Cut & Paste London
Last Saturday I treated my lucky lady to tickets for the design tournament, Cut & Paste, that was happening @ the Coronet in Elephant and Castle.
To be honest, I couldn’t quite decide what to make of it all, and I got the feeling neither did the rest of the audience. On one hand, you had a really interesting concept, well executed, with creativity (seemingly) harnessed as it’s core philosophy. But on the other hand, you had alot of competitors producing work that reflected the rushed, pressurized approach - by being, frankly, crap.
For me it felt a little like the the person with the most efficient production skills won the day, rather than the best designer on both a conceptual and visual level. Unfortunately, that for me, wasn’t what I was really interested, but then I’m not sure what I was really going to get.
Moral of the story is: don’t design stuff in 15 minutes, unless you really can. Nonetheless I recommend any designer or geek to attend a Cut & Paste session, just for the level of mutual geeky design enjoyment.
