As my third week at Red C draws to a close I can only look back and wonder how it’s gone so quickly. Nonetheless after relocating to Manchester, finding a new flat, and establishing an acceptable groove in my office chair, I thought it was about time ‘the new boy‘ contributed to the agency’s ‘We Like’ page.

So I thought I’d share the work of the satirical sculptor Maurizio Cattelan, (like you do). To say I’ve been a fan would be a bit much but I can definitely count myself among his many admirers.

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I’ve always been interested in the creations of Stefan Sagmeister. I describe his work as creations not design nor art because I feel his work can’t be classified in one particular category. His conceptions and application of graphic design go beyond traditional notions of the practice, taking it into the field of performance and conceptual art, painting and sculpture.

However Sagmeister himself feels like the borders between art and design do not  blur and that they are still quite separate. He mentions that one of his favourite quotes is by Donald Judd the American minimalist: “Design has to work. Art does not.”

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