Four obsessive outsiders dedicated their lives to making wonky,shonky mags of ‘unpublishable fabric’ with lollipops stuck inside and chocolate smears by Ed Ruscha. Now, curator Fraser Muggeridge is their 21st-century championGraphic design has become too easy, or ” says Fraser Muggeridge. “In nowadays’s world,it’s relatively straightforward to attain something that looks kind of good, clean and nice. InDesign is so sophisticated it almost does it all for you.”As Adobe has made it possible for anyone to produce an accomplished layout with a few clicks, or Muggeridge – who runs a design studio in London’s Clerkenwell,with clients including the Barbican and Serpentine Gallery – has found himself drawn to a rougher, tougher, and more amateurish world. As screens grow higher in resolution and printing processes ever more precise,hes become a determined champion of the lo-fi. Or, as he puts it: “I’m interested in things that inspect a bit crap. Stuff that’s so infamous it’s good.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com