Mothers to Russia with love

This is a project to act against Russia who are against homosexuals. Russia in 1999 have classified being gay as a mental illness as well as attacks on gay people rising. Therefore Mother London has insisted to help beat this by helping the Russian gay community. They have created Russian dolls featuring five gay icons. These dolls are then auctioned online and the money that is raised will be given to the Russian gay community. Their project is supported by Kaleidoscope Trust who advances the rights of LGBT and listens to people with issues in Russia as well as standing by them. 

Their aim is to stop discrimination against gays. By using Russian dolls they subverted a traditional folk art and changed the meaning behind the dolls by replacing five British gay icons instead. I believe that this is very good and effective because it stops people from being discriminated and shows how people in Britain have become icons even though they are gay.  I believe it shows that Russia’s comment “homosexuality have been classified as a mental illness since 1999”  is also wrong because these people clearly have no mental illness just because they are gay and in fact have encouraged people not to be scared for who they are and to come out if they are gay. This project would also suggest that there are people around you who will listen to you and support you if you are gay. I believe that this project is very effective and should continue selling these dolls to exterminate discrimination.

CE label - Conformity Marking

After seeing a CE label I was interested to what it stood and whether I should remove the label. This is what I found out. 

CE stands for conformity marking for products sold with the European Economic Area. This sign can stil be seen on products outside of the EEA because the product may have been produces inside the EEA and therefore would require to have the CE marking. This makes the CE marking easily recognized outside the EEA hence why people may not be familiar with marking sign. Countries in the EU producing an item must include the CE marketing logo on their product. The purpose of the CE marketing shows certification that the product meets all of the CE marking requirements.

Woolmark logo

The Woolmark logo is great logo to look at for many reasons. Firstly, the image looks 3D almost as if it is coming out of the screen. I also believe the logo would work well everywhere as it is imaginative, eye catching and elegant. I also like how simple, quirky and unique it looks making the image look equal. I believe that the influence of the Woolmark logo came from the Bridget Riley and her Op art. Bridget Riley began using black and white paint as this was what she was known for. She used geometric forms to produce movement within the colours, an optical illusion.  I believe that this was a huge influence on the designer Francesco Saroglia with its use of simplicity. The logo was designed in 1960’s and launched at the same time, I believe a huge influence was pop art and op art. Pop art consisted of wide, bold lines and made the image stand out.

Woolmark is a hundred percent pure wool and this logo implies that the item is made with pure wool. I personally believe the logo is very well thought out because it is one of the most recognisable symbols and indicates a product being one hundred per cent Pure New Wool.