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Politics is a popular occupation. By that I mean it requires a mingling with the general public. Even at its most elitist, when Kings and Queens were born into that specific family, its whole being depended on the people. Which went from the lowly peasant who shouted "God save the King" to the conspiring attendants in court. Without people, there would be no politics.
This is the same with art and design. Artists and designers these days conveniently forget this.
William Morris was one such designer who combined his art and his politics almost leaving no discernible line between the two.
He was one of the founders of the British Arts and Crafts movement, which eventually also influenced American designers. He made wallpapers, fabric, carpets, and even published poems and novels.
His lofty insistence on making only hand-crafted objects, eschewing the machine-made demands of the day, earned him a great reputation.
His designs are still popular today.