Full marks if you knew which font we were referring to, before you landed on this page. Created by designer Vincent Connare, Comic Sans is arguably the world's most contentious font - the subject of innumerable memes and websites. … [Read more...]
This Art Director Wasn’t Able To Land A Job, So He Pretended To Be A Client
August Laustsen, a young Danish art director, applied to all the big agencies in Stockholm but didn't get a reply from any of them. So, to catch their attention, he pretended to be a client looking for an agency and sent out the following letter. … [Read more...]
Copywriter Challenges Himself To Create An Ad Every Day For A Year, And They’re Pretty Cool
Georgia-based copywriter Solomon Tsitsuashvili has undertaken a creative challenge titled 365 Days of Copy that involves creating a print ad every day for a year. He picks a well-known brand and based on their history and background, he comes up with witty taglines and visuals. Solomon has been up to the task so far, working every single day, even on holidays and even when he's … [Read more...]
How Art Directors And Copywriters Can Avoid Annoying Each Other
Copywriter Stephanie Vicari and Art Director Caitlin Hickey wanted to tackle the potential complicated relationship that can exist between copywriters and art directors. The result? They created airline-style safety cards for budding creatives to ensure that no one steps on any toes. Check them out below. … [Read more...]
10+ Reasons Why Spellings Are Important
Proofreading is the process of finding and fixing spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors in a document before it is sent for the final print. It might sound like a simple task, but don't doubt its importance for a second. We've rounded up a few images that show the disastrous consequences of not proofreading your content. Check them out below. … [Read more...]
What Your Relatives Think When You Tell Them You’re A Designer
How often have your relatives asked you to fix their printer or computer just because you’re a designer? It’s like being a designer automatically qualifies you to be a software or a hardware engineer. Then there are relatives who think you need to get a "real" job like a doctor or a lawyer (basically the same profession they've forced down their children). And of course, … [Read more...]
Dogs Explain What Different HTTP Status Codes Mean
San Francisco-based software programmer Mike Lee has come up with a fun project titled HTTP Status Dogs that uses dog pictures to illustrate what different HTTP status codes mean. For example, 404 (not found) is a picture of a dog digging a hole looking for something but unable to find it. 204 (no content) is a picture of a dog next to an empty bowl. Check out more below. … [Read more...]
12 GIFs That Only Agency People Will Understand
Ever seen two cats playing hide and seek in the gutter? That's what it looks like when servicing tries to brief creative on Friday evening. Have you also noticed the "I hate everyone" expression on the face of creatives after every presentation? Like they're planning a massacre after a long and treacherous meeting in a room filled with brand "experts" throwing industry jargon … [Read more...]
16 Reasons To Pay For Better Designers
Dear clients, if you think good designers aren't worth their price, here are 16 images that might change your mind. … [Read more...]
IKEA Renamed Its Products After Common Google Searches About Relationship Problems
IKEA's products have always been inspired by how people live in the real world. They wanted to remind people that their products can solve or improve a variety of everyday problems. … [Read more...]
14 Funny Mashups Of Famous Logos
Filipino designer Eisen Bernard Bernardo has come up with a fun project titled 'Logomorphia' that showcases mashups of popular logos that look like amusing creatures and situations. How many of these can you guess correctly? … [Read more...]
20 Images That Show Why Letter-Spacing Is Important
Ever wondered why good designers focus so much on kerning, i.e., adjusting the spacing between characters in a piece of text? These 20 epic images show you why letter-spacing is important not just in logos and graphic design, but also in everyday handwriting. … [Read more...]
Dad Creates Crazy Images With Son Using His Expert Photoshop Skills
Remember those embarrassing childhood photos your parents pull out every time your girlfriend comes over? Well this little fella isn't going to have that problem because his dad's a Photoshop wizard. … [Read more...]
Artist Turns Shadows Of Everyday Objects Into Funny Sketches
Talk about a vivid imagination. Belgian artist and filmmaker Vincent Bal turns shadows of everyday objects into whimsical doodles that are totally unrelated to the object but ingeniously clever. For example, he doodles around the shadow of a rubber duck and turns it into a burglar walking with a bag of loot. Similarly, the shadow of a leaf becomes a bird, a phone charger … [Read more...]
10 Differences Between Designers And Regular People
The word "lobster" might remind you of the 10-legged crustacean delicacy, but for us designers, Lobster is a common typeface that novices use on promo flyers and take-out menus. Similarly, the word "tracking" might remind you of GPS or Google Maps or the time when your over-protective boyfriend/girlfriend stalked you, but for designers, it refers to the adjustment of space for … [Read more...]
There Are Two Kinds Of Graphic Designers, Which One Are You?
There are two kinds of designers in the world - those who follow a naming convention for layers and files (ProjectName_revision3_final.psd) and those who don't (Untitled-1-ok-final.psd). Similarly, there are designers whose desks resemble a war zone and there are designers who have an OCD attack if there's even one extra object on their desk. … [Read more...]
Graphic Design – Expectations Vs Reality
When you graduate from art school, a career in Graphic Design looks like one big canvas which you're ready to paint with the colors of your talent. After spending six months in the business, things seem a bit different. Design resource site Pixelo highlights these differences in a series of illustrations titled "Graphic Design: Expectations vs Reality". Check them out below. … [Read more...]
19 Funny GIFs That Designers And Creatives Will Relate To
You know that feeling when you’ve finally found the perfect font for your project and you’re having an orgasm as you browse through the characters, only to find a ‘BUY NOW for $199’ button at the end of the page? To visually describe such moments we’ve compiled a list of 15 epic GIFs that designers and creatives will relate to. Check them out below. … [Read more...]
