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Fill/Stroke Supports Barack Obama and Joe Biden.

I would like to take a moment to express our views of the upcoming election. Though it may be obvious in our posts, we here are all supporters of electing Barack Obama. We believe he is the best option for our country, given the past 8 years that we’ve all been put through. He supports a new direction away from our current downward spiral, both economically, as well as in foreign policy. John McCain, though a good man, is not right for the position of President, least of all with a running mate as ignorant and corrupt as Sarah Palin.

This post, this public support of a candidate will likely beg the question “Why are you talking about this here? Why are you talking about politics on your design oriented blog?”

The first reason is the importance of being part of an alternative media from (i.e. blogging, the internet, social networking media) and adding relevant, thoughtful and timely information and opinion, to counteract the simple-minded and incorrectly focused news casting methods of the television media.

Another reason ultimately connects in large part to our general approach to design as a profession:

Design is more than design.

This might seem like a redundant and pointless statement, but its importance can be seen through some explanation.

Design is affected by everything. Being a designer who only reads design blogs, design books and looks at other designers work, will become a mimic, an uninformed, and therefore, unimportant, part of a large body of thoughtless, meaningless design work.

Being part of the global community, being an active member in all parts of society, life and the future are how designers can really affect the world through their work. One track mindedness only leads to repetition and uninspired end products.

I personally find that reading about science, politics, societal trends, global connectedness, the ideas of how language is formed and interpreted, advancements in developing countries, etc etc etc all effect me as a person and me as a designer. My magazine list doesn’t just include Print and Creative Review and Dot Dot Dot. It includes Seed, Scientific American, The Economist, Skeptic Magazine, Buffalo Beast, and many others unrelated to design at all.

So, while we are a design magazine, while we focus and live and breathe design and those things directly related to it, we find that all of what we are, all of what we do, can benefit from a broader intelligence level and a broader, more rounded interest collection.

With that being said, here is a list of links talking about issues related to the campaign. We will continue to post reasons for our views, articles that we find express ideas we believe in, and in general try and point out the reasons you should vote for Barack Obama.

We fully appreciate feedback and debate here.

Double Standard

My Gal

White Privilege

No Issues Campaign

Letter to McCain Supporter Pt 1
Letter to McCain Supporter Pt 2

100 Reasons Not To Vote For McCain

Posted by md in politics, rant, writing on 18 September 2008. 

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