September 1st, 2010
» When are both of you going to wake up and realize that NOLA is where it’s at?
i’ve never been!
maybe you should host an autostraddle party
and invite
autostraddle.
I agree! Why haven’t y’all come down to NOLA!? It’s a travesty. Come down for Southern Decadence!
August 31st, 2010
August 27th, 2010
» The Dollar ReDe$ign Project
The Dollar ReDe$ign Project seems pretty intriguing at first glance. The project focuses on the fact that perhaps a change in the way our currency looks might change the way we view our currency and economic situation. After all, many companies re-brand themselves in order to reach a new audience or reshape the opinions of the audience they already have.
Upon closer inspection, however, the project is a good idea but much of the design seems to be ultra-hip graphic design rather than legitimate currency design. Steve Jobs on a dollar bill? Don’t make me vomit. A few of the designs seem as though in five years time they will be dated pieces of post-Naughts aesthetic.
While I think an overhaul in the way our currency is designed is necessary —like moving toward more coin currency — several of the redesigns in the project seem to be more design proofs-of-concept versus any real effort to make an interesting, hip and eye-catching new currency. I hope the fresh designs that look more like concerted efforts to recreate our currency fair better in the competition.
As I mentioned before, I would love to see more coin currency. We really don’t need a dollar bill and it’s probably incredibly expensive to keep producing them. We’d benefit from having dollar and possibly even two dollar coins. I also think having different colors and sizes for different denominations of money would be a good idea. That way both sighted and visually impaired people could easily determine how much money they had. No mistaking a ten and a hundo when they’re completely different colors and sizes!
I think the project is a good exercise in design and I’ve seen some very interesting submissions. I hope the designers all the best and that perhaps this project can have some sort of impact on our currency system.
August 23rd, 2010
August 21st, 2010
Mungo Jerry - “In the Summertime”
This song has been in my head all day. Did Mungo Jerry ever have any other hits? I know a lot of their songs are pretty damn good, but I can’t see them being more than one hit wonders. I also found a video from 2008 where they re-recorded “In the Summertime” with what looks to be all the original members. It sounds almost exactly the same but the band members look less fashionable and it almost becomes corny because of that.
