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as much as you want to believe it, politics do not, by any means, influence corporations. It's the other way around. Not even politics influence politics. If you're a designer, you should seriously know better. If you wanna know who's really responsible... we are.
So let me reiterate, or better yet, let me lay it out in layman's.• "evil company" commissions designer to design brand identity, and package design.
• Designer designs brand identity, package design (to aid product), and corporate collateral.
• Consumer sees product that designer helped create / promote, and buys product.
• "evil company" makes money.end of scenario.
If you don't want the company to succeed, then stop designing for them. If you can 't help it, then stop buying their products.
Politics have nothing to do with the policies of companies (unless you're referring to internal politics i.e. board members, investors, etc...).- Not sure what you mean...corporations are not above the lawukit
- Passing a law to put restrictions on smoking or regulate a product is always going to be easier than convincing every last designer to not design for a company.ukit
- last designer to not design for a company.ukit
- sure it is. And how's that going so far? Why haven't regulations been passed to make trade fair? Take Starbucks for instance...elektromuzak
- instance. Starbucks bullies Ethiopia into selling their coffee beans for hella cheap, and passes off Ethiopia's trademarkelektromuzak
- as their own. Then they give a measly percentage of profits to Ethiopia. Where's the law to catch that? hmmmm....elektromuzak
- but you know what did help? Oxfam's petition against starbucks, and people stopped buying starbuck's goods, resulting in victory for Ethiopia.elektromuzak
- resulting in a lower profit margin for starbucks, thus causing starbucks to renegotiate a fair trade.elektromuzak
- and let me reiterate: read the title of this post "thecorporation.com"
That's exactly what the...elektromuzak - documentary talks about... how corporations are, in fact, above the law.elektromuzak