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Essays, Lectures and Reviews of and by by Elliott Earls currently available

 

• Essays
  • A Rumination on Intent
  • The Conceptual Terrain of the Work
  • This Monkey's Gone to Heaven
• Reviews
  • Eye Magazine Profile
  • Blueprint Magazine Profile
  • Design Observer Review
• Lectures
  • The ICA Boston Lecture

 

 

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Please note that this is a far from comprehensive collection of writings by Elliott Earls, and writings concerning the work of Elliott Earls. As the site continues to develop this selection will become increasingly comprehensive.

 

 

 

 

Elliott Earls Lecture at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) Boston
Saturday April 4, 2009.

Designer Elliott Earls presents his perspective on establishment and anarchy. How does one visualize dissent? It can take the form of a sophisticated challenge to dominant ideologies—political, religious, or cultural—or the opposite: an anti-establishment counterculture with no message. How are people responding to or acting on these images? Are designers defined by a “design canon” which determines the way they operate? Should they look beyond traditional sources of inspiration or court contradiction and chaos to produce relevant, resonant, and prescient design?

This video contains the first 10 minutes of Elliott Earls lecture at the ICA in Boston. The portion shown attempts to provide a context for The Saranay Motel and how it relates to the Cranbrook Poster series.

Interested in downloading a high definition version of this in Quicktime format for offline viewing?1080x720 423.8 Meg	Post comments, rate this video, embed or share directly on the Vimeo website. Elegant Dissent: Elliott Earls talk at the ICA Boston from Elliott Earls on Vimeo.

 

 

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