Friday, June 17, 2011

Faux Design

An artist who is particularly interested in book covers, created a "Faux Design" art installation recently.

What about today's world in regards to the way we view books/reading/design/or consuming content would make an art museum consider this worth exhibiting? Do you think it would be worth looking at in-person? What about today's world would lead to one of these covers becoming a t-shirt and other covers, having replicas purchased for personal collections? (Both those things have indeed happened)

Also, do you notice covers that particularly fail to convey a fully retro aesthetic? If so, post it and explain why. I think I found a couple...