ELIF AYITER
THINGS DESIGNED BY COMPANION SPECIES
AS MUST ALREADY BE EVIDENT FROM THE RATHER SCURRILOUS PERSONAGE THAT I HAVE CHOSEN TO REPRESENT THE SPECIES, I DO NOT HOLD OURSELVES IN TERRIBLY HIGH REGARD: ONE EYED TO DENOTE AN OBNOXIOUS SINGLE MINDEDNESS, TEETH TO DENOTE THE PREDATORY INSTINCT - THIS IS MORE OF A NASTY OLD CURMUDGEON RATHER THAN THE WONDROUS CREATION THAN WE USUALLY LIKE TO CONSIDER OURSELVES TO BE.
TO FURTHER THE POINT, I WILL NOT BE COMPLIMENTARY WHEN IT COMES TO THE VISUAL MATERIAL OF THE IDENTITY THAT THE HUMAN PARTNER OF THE EQUATION APPLIES TO THE PRODUCTS. WE HAVE IMAGERY FROM TWO PSEUDO-SCIENCES (PHRENOLOGY AND PALMISTRY) WITH WHICH OUR HOMUNCULUS CHOOSES TO DECORATE CLOTHING, HOME, COMESTIBLES AND OBJECTS...
“THERE ARE MOMENTS, JEEVES, WHEN ONE ASKS ONESELF, 'DO TROUSERS MATTER?'"
"THE MOOD WILL PASS, SIR.”
― P.G. WODEHOUSE, THE CODE OF THE WOOSTERS
AT HOME
“PERHAPS HOME IS NOT A PLACE BUT SIMPLY AN IRREVOCABLE CONDITION.”
― JAMES BALDWIN, GIOVANNI'S ROOM
“A HOME WITHOUT A CAT — AND A WELL-FED, WELL-PETTED AND PROPERLY REVERED CAT — MAY BE A PERFECT HOME, PERHAPS, BUT HOW CAN IT PROVE TITLE?”
― MARK TWAIN, PUDD'NHEAD WILSON
APPEARANCE
SUSTENANCE
INDULGENCE
“ANYTHING WORTH DOING IS WORTH OVERDOING.”
― MICK JAGGER
ARTICULATION...
This project started out as part of a tutorial to show my graphic design students how to apply a visual identity to a wide range of products. From where it took on a life of its own.
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I wish to thank the many generous people who put free to use mockups, vectors, clipart, png images and videos online for obsessive types like me to use. The resources were gathered from: vecteezy.com, videezy.com, videos.pexel.com, pngmart, pngtree, freepik, pixeden, goodmockups, graphicburger, and mockupworld.
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See more of my stuff here: https://www.elifayiter.com/