Today’s design inspiration focuses on the fact that all pieces of artwork have multiple ways to interpret them, no matter what the medium. In the case shown above, the medium is actually just a way to use an original piece of artwork and use it to create another element of design. In this case, we’re going from graffiti to apparel. This has actually been done before, but typically just the design itself has been used to create interesting graphic tees. In this case, American Fashion Designer Mark Jacobs‘s Paris store front was a victim of graffiti by an anti-fashion activist known as Kidult. Here’s where the story takes a turn for the best.
Mark Jacobs didn’t see the graffiti in a negative way like most store owners would who were targeted by this act. The front of the building was branded with a massive 686 with dollar signs surrounding it, all in lime green. Jacobs saw this as a huge opportunity and actually used a picture of the store front to create a t-shirt. Take a guess at how much the t-shirt costs? You guessed it, $686 for a design that he didn’t come up with, he just needed a picture of his store. Not only did he create a shirt from it, Jacobs even took to Twitter to say the following: “Come by Paris Collection for the opening night installation of the new @therealkidult. We proudly support the arts” This is truly a visionary way at looking at a piece of art that I’m sure would infuriate the artist, Kidult. Kidult was trying to send a message to fashion designers so I’m sure the last thing he thought would come from this would be support from the victim and his design being used on a $686 shirt.
This got me thinking of how all forms of art, no matter what the medium or message may be can be seen from a completely different point of view. Jacobs took a step back to look at the design from a completely opposite perspective. It’s the ability to do this that all art forms can be progressed. As a designer, I do a lot of blog reading and I look for design inspiration on a daily basis. It’s what fuels my creativity and helps me continue to create multiple designs a day. I sometimes read architecture blogs which influences me to use certain shapes in designs, I’ve seen typography used in various ways that helps influence me how to use type in some of my designs. There’s not one form of art that has one concrete perspective and I encourage you to find alternatives to the things that you think are a given. Do you do that already? What have you drawn inspiration from or what do you use as a tool to look at art from various views?
(via Design You Trust)