project Colossus

document the plan

version v19.4

date 03.06.11

author Classified

client Classified

project code T.S.

obscurity– CERN (franco-swiss border)= home of the web

where are we now?

where do we want to be?

what are we doing to get there?

setting the goddamn

story straight

what are we doing to get there?

• setting the goddamn story straight– Tim Berners-Lee invented the web (in CERN)

BUT– The web comes from TBL’s brain

AND– TBL was born in East Sheen

HENCE– TBL’s brain was born in East Sheen

ERGO– East Sheen is the birthplace of the web

the logic is undeniable

what are we doing to get there?

• setting the goddamn story straight

…through art

what are we doing to get there?

Design influence #2: ‘Timagery’ – Iconic Tim Berners-Lee Imagery

Our hero

visual… brand, web, products (well t-shirts maybe)

what are we doing to get there?

Design influence #2: ‘Eastside’

visual… brand, web, products (well t-shirts maybe)

what are we doing to get there?

Design influence #3: ‘Sheen vs CERN’

visual… brand, web, products (well t-shirts maybe)

CERN: Twinned with East Sheen?

Featuring local lad and hollywood heart-throb

Tom Hardy on vocals (sort of)

“I’m from a state of grace called Mortlake….SW14 - East Sheen”

(1’46” into clip)“I’m from East Sheen and I’m quite soft”

(7’24” into clip)

music… anthem by The Soviet Onion

what are we doing to get there?

who do we need to talk to?

everybody

it’s time to re-write history

local celebrity assets

how will we know when we’ve arrived?

how will we know when we’ve arrived?

The Colossus of Sheen107 ft tall statue of Tim Berners-Lee standing astride the Upper Richmond Road (or maybe the Sheen Gate of Richmond Park)

Modelled on 7th Wonder of the Ancient World, The Colossus of Rhodes