Designs of the Year 2012

The work that caught my eye when researching The Design Of The Year Awards was The Comedy Carpet in Blackpool, by Gordon Young and the Why Not Associates. They did not win, but were nominated this year. I found it interesting because it's a use of type I've not come across before, and I think the idea of art in public view, not simply in a gallery or somewhere where people specifically go to see art is very clever. Having art in a place that is unexpected will reach a greater variety of audience and for this reason will illicit a larger range of emotion.