No Shop by Thomas Matthews

Posted by Kate Andrews | 19-02-2008 15:30 | Category: Activism, Culture, Design, Environment

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In 1997, sustainability design agency Thomas Matthews launched this temporary “No Shop” installation, devised to draw media attention to the launch of International No Shop day in the UK. Despite the launch being over 10 years ago [and only open for three days!] it is still shown around the world as an illustration of the movement against over consumption. The contemporary design treatment and concept will, I believe, allow these images to forever be revisited.


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This was a great campaign!  Matthews took a significant step further than those clever punks that invented Shopdropping and Droplifting.

Also in the same vein, the folks at the Art Gallery of Knoxville’s COPYSHOP market products that challenge notions of intellectual property.

Posted by James David | 20-02-2008 18:58

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