Are you lonely? Tired of working alone? Do you hate coming up with ideas on your own? Then hold a brainstorming session. You can see people, show charts, feel important, point with a stick, eat donuts, and impress colleagues - all on company time. On that note, the cool folks at Creative Market have come up with a series of graphs that show what most meetings and group … [Read more...]
Watch How Similar Agency Life Is To Wildlife
We at DS have always tried to give you a glimpse into the madness and chaos that goes on in a creative agency. But here's an analogy that'll give you a clearer picture. North Carolina-based agency The Variable has created a series of parody videos that compare agency life to surviving in the wild. Titled Adland Adventures, the videos use relevant wildlife footage and witty, … [Read more...]
50 Photos You Won’t Believe Were NOT Photoshopped
Forced perspective is a technique that manipulates human visual perception to make an object appear larger, smaller, closer or farther away than it actually is. In simple terms, those photos you see of people ‘holding’ the top of the Eiffel Tower or ‘pushing’ the Tower of Pisa, are all examples of forced perspective photography. Today’s post is a collection of 50 crazy … [Read more...]
What Designers Think Of You Based On Your Font Choices
A designer's tolerance for bad design is inversely proportional to his/her skill level. The higher the skill, the less tolerant they are to poor design. That's why good designers won't be caught dead eating at a restaurant that uses Comic Sans on the menu. Or attending a wedding where the hosts used Papyrus on the invite. … [Read more...]
The Amusing Decisions That Designers Have To Make Every Now And Then
Classic logo or trendy logo? Helvetica or Bebas? Client request or designer sense? Strangle the client or don't strangle the client (ok, ignore that one). DesignTAXI has released a series of relatable illustrations that show the many dilemmas we designers face every now and then. Check them out below. … [Read more...]
20 Things You Should Never Say To A Graphic Designer
You wouldn't ask a doctor to deliver your baby "real fast for 50 bucks", right? Or a lawyer to show you 20 different versions of a contract before you sign it? If you expect your designer to bear with such nonsense, expect a Photoshopped picture of yourself in Kanye West's lap on some random meme aggregator website. … [Read more...]
This Designer Has The Best Response To Anyone Who Asks Him To Photoshop Their Pic
British graphic designer James Fridman used to specialize in editing and retouching photos upon request, before he realised it's more fun to troll them. Since the past 9 years, Fridman is well-known for his hilarious literal replies to Photoshop requests, and has even won a Shorty Award in the "Weird" Category. Through his humorous edits, James also highlights social issues … [Read more...]
How Cool Is This Milk Packaging That Looks Like A UFO Abducting A Cow?
Talk about a packaging idea that’s literally ‘out of this world’. Imedia Creative Bureau in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, has come up with a quirky milk packaging concept that looks like a UFO abducting a cow. The triangular glass bottle resembles a beam of light coming out of a UFO-shaped bottle cap. The brand name is MOLOCOW, derived from moloko which is Russian for milk (молоко). … [Read more...]
12 CSS Puns On Donald Trump
Previously, we featured 34 CSS puns that made everyone from designers to non-designers chuckle. To add to that series, here's an epic list of Donald Trump CSS puns by Pittsburgh-based web designer Brad Frost. … [Read more...]
20 Honest Charts That Sum Up A Designer’s Life
Previously, we've shown you graphs, comics and memes that give you a glimpse into the life of a designer. Today's post showcases the work of Mitch Goldstein, Assistant Professor of Design at the Rochester Institute of Technology. When he's not grooming budding artists at RIT's College of Imaging Arts & Sciences, Mitch finds time to creates hilarious venn diagrams that … [Read more...]
Epic Prank By Heineken Reminds You To Never Let Your Friends Down On Game Night
Mauro, Marco, Federico and Simone are four best friends who always watch the Champions League matches together at Mauro's place. When Simone gets a VIP ticket for Roma vs Real Madrid, he guiltily decides to watch the match at the stadium instead of with his friends. He ignores their calls and takes his seat at the venue. What happens next is pure awesome, watch below. … [Read more...]
