7.24.2006

Kronos, like Soylent Green, is people


This is the e-entryway to my workstudy timesheet. I find it terrifying: the looming figures, one of whom has been partially chipped away to reveal bricks, cogs, etc.; the weird conception of space; the fact that the three figures are bound by increments, presumably increments of time; the freaky sun also eclipsed by the time-fence... I'm blown away that this is what designers produced and Kronos approved: because it's so warm and inviting? So people-friendly? So profoundly honest in its dystopic morosity? Perhaps the last option isn't as absurd as it might seem at first. Perhaps Kronos is named after the 1957 sci-fi film... Come to think of it, the figure on the far left has Jeff Morrow's hair, and the rightmost shadow could be Barbara Lawrence's doppelgänger...

4 comments:

  1. The design for your timesheet is atrocious. they have managed to use the exact shade of blue I dispise most. Why is this such a default color in computer graphics? the only hope I see for this blue is as a miniscule accent against peaches and browns.

    And I'm curious about the original film poster for Kronos. I wonder if it's kicking around somewhere...

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  2. You're right to request the original poster. I finished this post at work last night (right after I completed my timesheet) and hurriedly uploaded the image associated with the movie-- I didn't even catch that it was a DVD cover. Oops! Check out this half-sheet and also this insert. Perhaps the images here are the best-- the most colorful, boldest, most compelling.

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  3. and if the color on my monitor is as honest as it seems, I see not a spec of "that blue." the last one is my favorite...thanks for sharing! :) xo

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