Comments on: Big Underpants Illustrated

By: conscienceinchina

conscienceinchina — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:53:38 +0000

Sure there are many people having "Low intelligence" and "dirty minds" who are selling their conscience and soul to the murderous regime.

By: babou80

babou80 — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:20:44 +0000

The shape of this wonderful building is simply too abstract for people of low intelligence to bend their minds around. Therefore, they start imagining that it looks like a 'real' object, to make sense of it all. I guess, Rorschach would probably conclude that Chinese have dirty minds. I wonder what they think of the London 2012 logo.

By: johnsmith9876

johnsmith9876 — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:31:09 +0000

LinkLuv: Never heard anyone called the Sears Tower a pack of cigarettes ? Now you do.

By: conscienceinchina

conscienceinchina — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:04:18 +0000

As a matter of fact, the nickname "big underpants" is a sneer and a hostility to the government, which rather costs billions to glaze their face while ignoring the absolute poverty in everywhere.

By: LinkLuv: Sculpture crushed, China’s “big underpants” « The Aesthetic Elevator

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:00:43 +0000

[...] I’ve seen numerous photos of this new Chinese skyscraper, but haven’t mentioned it yet. The nationals have humorously nicknamed the China Central Television building “big underpants.” Let this be a warning to designers. The structure is really the most simple of forms; it’s only innovative because of the scale and structural challenge. But even out of this simple form, people are making simple (and banal) associations. I suppose I can see it, but when a person looks at the Sears Tower don’t they see it’s inspiration more easily, a pack of cigarettes? And I’ve never heard anyone refer to the Sears Tower as anything but the Sears Tower. Via China Hope Live [...]