Zigzag Zombie

November 12, 2007 6:56 AM

Zigzag Zombie.

As part of the recent Dutch Design Week, students were instructed to produce an original typeset using thin, flat material (metal strips, tape, toilet paper, etc.) and then "pick one location, and create a large scale zigzag lettering and make passersby hallucinate."
posted by Terminal Verbosity (15 comments total)

Zoomin' to the zenith.
posted by Faint of Butt at 7:16 AM on November 12, 2007

These are all terrific, Terminal Verbosity. The first photo in group one was mesmerizing and "Crap" made me laugh.
posted by hojoki at 7:18 AM on November 12, 2007

Fantastic. Thanks for posting this.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 7:26 AM on November 12, 2007

Oh man, this post is making me miss Holland so much.

Thanks!
posted by trip and a half at 7:38 AM on November 12, 2007

Great find. I enjoyed this a lot.
posted by dellonarts at 7:38 AM on November 12, 2007

Keen! I couldn't quite parse this one without the assistance of the intro copy, though. Something about how they executed the first several letters failed me.
posted by mumkin at 8:02 AM on November 12, 2007

Great stuff. I really don't understand this one, though. For some reason there isn't a full overhead shot of it.
posted by arcticwoman at 8:07 AM on November 12, 2007

I read this one as 'desirable merman', for some reason. Bit disappointed to see that it isn't.
posted by fedbybirds at 8:16 AM on November 12, 2007

mumkin, I agree, though the way they dotted the "i" and crossed the "t" with the same strand at the end made up for it to me.

Yeah, I would have liked a bird's-eye view on that one too, arcticwoman. The intro claims that it says "relate," and you can kinda see it then if you squint and tilt your head and hold your breath real long.
posted by Terminal Verbosity at 8:23 AM on November 12, 2007

Somehow I feel I'm going to get blamed for this, too.
posted by Astro Zombie at 9:04 AM on November 12, 2007 [2 favorites]

Well, better this than hurricanes, bridge collapses and race riots, right?
posted by Terminal Verbosity at 9:18 AM on November 12, 2007

I love me/we, though I think it looks a bit more like "me/lune."
posted by googly at 9:57 AM on November 12, 2007

I don't get it. What is this and why is it important?
posted by Afroblanco at 11:09 AM on November 12, 2007

Afroblanco: The Dutch are saddened by your lack of faith.
posted by tehloki at 12:55 PM on November 12, 2007

It means they hate America, Afroblanco. They will be bombed soon. Don't worry.
posted by blacklite at 3:07 PM on November 12, 2007