Emak Mafu Design Spam

Faile (pronounced “fail”) are a collective based in New York. Formed in 1999 they are referred (by some) as pioneers of global contemporary street art. Founding members Patrick McNeil, Patrick Miller and Aiko Nakagawa have evolved from wheatpasting screen printed posters on streets into permanent pieces of artwork combining stencil, graf, stickers and paint. The work is stunning and the venue, an old school on the verge of being demolished; surreal.

The show is curated by Lazarides gallery and is well worth the trip.

James

Just a quick question. What’s the point in spending loads of government money, loads of time, and a load of marketing effort when no-one can find out what is going on.

I dare you to try and find an event in your area at a specific time on http://www.londondesignfestival.com/. I don’t think an ounce of thought has gone into it.

For example, I’m at work, it’s 5.45 an I fancy going to something within the festival tonight. I don’t mind traveling, and I don’t mind what discipline it’s in. So why on their search page do they not allow me to even see what is going on tonight? Let alone filter by location? Ok, they have given postcodes, but where I work there are 10 postcodes within 15 minutes of me. So they want me to search through every one, and then click on every result to find out when it is?

I find this really disappointing, that we as an industry can’t get our act together for something like this. It’s not rocket science, it’s just common sense.

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