Professional bit: Logos for terrorist cabals

[thatcrazycajun]

With thanks to debgeisler for the link and the interesting discourse, here is a column about an area of my chosen profession I had somehow or other never stopped to think about:
How terrorist organizations design their logos
Aside from the ethical implications of designing for violent and/or bigoted groups, can you imagine the logistical problems? Would they even pay you? And if they didn't, how would you track them down? Or even if they did, would you have to have client meetings in a dark alley somewhere? Gods know, some of these look like their groups could use a few tips on effective use of line art and typography ("Simplify, Ahmed, simplify! Less is more!"). I may be desperate for work, but I'm not that desperate...yet.

Comments

[redaxe.livejournal.com]

Come on, they're just like any other clients. All they really want is to make the logo bigger :-D

[stevemb.livejournal.com]

would you have to have client meetings in a dark alley somewhere?

That would get particularly awkward if the "client" was actually an undercover Fed....