DONT BE A SELL OUT

The article, "Bad", published by Print addresses a problem I've been dealing with daily in graphic design. If designers want to save the world shouldn't design be more open minded. Should we be so focused on the rules of design or the client? Artistic goals should be more important than financial goals and designers shouldn't just be worried about being good. "Good is normal," who wants to be normal?
I don't want to be apart of this normal majority, I want to be bad, I want to create my own design that's "truly different, distinctive, individualistic, and interesting." If you don't take risks as a designer, "everything everywhere will look the same," eventually. To me successful design shows attitude, expresses strong emotion, and even stirs up controversy. The power that design has over it's audience is underestimated. I highly agree that as designers we're "here to inject art into commerce."
I think it's important for designers to read this article and realize it's ok to be bad. It's important to step out of the box because "every rule about what is appropriate narrows what is possible." As a designer, you can portray an idea with your perogative and can greatly affect the audience, the world.