I always try to be strong.

Good day, everyone!

I know I have postponed this post for a week. Well, am sorry to all of you following my twitter if you happened to read some of my harsh tweets. Life has been... I don't know whether it's been treating me good or what, there were some things that I couldn't tell you much. I just wanted to shout it right on my mom's face but I just can't. Yeah it was all about me, mom, and money (again). I hate to talk this on my blog. I just need someone who can entertain me right now. You can buzz me on Y!M or wall me on Facebook or tweet me on twitter or or message me on email. I'm really not in a good mood. If happened you saw me smile, laugh and whatever, it's fake! Yeah. I just put all those behind. I wont let people ask what happened to me because it only can make me cry again. My eyes really hurt. It's 12 x 24 hours to the SNMPTN's test. I'm not ready yet. I've already registered myself this morning with my swollen eyes to join this just because to make my mom happy. Even I don't like the major that she asked me to choose. Yeah, it's Medical. Anything mom. Anything for you, as long as you're happy. I'm more than happy to do it. /sigh/ Mom, I'll do my best on the test, whatever is the result later, if I fail, please forgive me. I won't make myself fail on the test on purpose, don't worry.

Well guys, I've promised you, right to tell everything about my competitions? Not as what I promised in my last post, I won't tell everything. Well my second competition was about Beauty and Healthy Hair Contest. I just went to the final round, but I didn't win it. Poor me. Haha. One of my cyber friend told me that I should be proud of myself because I can entered to the final round. Yeah but I was disappointed too. And, oh, I have one good news for you, readers. I've graduated from my high school. Yipidamdam uh yeahss. Hahaha. I'm soooo happy! But I didn't pay to Jalur Undangan. So I have to fight with the real written test this coming 31st May and 1st June. Wish me luck! :):):):)

Dear beloved Jesus, 

if You're there to listen, my dear God, please give me the strength and faith to get through all these. I ain't asking You to make it easier for me, just please give me power to remain strong.

Vote me, will ya?

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Cirque Du Plastic-Animal Instinct (lo-fi exhibition Klastic Yogyakarta)

Cirque Du Plastic-Animal Instinct
Pameran Fotografi Klastic Regional Yogyakarta
Kurator : Cassandra Niki

“Animal Instinct” tidak hanya mendeskripsikan binatang sebagai objek namun lebih luas lagi, yaitu tentang sifat-sifat kehewanian yang tanpa disadari kita lakukan dikehidupan nyata serta mengadopsi insting hewan yang dapat membentuk perilaku adanya humanity (kemanusiaan) dan animality (kebinatangan). “Animal Instinct” bukanlah se...lalu hal negatif, ada juga sisi naluri kebinatangan yang positif, seperti induk harimau yang tetap melindungi anak-anaknya meskipun dikenal sebagai hewan yang cukup buas. “Animal Instinct” juga bisa dideskripsikan melalui metafor-metafor tentang kebinatangan.

Waktu : 6 – 8 mei 2011
Pusat Kebudayaan Indonesia Belanda-Karta Pusaka, Jl. Bintaran Tengah No.16 Yogyakarta

Detail
6 mei 2011 (18.00-21.00 WIB) :
Opening pameran dan sharing bareng Surya Adi Lesmana (fotografer jusnalistik Kedaulatan Rakyat)

7 mei 2011 (12.00-21.00 WIB) :
workshop bareng Sandy Wijaya (Klastic Bandung/holgagrafer) 18.00 WIB
tema : toycam, wake up the little giant!

8 mei 2011 (jam 12.00-21.00 WIB) :
live accoustic (comeon superstar, stand up for coffee, fade , kimNdut!)

setiap hari : bazaar kamera :D

FREE ENTRY :D

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So, how is it guys? Menarik kan? Well, kalau aku tinggal di Jogja, aku pasti datang. Masalahnya aku baru berkunjung ke Jogja bulan 6 ini. Huhu :( Buat kamu semua yang ada di Jogja, pada dateng ya. Jamin pasti nggak rugi, malah bisa jadi nambah ilmu, lumayan kan? :) Aku mau ikuuut. Aku selalu dipamerin ini itu sama abang ku yang kebetulan sekarang tinggal di Jogja berhubung dia kuliah disana, di ISI, iya satu kampus sama kak Cassey, blogger cantik imut-imut. kisskiss :* Abang ku bilang gini, "ini enaknya tinggal di Jogja, Ga. Banyak acara menarik dan berkualitas tapi nggak sampe koyak kantong celana mu (baca: nggak mahal-mahal amat bayarannya) malah ada yang gratisan juga" Hahaha, dan aku balas "Iya lah iya, kok kau kurang ajar sekarang jadi suka sok pamer-pamer gitu?" Wkwkwkwk, adek kurang ajar ya aku? Jangan ditiru #abaikan <---- Twitter kali -___-" Yaudah intinya, datang ya kalian semua kesana, bisa ketemu sama kak Cassey loh hihihi :-)

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The Murder of A Logo

{ part 1 }In 2007, my friend Novita Angka, in the agency she worked in at that time, Octovate, created the logo for Visit Indonesia 2008. I do not have the knowledge of the background of the logo concept, but I do know that the font for the logotype was her own creation, a (very further and extreme) modification of an existing font, in order to truly captivate her perception of the brand, and to preserve exclusiveness of the Indonesian tourism identity (so that Visit Indonesia 2008 will not bump into its logotype on any other kind of design). She did not develop the complete characters of the type, for that reason also.

