tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189482.post9093102762599564742..comments2024-03-26T21:46:56.291-07:00Comments on The ZehnKatzen Times: [design, type] Eureka Tower Carpark Signage: We Got An AngleSamuel John Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514541030057763303noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189482.post-52742874844647564532008-08-13T12:28:00.000-07:002008-08-13T12:28:00.000-07:00Oh, you meant Magritte. Ah! I get you now. Well, t...Oh, you meant <I>Magritte</I>. Ah! I get you now. Well, the carpark signage doesn't exactly qualify as Surrealism, but I have a feeling that, at the gestalt (the basic, unconscious) level, they both have the same understanding of symbol and meaning.<BR/><BR/>Actually, I take that back. That stuff could function as a sort of surrealism if done just right.<BR/><BR/>Good on you that you just so happened to guess who my favorite surrealist was. I always thought Dali, while excellent, was overrated. He <I>did</I> know how to put on a show though. His personality had no equal until Andy Warhol came along ...Samuel John Kleinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00514541030057763303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189482.post-80010479657843950322008-08-13T00:36:00.000-07:002008-08-13T00:36:00.000-07:00Maybe I spelt his name wrong....Maybe I spelt his name wrong....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189482.post-83679745160922035642008-08-11T21:00:00.000-07:002008-08-11T21:00:00.000-07:00A bit like Marguerite?Sorry, that one went right p...<I>A bit like Marguerite?</I><BR/><BR/>Sorry, that one went right past me.Samuel John Kleinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00514541030057763303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189482.post-63818739048760935122008-08-11T10:17:00.000-07:002008-08-11T10:17:00.000-07:00A bit like Marguerite?A bit like Marguerite?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189482.post-33297597246246492472008-08-11T09:43:00.000-07:002008-08-11T09:43:00.000-07:00That bit of "a-ha" you're feeling is stumbling on ...That bit of "a-ha" you're feeling is stumbling on something that artists get trained in ... people know how to look, but they don't know how to <I>see</I>. Art like this pulls you out of a certain complacency and turns your brain on high.<BR/><BR/>Another thing about really amazing and surprising design is that whoever came up with what's really "wow"ing you sometimes didn't do something that outre ... they take something mundane and apply it in an expected place in an unexpected way (or in an unexpected place in an expected way). The designer here just did one thing essentially (the unexpected way) and that one thing really pushed the envelope.<BR/><BR/>This bit is an object lesson, so to speak.Samuel John Kleinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00514541030057763303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189482.post-89021564253392798922008-08-10T20:51:00.000-07:002008-08-10T20:51:00.000-07:00I never get tired of looking at this. Truly beaut...I never get tired of looking at this. Truly beautiful, innovative design.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189482.post-59629542751578035942008-08-10T09:28:00.000-07:002008-08-10T09:28:00.000-07:00Thats a clever to apply this perspective art I've ...Thats a clever to apply this perspective art I've been seeing a lot of, usually its just shapes and things.<BR/>Theres this one guy who, if anyone here is a stumbler will notice, pops up a lot, who does this with incredible images like holes in the floor or swimming pools and whatnot.<BR/>Art kicks some hell of a lotta ass.....TWICE!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com