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Who's the target audience for this crap? A bunch of Hacker News-esque weekend projects that get a bunch of PR from Vice, WSJ, Verge, etc. every time they releas
by johnnyfived 5y ago
Who's the target audience for this crap? A bunch of Hacker News-esque weekend projects that get a bunch of PR from Vice, WSJ, Verge, etc. every time they release something. Just seems like a team of copycats stealing hackathon ideas, giving them a slight twist, then calls it art and journalists fall all over themselves for it.
You won't see these publications writing about similar projects on HN, because they're not called "drops" (lol) and doesn't have an edgy site. Maybe I'm just jealous of their success, I just don't think it's noteworthy at all.
- lupire 5y agoIt's VC funded (for some bizarre reason) Silicon Valley late-stage Burning Man appropriation of counter culture.
- whymauri 5y agoI don't think it's counter culture, at all (or attempting to be). They were selling Lil Nas X shoes, which is basically peak mainstream culture.
- johnnyfived 5y agoIn today's world where everyone's trying to be ironic counterculture is mainstream culture, just with more smugness
- clpm4j 5y agoI had never heard of them before, so I found this article[0] which gives me the impression that they're a 'creative nyc agency / art studio'. No idea how they convinced professional investors to give them millions of dollars, but seems like they create "artworks" and sell them for pretty high prices. I think their target audience is every trust fund kid in Brooklyn and Manhattan. [0]https://www.theverge.com/21320127/mschf-products-jesus-shoes-puff-chicken-office-business https://www.theverge.com/21320127/mschf-products-jesus-shoes...