Before YouTube and Flickr, before DeviantArt or Blogspot, Kalle Lasn was hard at work scheming for the democratization of the mainstream media. With the first issue of AdBusters in 1989, Lasn introduced the world to a whole new aesthetic, one born of the people, by the people, without ad agencies or corporate interventions.
Twenty-years and a half a dozen titles later, Lasn is working harder than ever; but he’s not alone. His operation has grown into an industry and his network now counts over 100,000 members.
We spoke to Lasn from his Vancouver offices on the occasion of the release of his latest book, Design Anarchy, an anthology of aesthetics.
Posted on November 8th, 2008 in
