Brunhilde Pomsel was the personal secretary to Joseph Goebbels, Nazi minister of propaganda. Even at the end of her life, she felt little remorse, saying, “I didn’t do anything other than type in Goebbels’ office.” She is a cautionary figure for designers.
On the fourth of July, a tweet from immigrant legal services nonprofit RAICES set Design Twitter off like fireworks. It included a behind-the-scenes tour of a border facility released by the Department of Homeland Security and the information that brand consultancy Ogilvy has a $12 million contract with Customs & Border Protection (CBP). CBP is the government agency making headlines for their inhumane treatment of immigrants at the southern U.S. border.
It’s unlikely Ogilvy is responsible for this particular piece of PRpaganda (this recruitment video posted July 2 is a likelier suspect). The operator of concentration camps isn’t listed…
