Well, here it is. The biggest Tuesday of them all. The world over looks to the U.S. to see how we play this one, and with fingers crossed, hopes of change linger deep. This campaign has brought a bit of everything to the forefront; the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the worldwide financial crisis, health care, race, gender, foreign policy, taxes, torture, trade, Tito, terror, snow machines, religion, fear, Fey, socialism, fraud, food prices, energy, independence, punditry, the poor, plumbers, politics as usual, friends, foes, family, and a whole lotta' talk about another old man's ability to "keep us safe" from (or for) all of the above. Campaigns are just that; a short-lived (or in this case-drawn out) stream of impossible promises. This one, it seems, has been as much about brand as it has been about breadth and we, as designers, have used our pens and pixels to further that cause. At this point, how it'll work out is anyone's guess.
So today, our work continues, with one eye on the closing polls and another on the client time clock. This Tuesday Flickr Set is a collection of many of the images designers have created over the course of this campaign. And yes, we do realize that there are many, many more. Providing for equal time, some of the presentations are nothing short of gorgeous and some of the sentiment is downright hideous. We believe this to be an appropriate illustration of the past 18 or so months. In any event, thankfully, tomorrow promises to be a different day.
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