Wing Dings Please
September 8th, 2009
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My first job in advertising was a train wreck mashed up with a slave ship or something like that. I remember being required to lay out magazine ads, code php tools, be an actionscript assassin, amongst other things.
But at the time the style of street art fashion photography mashed-up with vector artwork started to come into vogue. In our office we all laughed about it and called it a passing fad, but now a few years later I’m seeing that it definitely stuck.
I think the thing that is most attractive about it to people is the juxtaposition of two idealized states. The made up girl is just as unreal as the artwork that surrounds her.
Escapism at it’s best I guess, but I might give the style a try.