So I have an essay due very, very soon that’s supposed to detail what on earth I’ve been doing for the past half year of my Honours degree, which hasn’t really felt all that much, actually… However, I’ve noticed during this time that whenever I do engage in some discourse regarding kitsch in a public domain, it evokes such passionate responses from  people – sometimes bemusedly with a hint of derision, or simply with nostalgic affection and warmth as one recalls a different time and place. It got me thinking, we need even more discussion on this very topic; having read many texts already on the subject, I still struggle to define this concept that is kitsch. Is it just a mass-produced object, a failed commodity, some worthless trinket you find in a carboot sale? A pretentious social construct that just brushes sentimentality aside, scorning an object simply because it “looks bad” or in bad taste? Or is it a kind of sensibility/mentality in the way of neo-baroque, or put more crudely, perhaps, an aesthetic/style in itself?

I ask these two questions (that kind of branch out into other modes of thought…):

What is kitsch to you? Don’t tell me what …

So it’s that time again where I need your help to make me make the tentative step forward in the creative process—this time for magazine design. I’ve recycled some old names; if you’ve realised they’re from my wine name selection. :P Can you imagine how bad I’d be if I were naming a child? Good grief, I think I’d spend decades deciding. So that’s another tick for the cons of having children.

Meanwhile, I’ve decided to go for a general pop culture and kitsch theme, but with a slight emphasis on personal opinions and evocative and unique collections. But there are still streaks of mainstream thought within all that indie-ness. My mind is still befuddled. It’s past midnight, damn it.

NB: You can make 2 votes!

Which name should be the title for a magazine on pop culture and kitsch?

Hyperact
Glitterati
Coquet
Obsess
Trifle
Antidote
Devour
Curiosity
Sentimento
Renaissance
Cascade
Cosmic
Fanfare
Iconic Love
Frippery
Lost and Found

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Hmm. I will get down to updating about my agIdeas antics. Eventually. Hopefully the memories are still preserved in the short-term bank of my brain.

Yes, Jen is alive, struggling to keep afloat but alive. And she would love for you to help her fill this poll so she can find some direction in her life. TRULY!

OK enough with the third person, I will tell you now that the current brief for my studio folio is packaging (both primary and secondary, ie. the bottle and its container) for a leisure pack for 4 wine PET bottles (No glass, I know, it’s a preposterous thought!), targeted to Generation Y (so, that’s the 18-30 year old market). I’ve got most of the technical considerations done, but now I’m struggling with choosing a brand name—hypothetical, of course. ;)

Which wine would you want to buy, judging by the name only? Keep in mind the target market is Gen-Y (2 votes max).*

Excès (43%, 6 Votes)
Defusion (29%, 4 Votes)
Trifle (29%, 4 Votes)
Naught (21%, 3 Votes)
Plethora (14%, 2 Votes)
Zilch (14%, 2 Votes)
Loot (14%, 2 Votes)
Water Down (0%, 0 Votes)
Doctor Up (0%, 0 Votes)
Zippo (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 14

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*I will tell you also that this wine of mine is non-alcoholic, so purely 0% alcohol. Would your opinion have changed if you knew it was non-alcoholic? (Although …