Thursday, August 7, 2008
Peace Accessories
Hello All,
Jackson here.
I was just sitting, watching "Imagine" and I had a thought:
War and Peace are both products.
The reason that War is always more popular than Peace is that War has better merchandise, cooler accessories.
Peace has no chance until it gets better accessories.
War has guns and tanks and jets and aircraft carriers.
What does Peace have?
Then I thought: Prosperity.
The problem with prosperity, where people are living happily, free from violence and oppression, is that it's very hard to icon-ify. You put a gun on a shirt and everybody gets it.
Besides the peace symbol, what does Peace have going for it, visually?
I put it to you...
What are Peace's Accessories visualized?
How do we icon-ify Peace?
It's tough, truly. War has a lot going for it. But Peace is smarter in the long run.
So we work for Peace.
Lets put our heads together on this one. How do we symbolize prosperity and goodness? How do we symbolize sustainability so that it has the same impact graphically as an AK-47?
What are the objects that to us represent this brave new age we're just beginning?
The solar array? A wind turbine? The sun? WALL-E?
These all seem way to soft.
This is a very difficult exercise.
Maybe if anyone out there is a graphic designer, or knows one, or is an enthusiastic amateur willing to take a stab (bad choice of words!) at it. Why not email this on to one of those people?
Yay!
Love to All,
Jackson
Labels:
graphic design,
iconography,
party for peace,
peace,
peace accessories,
War,
weapons
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