April 1st marks the Tenth Anniversary of FAUXTOPIA, The Most Believable Place On Earth: To all who come to this fictitious place: WELCOME. Fauxtopia is your land. Here, age relives distorted memories of the past, and here, youth may savor the challenge of trying to understand the present. Fauxtopia is made up of the ideals, the dreams and the fuzzy facts which have re-created reality, with the hope that it will be a source of edutainment for all the world. -Ray Kampf, Fauxtopia Dedication April 1st, 2004 Ten years ago, my brilliant pal Raymond Kampf created a project called FAUXTOPIA for his masters thesis in Visual Communication that used the design tropes of a theme parks lands, attractions, and marketing materials to tell an amazing history of false realities and how the medium helps shape the message in design. You can check out the park’s brochure at the original fauxtopia. To celebrate a decade of deconstructing unreality, you can also buy a lovely commemorative book on Blurb, at the link below! I highly recommend it for students of design, theme park fans, and cranky aesthetes like you and me.
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