Re: Graphic Design Heroes & Citizenship in Design

I had never heard of Jan van Toorn, so I looked up some of his designs. The designs I saw definitely go with the message Marie described in her post. They suggest a sense of chaos, which I think matches his idea of "oppositional cultural production." Like Andy said, when we graduate, we will mostly be designing for clients, but I don't think that means that every piece we create won't have some of our own points of view. And the public may interpret things in ways the clients and we never foresaw.