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JARGON INFOGRAPHIC
Infographic factsheet looking at the world of Business Jargon.
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SENSITIVITY
Sensitivity and popular music during the 1990-91 Gulf War.
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WORDS ARE ALL I HAVE
Short narrative using imagery found on the internet of people holding signs.
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YOU GOT PERFECT NOZZLES
Cross-stitch investigation into the language of the laser printer.
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I'll BE YOUR MIRROR
Spectators witnessing themselves on Jumbotrons at the European Football Championships 2012.
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HAPPY FRIDAYS
Various UK company dress codes regarding Friday attitre displayed using Art Deco fonts and motifs.
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TRANSMISSION COMMENCING
Reproduction of Mo' Wax Records data reply card, issued with 1996 CD release of Endtroducing..... by DJ Shadow.
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BELIEVE IN THEE DESPITE...
Publicity photographs of various politicians paired with terminology from the glossary of P-Funk.
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DEMON DRINK
Reproductions of die cut hole patterns found in various alcoholic drinks packaging.
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LEXICON OF FUN
Words to be used in workplace conversations by employees at a leading UK entertainment park, as marked out in the staff handbook.
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CUT-OUTS AND DELETIONS
Photography and reconstructions of record sleeve cut-outs.
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MANTRA
Gouache on paper 420mm x 594mm
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IMPORTANT NOTICE
Sixteen LP inner sleeves each bearing an important notice.
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LOST CONTROL
Twenty GoogleAds appearing during YouTube plays of 1979 Joy
Division television performance.
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BRANDS V THE BIRDIES
Reconstructions of birds in flight contemplating landing on logo signage bearing Deterrent Spikes.
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SCAN ME
Cross-stitch reproduction of QR Scan Code generated from the term The Heterotopia.
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CHINESE FARE
Photographs of toy food pieces manufactured in The People's Republic of China.
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PRINTHEAD TAPESTRY
Cross-stitch reproduction of HP DesignJet 1055 Plotter printhead alignment / adjustment
test sheet.
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CATALOGUE STRATA
Colouring evident on page edges of consumer goods catalogues.
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SUBURBAN ROOFLINES
Tiling and roofscapes of suburban London housing.
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DULL REGULAR
Dull Regular, graphic font to transform uninteresting
text.
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RFID
ANTI-THEFT CHIP
Cross-stitch reproduction of RFID (Radio-frequency identification) anti-shoplifting chip.
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ON OFFER
Reproductions of various sale sticker sheets.
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CARAVAN PARK
Photographs taken within a caravan park, England 2010.
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THEME PARK
Photographs taken within a theme park, England 2009.
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IDENTITY CODES
Police Force Classification of
Ethnicity in the United Kingdom.
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TOGETHER WE
ARE BETTER
Retelling of classic folk tale using images of Public Consultation Meetings found on the internet.
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MILITARY CROSS-STITCH
Ten Cross-stitch patterns using names of U.S. Military operations.
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COLONIAL COLOUR
Examination of print colours used in 1932 map of Africa from
The British
Empire Universities Atlas.
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R FOR REDUNDANT
Prototype of box enabling workers facing redundancy to clear desks with style.
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GOOGLE PORTRAITURE
Close examination of 25 Londoners escaping face blurring on Google Maps Street
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MONEY HONEY
Nine potential song titles unifying Love and Money.
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THE WARM FUZZY GLOW...
Colour, packaging and purchasing.
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NEWS SWITCH
Front page headlines and lead stories switched between The Sun & The Guardian
newspapers.
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REGGAE CONSCIOUSNESS
Stream of consciousness derived from pseudonyms of various Reggae and Dancehall
artists.
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FLUORESCENCE
Mapping of Police high visibility clothing at London G20 demonstrations, April
2009.
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BOXES / ERS
Amalgamation of Boxes & Boxers.
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ENCOUNTER
Audio recording from gospel television channel, with musical accompaniment.
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PUNK DUST
Dust collected from a record player needle after playing each side of 10 Punk
LPs.
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CLASSICAL LANGUAGE
Two short introductions to classical languages, employing images made from film
stills of rioting Greek Youths.
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DEPRESSIONS & LOWS
Precipitation, music, maps, travel. A year living under the weather.
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CLOSED
Interior photographs of 20 closed down shops and businesses, England 2008.
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COUNCIL COLOUR
Colour schemes from a selection of east London tower blocks.
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SPAM LETTERS
Letters made from tinned Spam.
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THE ROYALS
Photographs of London's Royal Docks and surrounding area
pre-large scale regeneration.
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COLOUR RIOT
Analysis of colour evident in 16 stills taken from film footage of 4 different
types of riot.
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MOST SAINTLY WALLPAPER
Wallpaper design depicting names of
Saints of the Most Pious Order alongside
tools used in acts of extreme violence.
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MEN WITH PROBLEMS
Depictions of men taken from newspaper advertisements offering cures for impotence
and other male sexual problems.
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JUNK BOXES
Photographs of magnified direct mail refusal boxes.
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S.A.D. EXPERIMENT
7 day experiment to determine the effects of daylight depravation on the human
psyche.
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FLYING ANT DAY
Short film unifying the phenomenon of Flying Ant Day with footage of police helicopters monitoring May Day protesters.
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10 O'CLOCK NEWS
Double exposure photographs of The 10 O'Clock News.
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LIGHT INTELLIGENCE
Traffic light monitoring experiment.
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EASTERN LEY LINES
Ley lines connecting sites of demolished east London council tower blocks.
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GRANGEGORMAN
Photography within a disused wing of Dublin's Grangegorman psychiatric hospital.
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SUSPECT COLOURS
Colour of clothing worn by suspected criminals throughout Spring 2004, as reported
in East London newspapers.
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LOTTO FONT
Font developed for use when entering the UK National Lottery.
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HEYGATE
Double exposure photographs of The Heygate Estate, London SE1.
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SUPER ROCKIN' MR MAGIC
Super Rockin' Mr Magic & other pioneers of rap – 1978 to 1982.
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PIPCs
Discarded design for the reverse of U.S. Military's
Personality Identification
Playing Cards.
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GLOOTS
Recordings taken from television advertisements for personal fitness machines,
backed by a musical accompaniment.
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CHECKOUT
Names of shop staff ascertained from various store receipts.
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ATOMIC CITY
Photographs taken within a disused Liverpool indoor market, using a disposable
camera.
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FLIGHT PATH
Examination into effects of aircraft noise on suburban West London.
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I'M GORGEOUS BUT...
Discussion topics taken from a daytime tv talk show and arranged into a tale
of infinite sadness.
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WE KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE
Reproductions of flattened out junk mail envelopes.
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