Comedy Carpet Design

The comedy carpet recently won a civic trust award for blackpool and is shortlisted for the design museum s design of the year.

Comedy carpet design.

The scale and incredibly complex nature of the work meant that comedy carpet team even had to set up its own bespoke studio to make the artwork. Here is the complete list of winners and nominees for the 72nd annual emmy awards. Jan 10 2017 this pin was discovered by luděk rychtar. Gordon also designed the climbing towers that greet visitors as they arrive from the m55 motorway his work is all about creating art which has relevance to its surroundings.

20 2020 8 48 p m. Discover and save your own pins on pinterest. Here are the glamorous comfy and political fashions from the virtual red carpet fernando martinez sfgate sep. In 2006 artist gordon young approached typographer andy altmann of why not associates with a mad idea blackpool city council were redeveloping the seafront and they commissioned gordon to create a piece of public art.

One of the uk s largest works of public art the comedy carpet opened in october on the seaside promenade in front of the renowned tower in blackpool. Artist gordon young in association with leading design agency why not associates created the blackpool comedy carpet. The 2020 show was broadcast sunday night on abc. After several months of research with input from.

Designed by artist gordon young in collaboration with why not associates the typographic landscape is made up of jokes songs and catch phrases from more than 1 000 british comedians and writers.