Comedy Carpet Design

20 2020 8 48 p m.

Comedy carpet design.

Jan 10 2017 this pin was discovered by luděk rychtar. Gordon s proposal was to pay homage to blackpool s music hall and entertainment heritage by creating the country s first comedy carpet. The comedy carpet recently won a civic trust award for blackpool and is shortlisted for the design museum s design of the year. The 2020 show was broadcast sunday night on abc.

The scale and incredibly complex nature of the work meant that comedy carpet team even had to set up its own bespoke studio to make the artwork. After several months of research with input from. Set in front of the iconic blackpool tower and stretching along the golden mile the 2200m2 artwork contains over 160 000 30mm granite letters embedded in concrete. Designed by artist gordon young in collaboration with why not associates the typographic landscape is made up of jokes songs and catch phrases from more than 1 000 british comedians and writers.

Here is the complete list of winners and nominees for the 72nd annual emmy awards. In 2006 artist gordon young approached typographer andy altmann of why not associates with a mad idea blackpool city council were redeveloping the seafront and they commissioned gordon to create a piece of public art. Discover and save your own pins on pinterest. Artist gordon young in association with leading design agency why not associates created the blackpool comedy carpet.

Gordon also designed the climbing towers that greet visitors as they arrive from the m55 motorway his work is all about creating art which has relevance to its surroundings.