…Speaking of Authenticity
I recently finished some freelance work for a Christian Rap Artist based out of California. As an artist himself, the design for his album art was born from his original vision. He wanted the art to look like one of the “NOW” music CD’s. Not exactly my style, but why not take on the challenge—could be fun, right? It occurred to me as I was studying the art of previous NOW CD covers to better understand the 3D letter forms (this was the first time in my design history that I have skewed type to make big flashy letters) that I was overtly appropriating the NOW aesthetic. Ironic for someone who just helped plan a symposium on Design, Community, and the Rhetoric of Authenticity…
