March 29, 2006

be excellent to each other

First, a community announcement:
THE DIY ARTS SHOW CD SHOWCASE
Saturday April 1 at The Tote (Collingwood)

8:30pm 'till late. $10 entry + free copy of the CD!
Featuring: Rose Turtle-Ertler, Speculum, Trixie's
Undersea Adventure, Ewah lady, Nobody's Dreamboat [who is great] and Made Austria [who are a fucking AWESOME acapella metal/hard rock group].
The DIY Arts CD Showcase is on sale for *only $10* and is avaialble
through 3CR (21 Smith St Collingwood) and local retailers.

Awhile ago I did a parody sticker of the University of Melbourne logo for their student newspaper, Farrago. Basically, I was the design monkey and did what I was told. A few people have commented and said they saw it around, so I thought you might like to see the alternative designs. To see the original logo, click here.

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The design that was printed. Click the image for a larger version.

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I like this message better. I think the point of critiquing an elite university like Melbourne should be an examination of the role they play, rather than the quality of its deliverance. Meh, no-one listened to me when I was involved in student politics either.
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I thought this design would be good for the Farrago kids because half the student population would be like, "Oh no, I feel really horrible for being so frightfully rich. Perhaps I should join Socialist Alternative during my academic career to offset the damage [A bit like planting acres of homogeneous trees to offset carbon emissions]. I shall place this sticker in a prominant position and register my outrage at my privilege." The other half of the student population would be like, "Yeah. Let the fuckers eat cake. I can't wait to put this on the bumper of my Saab."
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I don't think I can open Illustrator without making a retro reference somewhere. This did make me and Hon laugh, though.
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Image hosted by Photobucket.comI've also being going a bit nuts in Illustrator doing these nifty little simplified icon thingies. Remember the Australian mascot from the 1984 Olympics? This little guy was inspired by that.

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

'Be Excellent to Each Other'.
Hahaha
Reminds me of Animal House, the plaque on the statue of the college's founder
'Knowledge is Good'

10:34 am, March 30, 2006  

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