{"id":2869,"date":"2012-10-26T14:03:26","date_gmt":"2012-10-26T18:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/?p=2869"},"modified":"2012-10-26T14:51:15","modified_gmt":"2012-10-26T18:51:15","slug":"presidential-election-bad-graphic-designs-for-a-bad-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/presidential-election-bad-graphic-designs-for-a-bad-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidential Election: Bad graphic designs for a bad economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are several reasons why I can&#8217;t wait until the <strong>elections<\/strong> are over, and not just so that we see an end to this pointless exchange of pre-discussed debates.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, the country needs a leader, and although many miss the eight years of financial prosperity under Bill Clinton &#8211; <em>sans the cigar scandal<\/em> &#8211; many voters sit on the edge, undecided, whether to grant a second term to Barack Obama or choose Mitt Romney as an alternative.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s another reason why I want this to be over, and that&#8217;s to end the huge amount &#8211; <em>piles and piles<\/em> &#8211; of <strong>badly designed<\/strong> election-related printed <strong>spam<\/strong> that hits my mailbox daily.<\/p>\n<p>Never before have I seen such bad work, whether casting a candidate in a positive light, or the opposition in a bad light; the end result is a byproduct of <strong>poorly chosen visuals<\/strong> and inability to use industry standard tools properly.<\/p>\n<p>At an era when apparently &#8220;<em>$5 buys you a logo<\/em>&#8220;, it&#8217;s not easy to swallow such badly executed projects. I now wish I had kept those glossy, card stock quality A4-sized mailings, for I would have made my case much easier; unfortunately, I recycle on Tuesdays.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s just say, that somehow elections create some <strong>garbage artwork, <\/strong>pun intended. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p>Under pressure to conceive, create and produce such politically-charged content, the people involved in these designs are apparently undergraduate volunteers, with no market experience and very little time to sharpen their Photoshop or layout skills.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the day, choosing the right designer for the job should not be a political decision. Just like those laughable &#8220;<em>$5 dollar logo designs<\/em>&#8220;, election budgets can only stretch so much.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are several reasons why I can&#8217;t wait until the elections are over, and not just so that we see an end to this pointless exchange of pre-discussed debates. 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