When "Designer" Becomes a Four Letter Word

An interesting story this week from David Womack over at Metropolis. It’s about a recent law that Romania is trying to pass that makes it a legal requirement for designers to register themselves and make certain that they have the credentials to back up their “designer” title. And the “real, absolutely confirmed-as-such designers” are fighting back:

The proposed law has set off a furious debate within the Romanian design community and beyond. Almost a thousand people have signed an online petition opposing its passage, among them famous outsiders such as Stefan Sagmeister and James Victore.

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