱ ᴀɴ ᴜɴꜰʟɪɴᴄʜɪɴɢ ᴄᴏɴᴄᴇᴘᴛ ᴀʟʙᴜᴍ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴅᴇᴛᴀɪʟꜱ ꜰᴀʟʟɪɴɢ ᴅᴏᴡɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴀʙʙɪᴛ ʜᴏʟᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴅᴇꜱᴘᴀɪʀ – ᴀ ɴᴀʀʀᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴀꜱ ɪᴍᴘʀᴇꜱꜱɪᴠᴇ ᴀꜱ ɪᴛꜱ ɢᴇɴʀᴇ-ᴅᴇꜰʏɪɴɢ, ᴇʀᴀ-ᴅᴇꜰɪɴɪɴɢ ᴍᴜꜱɪᴄ. ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀ ᴡɪʟʟɪɴɢɴᴇꜱꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴇᴍʙʀᴀᴄᴇ ᴍᴀɴ’ꜱ ɪɴᴛᴇʀɴᴀʟ ᴄᴏɴꜰʟɪᴄᴛ ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ꜱᴘɪᴛᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴠᴜʟɴᴇʀᴀʙɪʟɪᴛʏ; ᴄʀɪᴘᴘʟɪɴɢ ꜰᴇᴇʟɪɴɢꜱ ᴏꜰ ɪꜱᴏʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴇʟᴘʟᴇꜱꜱɴᴇꜱꜱ; ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴜᴛɪʟɪᴛʏ ᴏꜰ ꜰɪɢʜᴛɪɴɢ ᴀɴʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ɪꜱ ᴀɴ ᴜɴᴍᴏᴠᴀʙʟᴇ ʜᴇᴀᴘ ᴏꜰ ᴄʀᴀᴘ ᴠᴇʀꜱᴜꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇꜰɪᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴅᴇꜰᴇᴀᴛ (ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴘᴇᴛɪᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪɴᴇ “ɴᴏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴄᴀɴ ꜱᴛᴏᴘ ᴍᴇ ɴᴏᴡ” ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀʟʙᴜᴍ ᴘᴜꜱʜᴇꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ꜰʀᴏɴᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴇɴᴛᴇʀ), ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴏᴡɴᴡᴀʀᴅ ꜱᴘɪʀᴀʟ ᴄᴏɴꜰʀᴏɴᴛꜱ ᴛʜᴏꜱᴇ ꜰᴇᴇʟɪɴɢꜱ ᴡᴇ ʙᴏᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴜᴘ ɪɴꜱɪᴅᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴜʙᴛʟᴇᴛʏ ᴏꜰ ᴀ ʀᴏᴜɴᴅʜᴏᴜꜱᴇ ᴋɪᴄᴋ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴇᴀᴅ.”

ᴍʏ ᴀɪᴍ ɪꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴠɪꜱᴜᴀʟʟʏ ᴇxᴘʀᴇꜱꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ʀᴇ-ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴘʀᴇᴛ ᴛʜᴇᴍᴇꜱ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴛᴏʀʏ ᴛᴏʟᴅ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴏᴡɴᴡᴀʀᴅ ꜱᴘɪʀᴀʟ, ᴡʜɪʟᴇ ɪɴᴄᴏʀᴘᴏʀᴀᴛɪɴɢ ʟᴇᴀʀɴᴇᴅ ᴛᴇᴄʜɴɪQᴜᴇꜱ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴍʏ ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴇɴɢᴀɢᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴡᴏʀᴋꜱʜᴏᴘꜱ, ᴛᴜᴛᴏʀꜱ, ᴀɴᴅ ɪɴᴅᴇᴘᴇɴᴅᴇɴᴛ ʀᴇꜱᴇᴀʀᴄʜ ʀᴇꜱᴇᴀʀᴄʜ. ɪ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴍʏ ᴘʀᴏᴊᴇᴄᴛꜱ ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴘʀᴇᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴛᴏʀʏ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇꜰʟᴇᴄᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ᴡᴇ ʟɪᴠᴇ ɪɴ ɴᴏᴡ. ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍɪᴅꜱᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴀ ᴘᴏꜱᴛ-ᴛʀᴜᴍᴘ / ᴘᴏꜱᴛ-ᴄᴏᴠɪᴅ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴀɴɢᴇʀ, ᴇꜱᴄᴀᴘᴇ, ɪꜱᴏʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴ, ᴀʙᴜꜱᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴇᴘʀᴇꜱꜱɪᴏɴ ᴇxᴘʀᴇꜱꜱᴇᴅ ɪɴ ‘ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴏᴡɴᴡᴀʀᴅ ꜱᴘɪʀᴀʟ’ ᴀʀᴇ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ʀᴇʟᴇᴠᴀɴᴛ ᴛʜᴀɴ ᴇᴠᴇʀ ʙᴇꜰᴏʀᴇ. ɪ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴇxᴀᴍɪɴᴇ ᴄᴜʀʀᴇɴᴛ ᴇᴠᴇɴᴛꜱ ᴀꜱ ᴡᴇʟʟ ᴀꜱ ᴍʏ ᴏᴡɴ ᴘᴇʀꜱᴏɴᴀʟ ꜱᴛᴀᴛᴇ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ-ᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ʜɪꜱᴛᴏʀɪᴄ ʟᴏᴡ-ᴘᴏɪɴᴛ ɪɴ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴ ʜɪꜱᴛᴏʀʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘʀᴏᴅᴜᴄᴇ ᴀ ʙᴏᴅʏ ᴏꜰ ᴡᴏʀᴋ ᴀɴᴅ ʀᴇꜱᴇᴀʀᴄʜ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴜɴɪᴄᴀᴛᴇꜱ ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ᴛʜᴇᴍᴇꜱ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴀ ᴍᴏᴅᴇʀɴ ʟᴇɴꜱ. 

