Stunt Design

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A blog post I done wrote: Stunt Design

Stunt Design, n. The phenomenon of designers & illustrators creating gimmicky graphics purely in the hopes of ‘going viral’ on pop culture/arts blogs.

[Decabet]

Love your blog. And its about time someone took all this shit to task.

"Reimagined" "minimalist" posters are the "My art is I take Polaroids at parties" of the last few years.

[crosshair]

"When I see re-imagined pop culture, that's when I reach for my revolver."
-Me

[johnny]

You're going to love Gallery1988's tribute show to internet memes.

[crosshair]

I should make a giant portrait of Hitler with the caption, "All Your Base Are Belong To Us."
Or maybe a giant portrait of Hitler with the caption, "Shit Jerome, Get It Together!"
Or maybe a giant portrait of Hitler with the caption, "Honey Badger Don't Give A Fuck"

...and any of the above will far outsell any other print I've ever made.

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Honey Bubb Rubb Don't Give A Fuck To Us

[johnny]

...and nice post, couldn't agree with you more. Where can I buy your ALF print?

[printchesco]

All of the online content nowadays seem to be judged by their potential to beome viral above all other things. It's what has come to be, and that's why it's no surprise that posts are starting to lose meaning, relevance, and purpose. It's just what it is.

[SkinnyD]

Fantastic post. It'll pass soon enough, then maybe we'll see an explosion of random pop-meme-graffiti everywhere.

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oohhh, an old thread bump. Thanks for the comment, skinnyD.

Me and Schmickle should curate a Bad Minimalist Poster tumblr or something. I bet we'd get on BoingBoing with it!