Various Sources

These three developments came from 3 very different sources of inspiration. Yet all stick to a common theme of activism.

The first, Pop Grenade, is a thinly disguised, to those who know it, Invisibles Grenade from the comic book series by Grant Morrison. Nothing about the design from the comic book was changed at all in this case. Grant Morrison even blogged about Psychological Industries once back in the MySpace era of the Internet.

Next is the Barcode Flag design. Being a combination of 2 different culture jammer designs featured in past issues of Adbusters magazine. Such agit-prop images are developed specifically for the public to develop into greater and greater memes.

The development of Psychological Industries had a great deal to do with the creating alternatives to crass consumer capitalism and the cultural homogenization of humanity as a whole. AdBusters, during its early years at least, was a great source for discourse on activism. AdBusters content having become more and more irreverent and self-serving has affected the strategy of Psychological Industries. Part of the goal is to develop into more effective and productive agency in the world, to actually practice what AdBusters manages only to preach.

The Third image, Info Hazard, is taken directly from the Happy Mutant Handbook by Mark Frauenfelder of BoingBoing.net . This design was one of many intended for just such permissive usage even long before Creative Commons even existed. It is intended to be placed on books or devices of a low factual caliber. Such as a Television or FOX Pundit's book of the week.

Basically, communal designs are everywhere, you just need to know where to look. There are many Memetic Developers who actually want to see their creation flourish. Its not always about presonal props, and sometimes the spreading of a good idea is more important than making of a buck.