Always been intrigued by the God of Grunge type and the 90s “It” boy of Graphic Design I decided to treat myself to his latest book Nu Collage. The theme of this book seems very different from all of his others, this bases around all different collage works he has produced over the past few years from random litter he has found on the streets to murals and scribblings he might stumble upon on the streets. It focuses around his different studios in Barcelona and California. It is a very colourful book to read and the way it is bound is truly beautiful… however the design element lacks in this book. I feel that this edition is very metaphorical in its approach… the way he sees different things in the random objects he makes and finds.

I did however have my 5 minutes of fame on his Instagram! (which I enjoyed bragging about to my fellow design friends! ;p) I waited what seemed FOREVER on receiving my SIGNED edition 😉 It was probably 6 weeks in the post in all honesty; I was starting to think Mr. Carson had forgotten my order! However! the day it arrived on my doorstep I snapped a very basic, uninteresting photograph of it in all its glory and posted it to my @pink_angeleno instagram page (tagging him in it) and expected nothing more than a few likes from my designer friends…

Nope!…. he reposted it to his page and tagged my design account in it and made a few comments… my absolute horror at being tagged and reposted by one of the most influential/controversial designers of our time using the most dullest flat lay photography I have possibly ever taken in my life! 😦

The saddest thing also is that I will never ever (despite the higher standards of my own instagram feed photos) receive as many likes as this photo did! (1260) haha! *quality not quantity Amy ;p

Nevermind! Here is my claim to fame in all its glory! all hail Mr. Carson!

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