Ya, that's what I thought. If I can see it (as special as I may be) someone else might see it and think that the company has Neo-Nazi backing.

Thanks, that's a great suggestion. We can never underestimate the power of context (that's the reason we as communicators have to be so weary of the swastika). Has there ever been such a quality symbol so ruined by one unfortunate context?

I don't blame you for not calling back! Those kind of small-minded people you can do without.

"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible."
— Frank Zappa

That was the right thing to do. And I know it will be rewarded, later if not sooner. One of the best jobs of my life came my way because I turned down something else on moral grounds and the agency gave me a fantastic second option.

I imagine your clients felt a little silly when Tiger Woods became the King of Golf. Idiots.

Mara

having done a lot of us federal govt work in the past, i had the exact opposite problem. i'd be told it wasn't african-american *enough*. i've had to attempt to fill the full rainbow of races on one page. or there was the day planner i created that had a full range of females of every race and creed. or so i thought. the client (office on women's health) said i needed an alaskan-american woman. not that they could have picked an alaskan-american woman out of a lineup, but i had to find one to go in there.

*sigh*

i'm so happy to be working on architecture now. buildings are much easier to deal with than people.

But I have to say finishing that contract left a bitter taste in my mouth. It totally caught me off guard. Of course, if I had known about it from the get go, I wouldn't have taken, just like if they knew they were dealing with a person of colour, they probably wouldn't have hired me. Who knows.

it reminded me of a topic we had in my colour theory class back in the day, the teacher had brought up the subject
(well, more like her telling us NOT to do jobs that were immoral or we'd live a miserable life, she was a little senile and on progressive retirment, but thats a story for another day)but situations were brought up where as designers we do in fact have to make judgements calls in regards to the jobs we take and by taking them we were in fact backing the ideas and theories behind them ( i.e. Pro-War poster, Anti-abortion ad) Of course, some people argued that it's just a paycheck, whereas others argued that you were in fact sponspring those ideas and movements.
I guess sometimes as Designers we forget that we can have an impact on modern culture and popular opinion. Quite the responsability.

Leaky Penny
Aka Artfiend Part Deux
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