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We're Rolling, They're Biting

ssba.jpgIn the unrad category, Korean designers SSBA have taken Margaret Kilgallen's corpse for a more-than-stylistic piggyback ride. Reminds me of other swipes that have been copped lately. That "talent borrows, genius steals" line needs a "..and does it smartly enough to get away with it" caveat added. Neither SSBA nor Nagi Noda win in that department, much in the same vein of Paula Scher mining Herbert Matter back in the day.

Posted on August 23, 2007 by Registered CommenterVLU | Tokyo | Ian | Comments9 Comments

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I saw this! It was incredibly blatant. They wouldn't let me take pictures.
August 23, 2007 | Unregistered CommenterMax
That's so gross.
Kilgallen was an amazing artist and they're truly stomping on her grave.
August 23, 2007 | Unregistered CommenterBobby S.
They wouldn't let me take pictures either, but I did anyway. I just thought it was the lamest appropriation, as well. Shameless.
August 24, 2007 | Registered CommenterVLU | Tokyo | Ian
This is really a stylistic robbing. But it's different than Scher's look-alike which was more of a conscious parody rather than an attempt to assume an existing style.
August 27, 2007 | Unregistered CommenterMike
SSBA might say the same thing if they were asked, though it's doubtful.
August 29, 2007 | Registered CommenterVLU | Tokyo | Ian
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