"Once the profession was genetically linked to the ancient crafts of hand typesetting, book binding, drawing and cutting. Now it no longer is so physical, mediated now by technology that can make it feel almost virtual. The basic tools are suddenly so different that, as McLuhan predicted, the things we can make, or even dream up, will be different."
Chris Pullman, 'Some Things Change, Some Things Stay the Same'
With this project, that consists of a series of posters, I wanted to explore the duality of Craft/Technology Based, something that is referenced by Chris Pullman while refering to the profession of the Designer.
Starting with an image of William Morris' Acanthus wallpaper, representative of the Arts and Crafts movement, I transformed it using one of the processes of glitch art. By opening the image in a Text Editor and changing its code, I got surprising results that perfectly represent the change in the profession that Chris Pullman mentions in his text.
William Morris, Acanthus Wallpaper
