Archives for September 2009
The Campaign Poster Debaffler: 5 – Think of the Children!
While the weary lamp-posts of the country already heave ‘neath the strain of alarmist, reductive, populist, faux-chummy, batshit and reactionary Yes/No posters, Libertas have just shown that there are still new depths to be plumbed…cranking the vomit-o-meter up to 11… continue reading »
Images that Make Me Want to Cry: 3 – Great Coffee, Great Friends
Look, we all hate ourselves. You. Me. The postman. The elderly woman you sat beside on the bus this morning. We all sob ourselves to fitful sleep (wallowing in our pits of self-loathing). And no wonder. Life is brutish, short… continue reading »
Images that Make Me Want to Cry: 2 – The Confused Clipart Stickman
A curious feature of ubiquitous images is this – as soon as you notice the ubiquity, concrete examples become hard to find. One minute they’re everywhere. And then, the minute after you mention their everywhere-ness to someone, they’re nowhere. Vanishing… continue reading »
Images that Make Me Want to Cry: 1 – The Corporate Handshake
Once, in a former life, I taught “Business English”. Really. I taught students proper forms of address. I taught them formalised small talk. I taught them how to compose a professional looking fax. I taught them all this hideous shit… continue reading »
