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/ b-sides
| b-sides Meric Kara |
1 September, 2004 |
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Contributors: concept and design: meric kara photos: zak text: andy sinboy
“b-sides” is a project which questions the nature of everyday objects and how we interact with them. Small additions and subtractions convert simple objects into communicative tools. Transformed, these items also make a subtle statement about consumer culture.
More than an exercise in design, “b-sides” is as a proposal for how we might look differently at the unextraordinary bits and pieces we find around us.
With the Fair discount t-shirt, both price and material have been reduced.
Beer to share expresses the social act of a sharing a beer.
Talking buttons are printed with images or text. The user completes their message with the direction of their sewing. Please submit your ideas for pictures or statements.
Tricky match: a printed burn mark on these useable matches makes them appear spent.
text by David Neustein
