Re: [microsound] re: final graphic design for mutek?

[graham miller <grahammiller@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

even if they just brought up the old graphics, logo and design aesthetic
from last year and shifted the colour palette it would have been better..=
=2E
the thing is, there are a thousand amazing graphic designers that would h=
ave
jumped at the chance to work on mutek for next to nothing, if cost was an=

issue... heck, i would have designed them something better for free.

in all the discussion of the microsound t-shirt - what does and doesn't
visually represent 'microsound' music - the mutek logo from last year (in=

all it's variations and deviations) was one the most apt visual signifier=
s
of minimalism, 'the post-digital' aesthetics, glitch, techno,
experimentalism, beauty... there's no point in treading ground already
traversed, but still it's an amazing starting point toward something else=
=2E..

anyone know what design firm/designers did mutek last year?

the typeface is still sublime though... it's hard to do that sort of thin=
g
without being clich=E9.

best,

g(raham)

"s. arden hill" wrote:

> I am in full agreement with you on this one, g.
>
> I believe most of the pictures on there are from the first year... not =
to
> mention where is the archive from last year.
>
> I think maybe they are spending most of their money on bringing in the
> "biggies" and not enough on internal design.
>
> arden
>
>