Posts Categorized: Art

Results from the Sh! Awards 2012

Last Thursday was the annual Sh! Awards, which celebrates the very best creative, student talent to come out of Yorkshire.  We were very pleased to be the main sponsors of the event, which not only gave students an opportunity to bag themselves a six-month placement, but it also raised money for the Meningitis Research Foundation in honour of Stuart Hocknell – a brilliant young designer who died from meningitis in 2002.… Read more

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The Art of Design

I read an article recently which said “what constitutes a good designer depends on the person judging”. I don’t think it’s unfair to say that this translates to “there are no objective standards in design” – if what’s good can only be judged by individuals according to their own standards then what’s good for me might be bad for you.… Read more

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Art and us

I don’t like conceptual art; stuff like Tracey Emin’s bed and Martin Creed’s empty room leaves me cold.  I can kind of see the point… It can be kind of clever, in a half-hearted way – earning a slightly raised eyebrow of amusement, or acknowledgement that something expresses a mildly interesting concept, but I can never really summon up any enthusiasm, or feel that these ill-defined concepts are things that deserve to be put into words, and galleries, and stared at and bought and sold for millions.… Read more

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