These Are The 27 Nominees For The “Not My Job” Awards, Who Do You Think Should Win?
Why go the extra mile at work when you can go home early and chill? Today's post honours those genius men and women who showed a middle finger to professionalism and didn't budge an inch beyond their scope of work. Check out their masterpieces below. … [Read more...]
10 Awesome Wall Signs For Designers And Agencies
A creative business needs creative signage. Here's a collection of 10 must-have wall signs and posters for designers, studios and creative agencies. To be honest, if you tweak them a bit, they'll work for almost any business. Check them out below. … [Read more...]
10 Awards Every Designer Deserves
Leo's not the only one who deserves an award. Designers battle stiff deadlines, difficult clients, unreasonable bosses and technical snags on a daily basis. To honour these brave souls, Kevin Whipps from Creative Market has compiled a list of awards every designer deserves. Check them out below. … [Read more...]
15 Lies Clients Tell Their Designers
Remember 'Ten Second Tom' from the movie 50 First Dates? The guy had a rare medical condition that made him forget everything he said after ten seconds. That's what most design clients are like. They'll ask you for a design that's fresh and unique and then tell you to blindly copy their competitor's website. … [Read more...]
15 Signs That You’re A Font Addict
Do you spend more time on DaFont than you do with your wife? Is your font library bigger than Kim Kardashian's assets? Do you have an orgasm every time you see a beautifully designed ampersand? … [Read more...]
What Famous Logos Would Look Like If They Used The Products They Represent
What would brand logos look like if they used or consumed the products they represent? Italian industrial product designer Marco Schembri answers the question in this amusing project below. … [Read more...]
These Hilarious Travel Ads Use Calendars To Show What You’re Really Thinking At Work
McCann London has come up with an ingenious print campaign for UK travel agency Ethos Travel. The ads show what appear to be regular work calendars packed with meetings and things to do. If you zoom out or move back, the colored rows and columns form funny phrases that we usually say when we're overloaded with work (like "f*** my life"). The tagline reads "Time to get away." … [Read more...]
25 GIF Memes Only Graphic Designers Will Understand
For graphic designers, every day at work is like a roller coaster ride. There are highs, lows and most of the time we're screaming our lungs out. Gaby Izarra from Creative Market has compiled a hilarious set of situational GIFs that are so relatable, most designers will feel like they've relived their entire professional career in one post. Check them out below. … [Read more...]
Husband Asks Wife To Draw What’s On Her Mind, Gets A Lot More Than He Expected
Remember those 'male brain vs female brain' jokes that show how women think about a gazillion things all the time. Here's an actual incident that proves it. … [Read more...]
Two Comedy Writers Are Creating Brutally Honest Parodies Of Ads We See Every Day
London-based comedy writers Aaron Gillies and James Menzies create hilariously profane parodies of regular advertisements and share them on a Twitter account titled We Fix Your Adverts. Using Photoshop, they replace (or ‘fix’) the original taglines with their own one-liners that are a marketing team's worst nightmare. Check them out below. … [Read more...]
10 Ways To Annoy A Graphic Designer
Are you a design client looking for ways to de-stress? Do you believe people perform best under pressure? Is your designer producing top quality work with too much ease? Here's a handy infographic by UK printing company Print-Print that shows you how to play havoc with your designer's mind and show him/her who's boss. Check it out below. … [Read more...]
“Be Like Bill” Memes For Each Type Of Agency Employee
You must have seen those 'Be Like Bill' memes that took over the internet sometime back. We've created a similar series of memes for agency folks. Check them out below. … [Read more...]
