We're Here To Be Bad

I loved "We're Here To Be Bad", because it seemed to shed light on a different side of the graphic design world that we haven’t discussed in great detail in class. “We’re Here To Be Bad” talked about how “bad” graphic designers are the most effective because they, essentially, push the envelope. These designers make their consumers uncomfortable because they push the envelope when it comes to their designs. By being different and unexpected, these “bad” designers are able to really catch a consumer’s eye. Breaking the “rules” of graphic design is very interesting to me, because I feel like a lot of designers today follow the rules too closely. Many designs look so similar to each other because they all stick to a very clean and simple motif that I, frankly, am sick of. By being “bad” and bending or breaking the rules, designers find all new ways to represent things or express a message, and this can lead to more eye-catching designs. If no one ever broke the rules when it comes to design, we’d never see anything new, different, or exciting in the design world—everything would continue to look exactly the same. I think that the “bad” designers discussed in this article really have their own sense of style and are more creative than the designers who never stray from the traditional, standard graphic design style.