d.i.y.

we went in to the zine fair that's part of the sydney writer's festival this afternoon, and bec and i both spent a few dollars here and there on different things. but what it mostly brought home to me is the idea that when i think of handmade, i think of quality that is better and more interesting than mass production. while there was lots to like at the zine fair, a large chunk of it is that nihilistic kind of aesthetic. it has its place and i don't dislike it, i just don't ever imagine wanting to produce it myself. photocopiers, for example, can be used in part of something that looks quite beautiful, it doesn't have to just be low quality because it's cheap. it's something i know we've discussed a fair bit already, but it just confirmed in me that what we think about handmade is because it's what i actually do like the most - not because i've been talked into it!

with that in mind - there's also another project for 4-4-2 music that has arisen in the last couple of days - a bit of a dream release for me - so i'll tell you about that in an e-mail.

soooo....what are we doing for telafonica packaging!!! i do like the idea of a book of some sort with a cd in it, rather than a cd that has a booklet attached. looking at the blog design you did i also like the black and white, but have been thinking that tiny splashes of just one colour are really effective in that context. for example, we both agree that the orange writing is probably a bit much, but i could imagine that if everything is b&w&grey, then, for example, the name 'telafonica' was orange (or whatever colour) it would be really striking. and that idea could possibly be extended into things like the packaging - overlaying single colour screenprints on greyscale prints on nice paper etc.