The AIGA has just released a strong statement about the National Endowment for the Arts’ (NEA’s) recent call for logos for “Art Works,” which violates the AIGA’s guidelines on speculative work in the “communication design profession”. This is essential reading for any designer, and any cultural client. Or any client, for that matter.
As “crowdsourcing” becomes more and more prevalent, organizations like AIGA are important voices for some breeds of designer. But this is not an easy topic: speculative design work is in fact common in many design professions, particularly in architecture.
