This is not a Pipe

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Written By Pam Daniels
two black cylinders with text on them

"This is not a pipe” pipe cover designs by Pam Daniels. 2024. 3D printed PLA.

Massimo Vignelli said "The life of a designer is a life of fight: fight against the ugliness." That mindset led to the creation of these Magritte-inspired pipe covers, designed for Evanston Art Center.

Image of a wooden bench in an art gallery with exposed pipes below it

BEFORE: A bench at Evanston Art Center had unsightly exposed pipes under a bench in the gallery.

AFTER: Now, Magritte-inspired pipe covers with the text “Ceci n’est pas une pipe” and “This is not a pipe” hide the pipes under the bench at Evanston Art Center.

A hand holding a black cylindrical tube with the text This is Not a Pipe

Text for the English-language translation of Ceci n’est pas une pipe/This is not a pipe was crafted using the typeface René Magritte's 1929 “The Treachery of Images.”

a brown pipe with a black stem and the text in French "ceci n'est pas une pipe"

René Magritte's 1929 surrealist painting “The Treachery of Images,” also known as “This Is Not a Pipe.”

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