Santa himself needs a redraw. He's a little on the paunchy side. We need to lean him up for the 21st Century, maybe in the direction of Philippe Starck.
Santa's threads could use a freshening, too. How about a Tom Ripley style suit (isn't that the guy who does the extremely cool too small suits?). You know, minimalist red suit coat with cut away look in front, white Oxford shirt and a narrow red tie. High water pants and no socks with some black tuxedo shoes instead of boots. Go with a red Pill Box hat maybe.
And Santa's sleigh is, well, soooo 19th Century. Couldn't we get Chris Bangle at BMW, or better yet the designer at Aston Martin, to do up a really cut and buff sleigh.
And the North Pole needs a serious rethinking. How about we ask Piano, Koolhaus, and Gehry for proposals? And if they are unrealistic cost wise, maybe we go with some contempo modernist prefabs for the buildings and elf work shops.
Its also about time for a new Christmas song. I'm not as knowledgeable of contemporary tune smiths as I ought to be, but I know some of you can come up with one who could compose us a few new bars.
Ho, ho, ho, ho, and to all a modern good night.
a Gehry or Richard Mier ...
a Gehry or Richard Mier Santa House would look coool White with chrome with a touch of red, it would be a great look and i agree that old sled needs a up to
the old boy has really earned it after all over the years look what he has done for Mankind, How come he was never nominated for the Nobel Prize for Peace?
Every one Jews Gentiles Moslums (i guess) likes the guy he never did do any thing to piss people off,
Don't let Chris Bangle
near anything unless you want to gut all the soul out of something. As we say in these parts when something just doesn't look right, it's been hit with the Bangle UGLY stick. And yes I know that sales of Bimmers went up after the redesign, all I can say is "People are sheep" Before: Soul, character, history, unique. After: Generic, ugly, gutless, Lexus 350 or is the 450? Don't get me started, what was the question, Santa redo, maybe, although the sockless tuxedo shoes would be hell in knee deep snow nor provide much in the way of traction on snowy roofs.
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I was at Sa...
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I was at Sams Club yesterday with 11 million others and in walks this man about 60 years old with
a white beard plaid shirt jeans rolled up suspenders, and of course the Santa Hat and at least 50 lbs overweight
I thought how marvelous for 1 week 1 day 1 hour this guy gets to walk around and think he is Santa Claus , He did look pretty cool with out the fake red suit that we see at the malls, and the fake beard as his beard was the real mccoy,
......hey maybe he was the real Santa just needing a few late items and what a better place to buy in bulk then at Sams club .... hey mister come back here are you by any chance named Santa.
to late he and mrs claus are already at that old fabulous Frank Lloyd Wright Home he designed for them in 1949 , by the way the Clauses have owned the home in the Caribbean, Island of St Lucia for almost 60 years, she loves it,
Actually, Yes!
NPR listeners may know the show Studio 360. Click or read below:
http://www.studio360.org/episodes/2006/12/22
"Studio 360 commissioned Pentagram, one of the country's leading design firms, to give Christmas a makeover. They came up with a new typeface, color scheme, fir tree surrogate, and a radical proposal to channel the rampant commercialism to good ends. Pentagram partner Michael Bierut presents the plan to Kurt Andersen."
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