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New York graphic designer Cardon Webb collects fliers and hand-written notices from his neighbourhood and replaces them with his own re-designed versions.
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Calling the project Cardon Copy, Webb uses exactly the same wording as the original notice, whether for a for a missing pet or garage sale, but adds his own imagery and graphic style.
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The new posters are then displayed on the street alongside the originals.
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Here are some more details from Webb:
"Cardon Copy, takes the vernacular of self-distributed fliers and tear offs we have all seen in our neighborhoods. It involves hijacking these unconsidered fliers and redesigning them, over powering their message with a new visual language. I then replace the original with the redesign in its authentic environment.
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I started Cardon Copy as an experiment to demonstrate the power of visual communication. It also gives me a venue to create and express myself, allowing me to combine my art, design, and typographic ideas. By considering, then altering, such things as color, composition, image and type to a common street flier with a message as simple as, 'I lost my cat', the transformation is interesting.
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Cardon Copy is meant to be slightly facetious. There is something comical about seeing familiar street fliers presented in such and elaborate way. It is important to note that I am not dismissing these found humble fliers, trying to rid the streets of ugly signage. The fact is, that I appreciate the original fliers, aesthetically and conceptually.
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Because of this I only redesign fliers that there are multiples of. This way both the original and the redesign or Cardon Copy exist in the community together, to compare and contrast. I like to think by doing this in some way I aid in the discovery of what is often neglected."
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Read the original article here.