[SML] CPAC Stage Design

[Joe]

A new ethical issue has now come to the forefront of the CPAC stage design.  The design firm who created the design for the stage has come forth, and said they “had no idea that the design resembled any symbol, nor was there any intention to create something that did.”  They said the design was, "intended to provide the best use of space, given the constraints of the ballroom and social distancing requirements."

Note that if you look at its political donations, Design Foundry would seem to be against the values of the CPAP organization. The possibility that the design firm deliberately snuck in the symbol as a political statement has to be considered.   If true, the message that Design Foundry may have tried to convey is uncertain.  They may have wanted to say the CPAP organization is  a Nazi group, or because of CPAP's regular hosting of Jewish speakers, that they wanted the stage design to say that Nazi philosophy will eventually dominate over the Jews. Art can be vague that way. But regardless of any intended message, it is CPAP that is taking the heat.

If it can be shown to be that this stage design was not as innocent as claimed, I imagine there may be serious compensation due to CPAP. Not just for the design work, but for the cost of countering the message that Design Foundry may have used the event to convey.

-Joe
 
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