Art visual np2

Which manifesto looked better? PLEASURE reviewed the design of both the PNM and UNC/COP manifestos, and a lot of you were clearly interested, judging from the clicks the blog picked up over the last few posts. But after the chips fell, which of the two documents came out tops, aesthetically speaking? PNM - 3.5 out of 5 stars I liked the PNM 's attempt to be creative. I just wished it was easier to read. And, well, not so boring. It suggested stability, but was at risk of being called fartsy. Plus the selection of images was sometimes questionable. READ PNM review here . UNC/COP - 3.5 out of five stars  In this review I found the layout pretty straightforward, almost old-fashioned, perhaps deliberately so in an effort to suggest a "back to basics" approach to governance. But sometimes, I guess, you want some innovation. And good Lord, Nigel Rojas in a moo moo?  READ UNC/COP review here . Does this suggest a dead heat for the 2010 Trinidad and Tobago general election r...

One might as well start with the cover. It's yellow. Really yellow. But what do you expect? It's the rising sun, duh! I'm somewhat surprised to see that flash of red at the top. Red, of course, reminding you of the PNM. But on closer inspection it's clear that its a flag at the top there and that its red, yes, but of the national colour vein. Also surprising is the flash of white at the bottom, it being a cardinal rule that yellow and white supposedly don't go together (hence I flout it on this blog everyday in the PLEASURE header just to annoy people!) But actually, white and red are COP colours. The surprise elements, therefore, are quite calculated. But those photos. They are all old. It would have been good if they took some fresh photos to give the cover some more energy. The font of the text is both functional and appropriate for a manifesto, though. There are some cool photos inside, like this one (I have a fetish for photos of people's backs): Unlike in ...