Red, Blue, United

Filed Under: Why Design, election design, social responsibility

Submitted By	John Bavaro
Chapter	Pittsburgh
Description	The image of the red and the blue channels needing to be "registered" correctly through appropriate lenses seemed an almost obvious metaphor for the blurred vision of our red-blue "color war". Perhaps it's mere retro fantasy to think that we can simply put on some glasses, gain proper perspective and then get together, but it's a vision many of us want, and one that needs to take place if we are truly going to be the "united".
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