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01/21/2005 08:59:41 AM · #1 |
Well I am still laughing about this one:
Dear Robert,
Good Day.
Since I found so many beautiful photos in your web which I believe you have spent a lot of time to take them, I write you if I could get the free photos, or even buy from you and have the right to use it on our products. For your information, we are a toilet seat manufacturer in China and recently we are going to develop a MDF seat with 3D artwork. The MDF seat is a kind of toilet seat made of medium density fiber and the 3D artwork is to print the photos onto the surface of MDF seat. For example, please take a look at the whale which is printed on our MDF seat..
Your earliest response will be highly appreciated.
Best Regards,
Kevin Leong
Lushman Enterprise Co., Ltd.
hmmmm....shouldn't that be Flushman Enterprise Co., Ltd? I am somewhat used to having some of my work ***** upon, but not literally. Any thoughts about this?
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01/21/2005 09:11:21 AM · #2 |
| They say any publicity is good publicity. Heck, I'd do it for a free-sample! Hang it on the wall - a great conversation piece. |
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01/21/2005 09:14:49 AM · #3 |
| I'd stop short of sending them any self-portraits or pictures of the kids... |
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01/21/2005 09:14:51 AM · #4 |
| Looks like you hit the big time, Bob!!! |
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01/21/2005 09:20:42 AM · #5 |
I would definitely go for this! Make a few bucks, get a few free samples (free samples should definitely NOT be a problem since most of the cost is in shipping the containers overseas)...
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01/21/2005 09:22:47 AM · #6 |
Hey I need to get a hold of this guy. I think these would be great in a hotel. Something different. I'm alwasy looking for something different to make my hotel a little friendlier and homey. Imagine a guest coming to check out in the morning and stating to me "I cant believe how beautiful your toilet seat is". Then again you get those that will probably use the seat as an ashtray put his smoke out on it. Oh well.
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01/21/2005 09:37:40 AM · #7 |
| You need to send a picture of a toilet looking down into it(seat up), then when they make the seat it would look like it is always open and clean (or dirty)...wonder how many people this would mess up lol |
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01/21/2005 09:48:47 AM · #8 |
If are open minded enough, why the heck not? Ask them about quantity and such, I do belive that Asians like their toilets more fancy than us westernes.
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01/21/2005 10:24:30 AM · #9 |
| Did you "google" the company? If they're legit then take their money and start laughing (you're supposed to laugh uproariously on your way to the bank). |
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01/21/2005 10:42:33 AM · #10 |
Well my advice is not to make an arse of yourself or your work!
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01/21/2005 11:42:53 AM · #11 |
This post was found wandering around another thread...I think it belongs here!
ZeusZen said:
What is good or true about displaying your work on a toilet seat? Why not ask the whale how he feels about the display of his likeness in the context?
Is there no object, place or utilitarian process left we can accept for what it is without disfiguring it with kitsch?
Message edited by author 2005-01-21 11:43:03.
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01/21/2005 11:43:00 AM · #12 |
What is good or true about displaying your work on a toilet seat? Why not ask the whale how he feels about the display of his likeness in the context?
Is there no object, place or utilitarian process left we can accept for what it is without disfiguring it with kitsch?
(Sleep-drunken cross-posting)
Message edited by author 2005-01-21 11:44:43.
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01/21/2005 11:45:58 AM · #13 |
I think as an item of utility, I certainly wouldn't want to own a toilet seat with my photo on it...but as a display I would do so at the drop of a hat, depending on the image.
If it was an image that 'looked pretty' but had no emotional value for me, I would definitely do it...It's just too good to pass up, in my opinion.
Sure, if it were up to me, ideally nobody would be putting their ass on any whales or flower photographs...but if they're going to do so, I'd get a good laugh out of the fact that it's my flower photo.
Message edited by author 2005-01-21 11:48:03.
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01/21/2005 01:44:26 PM · #14 |
i would say no. the thought of someone sitting on your art is just sad...
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01/21/2005 01:46:41 PM · #15 |
I think it's rad! I'd do it, and I'd also buy it. Kitschy kitschy koo!
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01/21/2005 01:48:40 PM · #16 |
I have plenty of images that people can sit on :)
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01/21/2005 01:52:29 PM · #17 |
If they can sell them to airports, you are suddenly able to say:
"My work hangs in every major city in the world and is viewed by millions everyday.".
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01/21/2005 03:07:56 PM · #18 |
Originally posted by zeuszen:
What is good or true about displaying your work on a toilet seat? Why not ask the whale how he feels about the display of his likeness in the context?
Is there no object, place or utilitarian process left we can accept for what it is without disfiguring it with kitsch?
(Sleep-drunken cross-posting) |
what's wrong with kitsch? it makes people laugh. trust me, i can be as melancholy as every other "right-brain" type person but this life is much too short to spend every day thinking "woe is me".
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01/21/2005 03:17:53 PM · #19 |
| Oh man I would love that opportunity. I would trade them whatever photos they wanted in exchange for one made with whatever I wanted on it. I would come up with something that would be appropriate to be displayed in that fashion and hang the pieces on my wall. That would be extraordinary. |
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01/21/2005 03:19:21 PM · #20 |
| I would love someone touching one of my images everytime they want to do a shit! |
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01/21/2005 03:39:26 PM · #21 |
Originally posted by sher9204:
what's wrong with kitsch? it makes people laugh. trust me, i can be as melancholy as every other "right-brain" type person but this life is much too short to spend every day thinking "woe is me". |
It makes people mush, watch soap operas and murder their spouses for sentimental reasons beyond their control. :-D
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01/21/2005 03:43:17 PM · #22 |
Originally posted by GoldBerry:
If they're legit then take their money and start laughing ... |
As long as you have some say over which images they use I say go for it!
I'd try to get a deal which would pay a royalty per piece produced (similar to a songwriter) rather than a flat fee: Robert Abplanalp, once one of the richest men in America (and famed supporter of Richard Nixon) got that way by getting one cent ... for each of those little valves on the top of an aerosol can.
In this case I might pass on insisting on a photo credit on each piece ... |
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01/21/2005 04:56:17 PM · #23 |
Originally posted by zeuszen:
Originally posted by sher9204:
what's wrong with kitsch? it makes people laugh. trust me, i can be as melancholy as every other "right-brain" type person but this life is much too short to spend every day thinking "woe is me". |
It makes people mush, watch soap operas and murder their spouses for sentimental reasons beyond their control. :-D |
lol...that could be said for just about anything. :-)
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