Professional Article Review

This article is about the essentialness of creative anarchy, and while breaking the roles is important, understanding those rules is necessary in order to break them. Creative anarchy, as the article states, is about knowing the boundaries of design, and knowing when it is necessary to stretch those boundaries. The article argues that creative anarchy is important during all graphic design projects, but the importance varies depending on the project. The author supports this argument by explaining how rules are simply guidelines, and by bending these guidelines at the right level and in the right way, the more effective your design can be, with examples such as the Candie's shoe ad. The strengths of the article is that it makes it points concise and clear and shows clearly how to bend the rules, but its weaknesses are that it is not clear on what the rules actually are, and there is not much evidence used. I felt that if the actual rules were addressed, the idea would come across better without major questions. As for the evidence, the lack thereof muddies up the supports of the argument. The argument itself, however, is well construed as well as the process, making clear when it is appropriate to stretch the boundaries. Overall, it delivers the message well but I feel it doesn't back it up well.