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Look upon my works ye mighty, and despair.
I was recently described as a ubiquitous know-it-all.
I'm an author and journalist.
In the past, I was responsible for making London's Design
Museum and was briefly, hilariously, and
catastrophically, the creative director of
the Millennium Dome.
What's deplorable about the Olympic merchandise, it
assumes a very low level of
intelligence amongst the public.
How is the person who consumes this bit of tat going to be
changed or enhanced by possession of it?
It's ugly, it's cynical, and it's stupid.
Several design principles have been violated here.
This is an ugly travesty.
Mindless, stupid, cynical, patronizing, exploitative,
manipulative, ugly, and useless.
We want to revive our industry and revive the credibility of
our great nation by putting something like this for sale?
I mean what purpose is this meant to serve?
It's not a clever photograph, and it shows this sort of
laborious conceit of the London Eye as a target.
Given the ever-present threat of terrorist activity, that
seems to me to be an unfortunate lapse of taste.
But I think al-Qaeda is probably too--
I think their aesthetics are too advanced to take much
interest in this sort of thing.
Appalling.
[OLD-TIMEY MUSIC PLAYING]