Comedy Carpet Design

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.

Comedy carpet design.

Discover and save your own pins on pinterest. After several months of research with input from. The comedy carpet recently won a civic trust award for blackpool and is shortlisted for the design museum s design of the year. Here are the glamorous comfy and political fashions from the virtual red carpet fernando martinez sfgate sep.

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. 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. Gordon s proposal was to pay homage to blackpool s music hall and entertainment heritage by creating the country s first comedy carpet. Artist gordon young in association with leading design agency why not associates created the blackpool comedy carpet.

The comedy carpet for those who don t know is one of europe s largest pieces of public artwork. Here is the complete list of winners and nominees for the 72nd annual emmy awards. The 2020 show was broadcast sunday night on abc. 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.

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