3 November 2008

FTF 2000 Manifesto.
Commercial work for a designer?

In relation to this manifesto, my opinion is that for me to make money as a graphic designer i will have to do commercial work. I don't see anything wrong with doing commercial work, such as advertising mundane products. I see them as experience and an opportunity to learn. This manifesto is obviously written by people who have earned a fair bit of money to keep them in their comfortable lives and you can guarantee that they probably have undertaken commercial work in their time to get where they are today. I don't think commercial mundane jobs should be shunned as they are the times you gain experience and learn what you can and can't do, as well as earn yourself money to survive. I think this kind of graphic snobbery is ridiculous, as a designer it is my job to make what I'm doing interesting no matter the job........ So bring on the fish finger packaging design! It's all experience.

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