http://www.swiss-miss.com/2009/11/we-are-all-connected-illustrated.html swissmiss is a design blog and studio run by Tina Roth Eisenberg, a 'swiss designer gone NYC'. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:29:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.swiss-miss.com/2009/11/we-are-all-connected-illustrated.html#comment-39413 mb21 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:03:47 +0000 http://www.swiss-miss.com/?p=18930#comment-39413 we are all on facebook! lol we are all on facebook! lol

]]> http://www.swiss-miss.com/2009/11/we-are-all-connected-illustrated.html#comment-39383 Helena Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:53:11 +0000 http://www.swiss-miss.com/?p=18930#comment-39383 Yay, we are indeed all connected. Yay, we are indeed all connected.

]]> http://www.swiss-miss.com/2009/11/we-are-all-connected-illustrated.html#comment-39366 Red Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:45:33 +0000 http://www.swiss-miss.com/?p=18930#comment-39366 Indeed, Marc, you're very kind to clarify. I'm not used to comment boards resolving in such a civilized, affirming way. Thank you. Indeed, Marc, you’re very kind to clarify. I’m not used to comment boards resolving in such a civilized, affirming way. Thank you.

]]> http://www.swiss-miss.com/2009/11/we-are-all-connected-illustrated.html#comment-39317 Joshua Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:11:36 +0000 http://www.swiss-miss.com/?p=18930#comment-39317 Thanks Marc. Your humility is evident, which is disarming. So difficult for the artist to put things out into the world and have them come back scrutinized, but you handle it well. There are always meanings under the initial layers, so thank you for receiving our interpretations with grace. Thanks Marc. Your humility is evident, which is disarming. So difficult for the artist to put things out into the world and have them come back scrutinized, but you handle it well. There are always meanings under the initial layers, so thank you for receiving our interpretations with grace.

]]> http://www.swiss-miss.com/2009/11/we-are-all-connected-illustrated.html#comment-39313 Marc Johns Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:57:06 +0000 http://www.swiss-miss.com/?p=18930#comment-39313 Thanks for posting this, Tina! To Joshua and Red, I'm sorry if this drawing offended you or gave you a negative impression. The fact is, when I drew this it was never my intention to create some sort of universal statement about humanity. It was a bunch of bodiless heads, attached together by lines (or maybe strings), who were all stuck together, unable to escape each other. I found the loose pattern appealing. The meaning you are inferring is much deeper than my intention, and I'm grateful that you are looking for additional layers. Actually, after I uploaded it to the big ol' internet and Michael blogged it on designnotes.info, I realized that it had this other, bigger meaning, albeit executed without the necessary diversity. But I would never make a piece about the global human family in this way -- it seems like a bit of an obvious statement to make, without any sort of amusing or interesting angle to it. Anyway, I always find it interesting to see how things are interpreted when they are released on the web. Sometimes I need to do a better job of making my intentions more clear. A good challenge for sure. Sorry for the confusion! Thanks for posting this, Tina!
To Joshua and Red, I’m sorry if this drawing offended you or gave you a negative impression. The fact is, when I drew this it was never my intention to create some sort of universal statement about humanity. It was a bunch of bodiless heads, attached together by lines (or maybe strings), who were all stuck together, unable to escape each other. I found the loose pattern appealing. The meaning you are inferring is much deeper than my intention, and I’m grateful that you are looking for additional layers.
Actually, after I uploaded it to the big ol’ internet and Michael blogged it on designnotes.info, I realized that it had this other, bigger meaning, albeit executed without the necessary diversity. But I would never make a piece about the global human family in this way — it seems like a bit of an obvious statement to make, without any sort of amusing or interesting angle to it. Anyway, I always find it interesting to see how things are interpreted when they are released on the web. Sometimes I need to do a better job of making my intentions more clear. A good challenge for sure.
Sorry for the confusion!

]]> http://www.swiss-miss.com/2009/11/we-are-all-connected-illustrated.html#comment-39299 Red Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:59:34 +0000 http://www.swiss-miss.com/?p=18930#comment-39299 We're all male? I love Marc Johns generally, but this illustration did not hold the same appeal. We’re all male? I love Marc Johns generally, but this illustration did not hold the same appeal.

]]> http://www.swiss-miss.com/2009/11/we-are-all-connected-illustrated.html#comment-39292 Joshua Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:48:36 +0000 http://www.swiss-miss.com/?p=18930#comment-39292 We're all caucasian? Apparently we're not so connected. We’re all caucasian? Apparently we’re not so connected.

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