A fun and fabulous take on the art of making mistakes. Erik Kessels celebrates imperfection and
failure and shows why they are an essential part of the creative process. Failed it! celebrates
the power of mistakes and shows how they can enrich the creative process. This is part
photobook and part guide to loosening up and making mistakes to take the fear out of failure
and encourage experimentation.It showcases the best and most hilarious examples of imperfection
and failure across a broad range of creative forms including art design photography
architecture and product design to inspire and encourage creatives to embrace and celebrate
their mistakes.We live in an era when everyone is striving for perfection and we have become
afraid of failure which limits our potential. Mistakes help us find new ways of thinking and
innovative solutions and failures can change our perceptions and open up new ways of looking
things. This book transforms mistakes from something to be embarrassed about into a cause for
celebration. It includes over 150 visual examples drawn from Kessels personal collection of
artworks and found photographs along with tips quotes anecdotes and wisdom for celebrating
with failure. To quote Kessels: 'the ubiquity of Apple + Z means that we can literally undo
any mistake before it has had time to breathe be considered and - perhaps - evolve into
something else: a fascinating strange provocative or even original piece of work. This book
asks readers to embrace their fuck-ups learn from them and celebrate their tawdry glory'.
