- Book where you can change the combination of pages (one of those spiral bound ones from when you were a kid) with different combinations of ideal man etc. Could be quite funny
- Sheet magnets, (like the poem ones) that you can change bits of ideal man's appearance
- Make a lifesize doll, dress him up like various descriptions in the lonely hearts ad and go on a date with them. (cloth doll but maybe whole thing is a bit voodoo!)
- Looking for my ideal man in the paper, the ads seem great when you look at them with the naked eye but with glasses on you can see the real flaws with the person. (could just be behind tracing paper to make it easier)
- Hand held book, like a catalogue, with the ads in, and links to their myspace/facebook/a voicemail account, with more information on them. I could mock up the links and it could be very tongue in cheek and funny with recording of them etc. (is it pushing the format of the book or is it off brief).
-dating guide in the modern city. (not very original but could do it in the style of 1950's etiquete guides.. how to be a lady etc.)
-translation of lonely hearts columns and their real meanings... "passionate about food"= "over eater"; "loves socializing with friends"="insecure and can't be by himself". All of these in a beautiful delicate book, perforations or lifting flaps to read translations.
Are these all too gimicky?!?
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Hey I really like the top idea, maybe on the opposite side you could write the lonely hearts description that corresponds to the picture so when they are lined up the lonely hearts description reads as your ideal man as well as the picture? crap example - artistic/creative quite a common descriction - guy holding an artists palette.
I kinda like the last 2 ideas. I dunno if its perhaps combinable?
They both have this cynicism to them that i think are pretty cool. Maybe if it were a book that looked a bit serious and authoratative in its appearance, like a pastiche of the old-school etiquette guides you mentioned (pastiche being the word of the week), but then have the wording a bit more down-to-earth? Giving this contrasty, new-meets-old kinda look to it with a bit of humour.
I dunno. Im not too great on ideas-generation. Just thought id leave a comment. Good luck.
-Justin
I like the last idea! could use contrasting illustrative techniques/styles to show each view of the person??
Hey Pearl,
My favorite is the last idea - as justin said it can potentially be cynical, but there's also room for humour. Your revealing the truth/saying what people are really thinking. Make sure it is harsh/funny enough to provoke a reaction in people. It could be nice to make it interactive (flaps, perforations etc...) but perhaps the solution is just to keep it typographic and let the words speak for themselves...?
Laura T xx
I really like the last idea.
x astrid
I too think I actually like the last one. and I really like the idea of perforations. They may be a bit redundant, but if you can find a reasoning behind them, then definately use them.
not much point in leaving comment really because its the same as the others, but for reassurance sake i really like the last idea too!!
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