11 Differences Between Designers And Clients
In a perfect world, the client-designer relationship is built upon a common sense of purpose, goals and objectives. In reality, their varying perspectives make things a little bit more complicated. The client wants the logo to be bigger, colors to be brighter and the typeface to be groovier. The designer wants more white space, subtle colors and the font equivalent of Candice … [Read more...]
12 Funny Charts That Highlight The Importance Of Color
UK-based designer Stephen Wildish gives a humorous take on the importance of color through these witty charts that are part of his weekly series of illustrations called 'Friday Project'. Wildish's minimalist infographics show how an object becomes something else entirely, only by changing its color. He's even published a book filled with similar charts and funny visuals that's … [Read more...]
Designer Creates Surreal Images By Photoshopping Two Completely Different Objects Into One
New York-based art director and designer Daniel Forero has created a series of minimalist images that merge two completely different objects into one, creating bizarre amalgamations that boggle the mind. Forero's "curiosity and love for things that first appear as nonsense" inspired his conceptual experiments that "play with emotions and contradicting feelings." Check out his … [Read more...]
10 Funny Murphy’s Laws For Designers
Murphy's Law is a popular proverb that states "Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong." The law's author was Edward A. Murphy, Jr., a U.S. Air Force engineer. He coined the famous statement in 1947, when he was involved in a rocket-sled experiment in which all 16 accelerator instruments were installed in the wrong way. … [Read more...]
10 Comic Strips Every Artist Will Relate To
When someone tells you they're an artist by profession, you probably picture them hanging out in their sweatpants all day with a cup of coffee (or a beer), using "magical" computer software that designs and writes everything on its own. They're living the dream life and getting paid to follow their passion, right? … [Read more...]
“Everybody Loves A Handyman” In These Brilliant Ads From Ace Hardware Tools
Women love a man who knows how to use his tools. In a 2013 survey by Daily Mail UK, 74% of women said that the most sexy trait in a man is an aptitude for DIY. It's safe to assume this holds true for women everywhere - from Manchester to Makati. … [Read more...]
10 Times Designers Should Just Say “No”
It's good to go the extra mile for your clients but sometimes it can be detrimental to say yes to every unreasonable request - like copying another designer's work or working for free in exchange for "exposure". Design resource website Pixelo shares 10 situations where designers should learn to say NO. Check them out below. … [Read more...]
16 Funny Illustrations That Show The Cultural Differences Between The East And The West
Yang Liu is a Berlin-based graphic artist, professor and the head of the Department of Communications Design at the Berlin Technical Art University. She moved to the German capital from her hometown, Beijing, in 1990, at the age of 13. … [Read more...]
After Working With A Funny Client For A Year, This Agency Created A Book Of His Quotes
This deserves a Cannes in itself. New Zealand-based agency Strategy Creative have created a book titled 'We said some shit' that contains a curated collection of funny quotes and comments from a client they worked with on a year-long project. … [Read more...]
29 Memes That’ll Make Every Designer Laugh
Need something to stare at to pretend you’re working? Have a look at these hilarious memes by Instagram account screensaviors that’ll fill your day with laughter and self-doubt. When you’re done, share this post with a designer working on a deadline and waste his time as well. … [Read more...]
Ad Student Replaces Brand Taglines With Book And Movie Titles
Andrea Erali is an Art Direction intern at Saatchi and Saatchi, New York, with a keen interest in books and movies. He combines his personal and professional passions into a fun project where he replaces brand taglines with book and movie titles that best match the brands. So, Snapchat's tagline is "Gone with the Wind", NASA: "The Fault in Our Stars", Instagram: "I Know What … [Read more...]
20 Funny Comic Strips That Designers Will Love
Award-winning cartoonist Jerry King draws a weekly comic series for Web Designer Depot that focuses on the funny situations designers and developers face in their daily lives. Check out a few good ones below. … [Read more...]
20+ Brilliant Ads That Grab Your Attention With Clever Headlines And Copy
"Nobody reads ads. People read what interests them. Sometimes it's an ad." - Howard Gossage. To acknowledge this famous quote by The Socrates of San Francisco, we've compiled a list of 100 exceptional ads that seek your interest with their witty headlines and copy. They include classics from the Mad Men era, past and present Cannes winners, public service announcements (PSAs) … [Read more...]
After Working With Difficult Clients, This Designer Turned Their Comments Into Funny Posters
In the design business, if you put a nickel in a jar every time a client says something stupid, you'll have a jar full of nickels by the end of the week. After receiving his fair share of nonsensical client feedback over the years, Jonathan Quintin, founder and creative director of UK agency Studio–JQ, decided to collate a few of them into a poster series titled "The Client is … [Read more...]
14 Honest Illustrations That Show How We Behave On Social Media
Hands up if you've ever deleted a Facebook post because no one 'liked' it. How about the time when you spent ten minutes trying to take the right picture of your dinner for Instagram? Oh, and how many times have you switched to some random, unnecessary document on your computer when someone creeps up behind your shoulder? … [Read more...]
How To Remove Your Ex-Boyfriend Or Girlfriend From A Photo Using Photoshop
Picture this: You're browsing through your old photos and come across a fabulous picture of yours that you want to share on social media. There's just one problem. Your ex is in it too. What do you do? If you have Photoshop on your system, Aaron Nace from Phlearn offers a handy tutorial that shows you how to remove unwanted people and objects using the pen tool, clone stamp … [Read more...]
The 10 Types Of Designers – Which One Are You?
"The life of a designer is a life of fight. Fight against the ugliness." - Massimo Vignelli. Although we're all working towards the same objective, we designers have our distinct skill sets and preferences. There are designers who love flat design and there are designers who love skeuomorphism. Similarly, there are designers who like pastel shades and minimalism and there are … [Read more...]
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