Comments on: Veil by Paul Cocksedge

By: Gen_Eve

Gen_Eve — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:36:45 +0000

I disagree with ‘Bonzo’. Choosing the Mona Lisa as the image was not ‘naff’, it was a fitting and intelligent decision. Seeing as the Veil piece was shown in Milan and the history of the Mona Lisa being taken from Milan by Napoleon. To have it magically ‘reappear’ there was brilliant. Whether this was part of his thought process or not, it was poetic.

By: Justina

Justina — Wed, 21 May 2008 01:49:35 +0000

When was design estranged from art or technology? Isn’t it one in the same? I believe this object proves it …Fling.

By: Will

Will — Wed, 14 May 2008 10:50:24 +0000

Paolo, thanks for disagreeing with me- lets agree to disagree-

I would opinion that this is in the same vein as Artist Mark Wallinger’s
‘ Time and Relative Dimensions in Space’.

‘Artist do not take client projects’ er.. since when Paolo?

Artists call them ‘Patrons’.

Examples – Chapman bros (product graphic), Beleschenko(Architectural installations), even Tracey Emin(Fashion design)

By: jek

jek — Wed, 14 May 2008 09:52:41 +0000

this is great, its not clear how it works and I like that. Interesting. Actually to me this debate about the chosen iconic image is pointless, if no-one had told me that was the Mona Lisa, I probably wouldn’t have even noticed, ha-ha. Its a cool trick that could develop into something much more interesting should Mr P Cocksedge want to take it further. I’d like to see it developed further.

By: PAOLO

PAOLO — Tue, 13 May 2008 23:20:33 +0000

Thats a piece of design and definately not a piece of art Will. Artist do not take client projects. Designers do. When we speak about design we do not necessarily refer to product design.

By: blank

blank — Tue, 13 May 2008 21:51:45 +0000

I Don’t know, John Maeda did something similar with Pantone pens and the Mona Lisa. If you didn’t recognise it instantly then the ‘trick’ would be lost in the time taken to figure out what the image was. Really clever installation. It’s creative. Not art or design but simply creative.

The crystal palace is a branding exercise (same as Bisazza), showcasing creativity and crystal within the confines of a design fair.

By: Bonzo

Bonzo — Tue, 13 May 2008 21:19:13 +0000

Fling has a point – why pick an image as naff as the mona lisa? its because it is neither art nor design – it’s a facination with a technique, and the artist/designer has not managed to rise above the basic knowledge to really originate. Its a showcase for a process.

By: Will

Will — Tue, 13 May 2008 20:18:12 +0000

Its Art- not Design-Art thankfully

Best thing at Crystal Palace

By: PAOLO

PAOLO — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:49:03 +0000

Nobody said that this is a product Fling. People nowadays can not accept this marriage between art and design but come on guys, a product does not have to be just a functional piece. It can very well be a statement piece. Art is creation so design. Two different disciplines but perceiving a product as a piece of art, makes the product more valuable and unique instead of another one sterile product that a machine created millions of times.

By: Fling

Fling — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:20:31 +0000

Woooahh! Like the Da Vince code. The Mona Lisa was a man, y’know. But I would say that this isn’t design. Its a kind of art. The same kind of art where you can get the image of a sailing ship 3d etched internally into a block of perspex, ie. tacky.