ɪ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴇɴɢᴀɢɪɴɢ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀᴛᴇʀɪᴀʟ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴍʏ ᴄʜᴏꜱᴇɴ ᴅɪꜱᴄɪᴘʟɪɴᴇ ᴏꜰ ɢʀᴀᴘʜɪᴄ ᴅᴇꜱɪɢɴ ᴡʜɪʟᴇ ɪɴᴄᴏʀᴘᴏʀᴀᴛɪɴɢ ꜰɪɴᴇ ᴀʀᴛ ᴇʟᴇᴍᴇɴᴛꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴘᴀɪɴᴛɪɴɢ, ꜱᴄᴜʟᴘᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘʜᴏᴛᴏɢʀᴀᴘʜʏ.

#story #Nine Inch Nails #the downward spiral #trent reznor #russell mills #LSAD #lsadgraphicdesign #lsadyear1 #industrial music #graphic design #fashion

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HERBERT MATTER, MOBILE IN MOTION, 1936

A series of stills depicting the work of Alexander Calder by friend and fellow artist Herbert Matter. These images have given me a fresh perspective on Calder's work and the infinite possibilities of mobile art in regards to the ways  it is able convey movement. Each movement becomes its own unique design expressing its own distinct energy. Moments in time that can never be reproduced. 

#Alexander Calder #herbert matter #mobile art #sculpture #lsadsculpture #lsadyear1 #graphic design #lsadgraphicdesign

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RESEARCH: THE ARMED ⋈

The Armed are an anonymous hardcore-punk collective from Detroit, Michigan. The people pictured above may or may not actually be in The Armed. The Armed claim that they are, along with about 100 other people. 

However, The Armed are not to be trusted...

Formed in 2009, The Armed have made a name for themselves through misdirection both with their music and aesthetic. Many theories have circulated regarding their origins or who is even the band at a given time. Theories range from them being an elaborate performance art project to them being a corporate ad-agency, or a bunch of other equally absurd but just as likely possibilities.

Regardless of who or what they are, what is clear is that The Armed are not your average punk band. This becomes very evident upon glancing at their album artwork, pictured above. 

The top image, from their Untitled (2015) album depicts one of their “members” in what is clearly an homage to David Bowie's classic Aladdin Sane (1973). Their follow-up Only Love (2018) looks like it could be a scene from Rihanna’s ‘Work’ music video, while their most recent album, ULTRAPOP (2021) could have very easily been styled by Tyler, The Creator.

In each of these album covers, the design is sleek, the images crisp, and the content is accessible. One might even dare to say “hip”. This is in complete opposition to everything a hardcore punk band is “supposed to be”, yet The Armed have successfully melded these pop sensibilities into some of the loudest, noisiest songs ever put to record. 

And it is exactly this juxtaposition that make The Armed (as they self-proclaim) earths greatest band... or at the very least its most interesting.

#the armed #thearmed #hardcore punk #aesthetic #album art #graphic design #lsadgraphicdesign #album artwork #juxtaposition #REFRACT #tony hawk