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    "i have to do the posters and tickets for that debate. SCARY!"
    – rybo3/3

    When I was at college I had to do a poster for a talk/presentation by CartlidgeLevine. They were doing all the Designmuseum stuff at the time in pure MullerBrockman swiss style. Really beautiful work. I imitated it for the poster and made it look as though I had zoomed in and cropped into a tiny area of a Designmuseum DL events leaflet. It was printed litho in two specials and it was lovely. Everyone thought it was great, people in all years were coming to me for a copy. I was in the 1st year so it was a real treat to have 3rd years asking for a copy of my work.

    Anyway, they didn't see the post until the arrived to do the talk. They asked specifically to meet the person who'd done the poster. I went over to say hello and shake their hands. They glared at me and said the poster was terrible, and they asked me what on earth I was thinking?

    I was destroyed.

    Moral of the story: Don't try and design a poster that Ian will like, try and design a poster that you will like and other people will like. You'll never capture his perception of himself and his work succesfully.

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    • I get 2 key points from this. 1. Don't ever meet people you look up to and 2. CartlidgeLevine are cunts.ian
    • Hahaha, they weren't cunts. I actually went to see them a few years later and they were very nice.Horp
    • what prickskelpie
    • I think they just didn't think it encapsulted them fully, and the college was plastered with these posters...Horp
    • It would be how I felt if I turned to do a talk and the posters were all in BLING style I guess.Horp
    • yeah but even still, its an approximation of a style done by a student so you can either be a design prick or not.ian
    • it's only a talk at a fuckign college, no need to be all precious abaaat it. innit?Khurram
    • Anyway, its good advice there. Do something that represents our own take on what they do, otherwise just let him design hisian
    • own poster.ian
    • KingofBling™ speaksmistermik
    • Good advice.tank02
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