Talk Back: The Bubble Project

by Ji Lee

Blank Bubbles transform the corporate monologue into a true public dialogue.

128 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2006

About the author

Born in Seoul, Korea, and raised in São Paulo, Brazil, Ji Lee studied design at Parsons School of Design. He currently works as the Creative Director at Google Creative Lab in New York and teaches design at School of Visual Arts. In the past, Lee has worked as the branding director at Droga5 and art director at Saatchi & Saatchi. Ji Lee is the founder of the widely publicized Bubble Project and the author of two books: Talk Back: The Bubble Project and Univers Revolved: a 3-Dimensional Alphabet. Lee has given numerous lectures, including Harvard University, MIT and MoMA. Lee’s work has appeared in ABC World News, The New York Times, Newsweek, The Guardian, WIRED among others.

Reviews

[Dane Cobain · Rating 4 out of 5]

I picked this book up from The Works for 50p, a reduction on its listed price of £10.99 – my thoughts are that if you can pick up a cheap copy of it then it’s definitely worth it, but not so much if you pay full price.

Basically, this book is a collection of photographs of the Bubble Project, where an artist put speech bubble stickers up on posters and billboards and invited people to write on them. Sometimes the contributions are pretty funny and some of them – well maybe not so much…

Plus, the book comes with a bunch of stickers that you can go use!

[mike · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a hilarious, but all too brief, book on organised tagging in NYC. Five stars while you're reading -- but little staying power.

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[Sam · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like looking at adverts. I like graffiti. I like defaced building. Pretty basic book but nice to mindlessly flick through.