Modern Inspiration
Do you have something that holds a permanent spot on your inspiration board, that has helped your ideas flow for years and years? I loved this charming piece on the author Douglas Coupland in Sunday’s New York Times. It figures that the author who captured the zeitgeist of Generation X and the technology bubble (Microserfs - personally I liked that one better, maybe because I am a member of Gen X, I don’t know), chose this cusp-of-the-eighties postcard from Fiorucci 1979. It did seem a sign of everything that was to come, and it affected Coupland so deeply that he dumped science for art then and there. I don’t think a postcard has ever done that much for me, but I do know that are quite a few images from bulletin boards that seem to make the cut during every clean-out and every move. Care to share yours?
photo from Bayne Stanley for The New York TimesÂ
October 4th, 2007 at 12:57 pm
The Banksy ‘Laugh now, but one day we’ll be in charge’ ape really struck me.
I know it’s a little cliched now, but when I first moved to London and bumped into one of his ‘art shows’ (basically a bunch of his work sprayed under one rail bridge and a transit van with beer and music), I was so impressed that something so DIY and awesome was happening right on my doorstep.
Plus, I’m a big fan of ‘Planet Of The Apes’, so I love the reference on that particular piece.
October 4th, 2007 at 2:16 pm
HI Jonathan! Do you have a link to any images? I’d love to share everyone’s on the blog!
Becky
October 4th, 2007 at 2:23 pm
I do, but the last time I tried to paste an image here, it went hideously wrong - if I can use HTML, let me know, I have pictures in Photobucket
October 4th, 2007 at 3:50 pm
I am hopeless at html - “hideously wrong” would describe a lot of my web efforts. I’ll just do a separate post about it next week! Thanks so much!
Becky