Graphic design is an inherently commercial business and is, cynically speaking, an exercise in selling people things that they don’t want, or more importantly, things they don’t need. That’s not true all of the times. Rummaging around the internet this morning, I happened upon this article over at Photoshop Tutorials – 23 Awesome Examples of Design as a Force For Good including the example pictured above (a youth oriented ad from the Lebanese Red Cross). The compilation, by Danny Outlaw of the Outlaw Design Blog is introduced thusly –
While design is too often used as a means to persuade us to buy, buy and buy some more, it is less often but more importantly used as a means to communicate positive messages and encourage action. Here we showcase 23 examples where graphic design has been used not to sell us products we don’t need, but instead, to fight poverty.
Nice stuff. Lots more at the link.
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