This, what the blog-world thinks is a "strikingly original" front page after the virginia tech shootout.It's a day after the crazy killer went ballistic in virginia tech// and the paper is Virginian-Pilot.. a local paper.
It lists all the deceased// The colours used in the ribbon are apparently Virgina Tech's colours.
Sympathies, of course, with the victim's families. But no sympathy for the designers// what is so "original" about the idea? it's exactly what is wrong with designers, and increasingly in india, too, as designers "take their place" in the editorial. haven't we seen such stuff done after world trade center bombing? why on earth would you want to waste a front page by ramming some crazy designer's ideas down readers' throats (or eyes)? or did they not have anything to tell the poor readers?
the names could easily have come in a special box, and the rest of the page dedicated to news.
after all, it's a NEWSPAPER, not some calendar art.
1 comment:
Sadly, this type of thing is becoming the norm in the United States.
I haven't blasted it because there are many worse things designers could do or have done and, sadly, will still do with this topic.
The best advice I can give is for more people to come forward and express this type of opinion. Too often, I think people feel this way, but they don't say anything because they don't want to rock the boat. This plays into the hands of the designers. They really have no basis other than their incessant insistence that what they do works. The more it's questioned, the more likely it is their con artistry will be exposed.
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