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If you ever find yourself lost in translation, these postcards from big-haired bass guitarist for the band Allan John and general design dude Morné Venter might serve as a roadmap.

Or not, who knows.

What I do know is that nothing is cooler than his series of ramblings on general nothingness.We have two things to thank for his profound sentiments: category #25 of the international D&AD awards: the open category. And Morne’s belief that nothing is a phrase that is too liberally tossed around these days.

Says my new favourite guru: “People don’t know what they mean when they say nothing anymore. For a species that does so much of nothing we really have no clue of what’s really going on. We apparently do it a lot, but explaining it is a different story. Instead of trying to solve the world’s energy problems or get a real idea, I took it upon myself to grapple with the metaphorical void and do a project about nothing. What I present to you now is a set of conceptual postcards meant to define, explain and explore “nothing” in search of universal knowledge and understanding.”

I don’t really care if we ever reach that pinnacle of knowledge and understanding… As long as random moments of brilliance like these litter the way.

Nothing. Coming soon to a corner cafe near you.

Contact Morné on Facebook or at mornventer@yahoo.com to see and find out more…

Tags: Allan John, D&AD, design project, Morne Pierre Venter, nothing, postcards

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