(go to) http://www.octovate.com/ (see Octo Design's portfolio)

{ conclusion 1 }According to the law, Novita (and Octovate?) owns the intellectual right of the logo, The Department of Tourism Indonesia owns the copy and economical right of the logo.

 { part 2 }One day, she found in DaFont, a font named Indonesiana, (admittedly) created by Fizz Lab, with the characters "V", "I", "S", "T", "N", "D", "O", "E", "A", "2", "0", "8" exactly (down to every detail) the same as her type creation for Visit Indonesia 2008, only now it is fully developed to all the characters in a font type. Even the logogram she created for Visit Indonesia 2008 (an illustration of Garuda) is included (and dismembered into parts) as clip arts in this so called Indonesiana. Fizz Lab shares this font for free to personal usage, and sells it for professional usage. And Fizz Lab has already made financial profits from it, not to mention its claim as the creator of the font. Novita has received no (total zero) contact from this Fizz Lab regarding permission or whatever proper manner is supposed to be done in a case like this.

(go to) http://www.dafont.com/indonesiana-serif-free.font and the creator is: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000958345004

{ conclusion 2 }So this Fizz Lab finds it normal, to simply trace an existing logo, develop the characters (which certainly will be based on the concept of the existing characters already made by Novita, NOT by Fizz Lab), name it Indonesiana, claim it as its creation, and gain profit from it.

 { part 3 }Novita also found in DaFont, a font called Visit Indonesia 2011, which is a (very similar, however already been through) modification to the type she created for Visit Indonesia 2008 (and was later treated as mentioned above by Fizz Lab). In this page, Fizz Lab expresses its objection to this Visit Indonesia 2011, saying that they stole Fizz Lab's idea, and they should have requested Fizz Lab's permission prior making the font.

(go to) http://www.dafont.com/font-comment.php?file=visit_indonesia_2011_2

{ conclusion 3 }So this Fizz Lab finds it normal, to simply trace an existing logo, develop the characters (which certainly will be based on the concept of the existing characters already made by Novita, NOT by Fizz Lab), name it Indonesiana, claim it as its creation, and gain profit from it. And then when some other party conduct a modification to this Indonesiana, Fizz Lab finds it normal to feel violated and demand a responsible feed back.

 { part 4 }Novita has posted a reply on that post regarding Fizz Lab's objection on the page of Visit Indonesia 2011, politely expressing how she disagrees on Fizz Lab's statement on the Visit Indonesia 2011 page regarding permission while Fizz Lab itself has not done so regarding the Visit Indonesia 2008 logo towards Novita, or Octovate, or The Department of Tourism Indonesia (which as the client has the right for usage and ownership). Fizz Lab replies, that it simply felt enticed to develop Novita's type but had no idea how to contact Octovate (which obviously has a website with contact information) prior gaining financial profit from the font Indonesiana.

{ conclusion 4 }So this Fizz Lab finds it normal, to simply trace an existing logo, develop the characters (which certainly will be based on the concept of the existing characters already made by Novita, NOT by Fizz Lab), name it Indonesiana, claim it as its creation, and gain profit from it. And then when some other party conduct a modification to this Indonesiana, Fizz Lab finds it normal to feel violated and demand a responsible feed back. But Fizz Lab finds it understandable if it did not conduct the same expected responsible manner to Novita, or Octovate, or The Department of Tourism Indonesia because (in this very widely internet-based life) Fizz Lab had unexplained difficulty to contact Octovate (a widely commercial agency which obviously owns a website, that if you have not known yet, can easily be found through Google search) and ask permission before Fizz Lab gains profit from the font Indonesiana.

 { part 5 }By "creating" and selling this Indonesiana font, Fizz Lab has destructed the main reason of the original type's creation, which is to preserve identity exclusiveness for Visit Indonesia 2008. Now, Visit Indonesia shares the same type with a bunch of commercial goods products, books, and (God knows) what other products that Fizz Lab had proudly sold the font to.

{ conclusion 5 }I believe that The Department of Tourism Indonesia must be aware of how this has destroyed its exclusive ownership of a logo that it had legally purchased for the purpose of Indonesian identity in the tourism world. And as the client (the owner) of the logo, The Department of Tourism Indonesia has the right to demand Fizz Lab's responsibility in this case.

 { part 6 }Until this day, Fizz Lab is still out there, believing that by tracing the logo Visit Indonesia 2008, and then developing the characters (which certainly will be based on the concept of the existing characters already made by Novita, NOT by Fizz Lab), it has every right to claim itself as the creator of the font, believing that it has every right to gain profit from it, believing that it has every right to demand responsibility when other parties conduct as what had been done by Visit Indonesia 2011, believing that it cannot be blamed for anything because it had no idea how to contact the original maker or the owner of the type while having the guts to just go sell it to people even without permission from the original maker, or from the client (The Department of Tourism Indonesia).

{ conclusion 6 }Apparently, Fizz Lab needs a simple basic moral learning, a little lesson on copyrights, and a high amount of design and typography knowledge and awareness.

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 { ps }I am writing this not to just bitch at this so-called Fizz Lab, but because I believe (correct me if I'm wrong) that the person behind it might be running on a false logic on design and creative appreciation, and if it is so, it might be necessary to highlight this case for a higher reason or perhaps simply to just put ourselves in Novita's shoes and imagine how bloody annoying it is if this happens to us, as a designer.

Your opinion/ questions/ critics/ correction will be most welcome. Feel free to untag if you feel annoyed.

Thank you for reading.

A concerned mate,

Tatiana Romanova Surya

source: http://www.facebook.com/goldalicious#!/notes/tatiana-romanova-surya/the-murder-of-a-logo/10150157502113230

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