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mukunv

8 years ago

MuirMcNeil SFCA Inside Out poster mono line version 2013

SF CA Poster

‘InsideOut’, an exhibition of one-off posters organised by the AIGA San Francisco Chapter. Invited participants from inside the Bay Area and outside were asked to design a poster based on a personal impression of San Francisco. The posters were sold at silent auction on 12 November 2013 to raise funds for AIGA scholarships, educational programming and community events.

It seemed appropriate as ‘outsiders’ to adopt an approach which might in some way portray a ‘universal’ view of San Francisco; something to celebrate the influence the Bay Area had on culture, art, technology and music in the latter half of the 20th century. MuirMcNeil’s ThreeSix 31 typeface, with the contoured layering attributes of its eight weights, seemed to be the ideal vehicle with which to create a typographic psychedelia with minimal content – SF CA is a concise and easily recognisable way of representing the city in typographic form. The colours speak for themselves.

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mukunv

9 years ago

While Working In Copper And Cobalt Mines In Katanga,in The South East Of The Democratic Republic Of Congo,

While working in copper and cobalt mines in Katanga,in the south east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Belgian photographer Colin Delfosse would travel to Kolwezi, where he would learn about the legends of the Congolese wrestlers. It would open his eyes to a whole new world. Everyday people who would reinvent themselves on a daily basis. "Curious about the wrestlers I met one night, I decided one year later to look deeper in the wrestling world of the Congo," he tells us. "Since then I went back twice, and a real friendship has started between us." "Artistically, after showing the tough mining world of Katanga, I wanted to talk about a more vivid and cultural side of Congo. Wrestling is multi-folded. It gave me the opportunity to work on a Congolese specific feature without falling in the harsh and poor vision of what Africa can also be. "Being very popular all over Europe and US in the fifties, wrestling faded over times on the old continent. Meanwhile, this sport continues to be a popular form of entertainment despite the years of dictatorship (Zairian Wrestling). Nowadays, greater diffusion through Europe gives a boost to Congolese wrestling. However popular, every layer of the Congolese society does not adhere to these events. Due to their locations, poor neighborhood, and the use of vodoo, many are reluctant to take part in it. Nevertheless, a certain superstition remains linked to the great names of Congolese Wrestling."

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mukunv

9 years ago