32 Honest Illustrations That Highlight The Irony Of Modern Life
Mexican artist Eduardo Salles has worked as an illustrator, designer, writer, Miami Ad School teacher, chief creative officer and is currently co-founder at Pictoline, a visual news and information broadcast company. Whenever he finds time from his many roles, Eduardo creates illustrations that reveal the realities of modern life, with a tinge of a smart ass-ness. They're … [Read more...]
Restaurant Ad Asks Musicians To Play For Free, Gets The Most Savage Reply
"If you're good at something, never do it for free." - The Joker (The Dark Knight, 2008). A Vancouver restaurant posted an ad on Craigslist looking for part-time musicians who want to "promote their work and sell their CD" (in other words, play for free). A musician came up with the most awesome reply that'll, pardon the pun, strike a chord with every creative out there. … [Read more...]
Funny Coffee Mugs That Show The Daily Life Of Agency Employees
Check out these cool coffee mugs from Toronto agency Zulu Alpha Kilo, that illustrate a day in the life of agency employees in different departments. Originally created to launch their internal café, Zulu received a large number of requests from people wanting to buy their own. So by popular demand, they decided to put them up for sale. … [Read more...]
15 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 15 epic images show you why letter-spacing is important not just in logos and graphic design, but also in everyday handwriting. … [Read more...]
If Designers Talked Dirty, This Is What They Would Say
Using design terms as sexual innuendos, Florida-based designers Eric Thomas and Joshua Pittman have come up with a series of naughty one-liners titled ‘Designer Dirty Talk’. Most of the phrases are software-related and designers will obviously catch the double meanings in the first go. Some of them are suggestive enough (or should we say racy enough) to be understood by … [Read more...]
10 Funny Door Signs Every Designer Needs To Hang Outside His/Her Office
Ever been in the middle of a eureka moment when a sudden interruption by an annoying colleague screwed everything up? Fear no more. Creative Market has come up with 10 brutally honest door hangers for designers to hang outside their offices/workstations and express their true feelings. Check them out below. … [Read more...]
Tiny Advertising Tales That Sum Up Agency Life In Just 140 Characters
Remember the chaotic environment inside the Stratton Oakmont office in The Wolf of Wall Street? That, multiplied by ten, is what most ad agencies are like. Drawing inspiration from micro-storytellers Terribly Tiny Tales, Mumbai-based agency One September created a series of 'Terribly Tiny Advertising Tales' that give you a glimpse into agency life in 140 characters or … [Read more...]
Skoda’s ‘Bike Stealing Championship’ Is The Funniest Viral Video You’ll See This Year
Bicycle theft is a major problem in Europe, with a bike stolen every five minutes. We Love Cycling, an online magazine by Czech automaker Skoda, wanted to raise awareness and direct cyclists to take necessary measures like buying a good lock, registering their bikes, etc. … [Read more...]
If Doctors Drew Famous Logos, This Is What They Would Look Like
Doctors are known for their illegible handwriting which can only be understood by pharmacists and chemists. Today's post shows how famous brand logos would look if they were scribbled/doodled by doctors. Guess the 13 logos and cross-check with the answers given below. … [Read more...]
30 Comic Strips That Perfectly Describe The Life Of A Designer
Designers are like gladiators, battling ugliness in the client's colosseum. Creative Market depicts the best and worst parts of being a designer with #DesignerProblems, a weekly comic strip written and illustrated by Seth Roberts and Brian Hawes. Check it out below. … [Read more...]
10 Funny Charts That Show The Life Of A Designer
The only thing peaceful in a designer's life is the sound of the morning bird after a long night of creative ideation and execution. In the 4-5 hours of sleep that follow, designers are subconsciously evaluating font options and color changes after picturing the client dressed as the grim reaper playing a violin in the background. … [Read more...]
12 Pics That Show How Designers See Things Differently As Compared To Everyone Else
Contrary to what everyone says, designers are not aliens in disguise. They're more like mutants...X-Men...gifted with a heightened sense of observation, intolerance for ugliness, and an innate fondness for caffeine and alcohol. … [Read more...]
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