24 Graphic Design Memes With White Space and Balance

I am not the most visual person, but that doesn’t mean I can’t judge graphic design. I look at print media now constantly, and I always have some visceral reaction when I see an unattractive ad on the subway. If you live in New York, you’ve probably seen those super-stylized Tinder Ads on the subway …
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Man Gets Tired of Client Ignoring 3-Hour Time Zone Difference, So He Does the Same

As a ‘digital nomad’ who works for a company that has employees all over the world, I try to respect the time zones of others. For instance, if I get online at 8am to start working, I don’t expect anyone who lives three thousand miles away to hop in a Zoom meeting until it suits …
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‘I actually gave them the 33% they paid for’: Clients refuse to pay web designer, designer takes back two-thirds of their website

Contract work is for people with thick skin — just ask this person, who had to fight to get paid for their work. There’s a reason freelance work has a reputation for being more effort than it’s worth. It’s clients like the woman in this story who make the job pretty thankless.  U/No_Concept_9848 told this …
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Graphic Design Memes For Frustrated Designers

Graphic design is one of those fields that everybody thinks they understand. So many people believe that graphic design is a field you enter when you’ve failed at being an artist, but that’s simply untrue. In reality, graphic design and art are related but not interchangeable. There are a lot of incredible artists who can’t …
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Clever Engineer Teaches Shady Client a Lesson When They Refuse to Pay

Do you pay an engineer for pressing buttons or do you pay an engineer for knowing which buttons to press? Definitely the latter, and some people learn that the hard way, like the sleazy customer in u/AwkLemon‘s epic r/ProRevenge story. They thought they could get away with tricking a professional problem-solver into doing a day …
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Clever Engineer Teaches Shady Client a Lesson After They Refuse to Pay

Do you pay an engineer for pressing buttons or do you pay an engineer for knowing which buttons to press? Definitely the latter, and some people learn that the hard way, like the sleazy customer in u/AwkLemon‘s epic r/ProRevenge story. They thought they could get away with tricking a professional problem-solver into doing a day …
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Trucking Company Takes Clients Own Advice and Fires Them After Calling Their Bluff

«Why don’t you just fire us then.» is an empty threat that you should never make, somewhere along the lines of «If you don’t do this I quit» or «Why don’t you just leave if you don’t like it.» When one makes such threats they’re saying it thinking they’re in a position of power.  It’s …
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Clever Engineer Teaches Sleazy Client a Lesson After They Refuse to Pay

Do you pay an engineer for pressing buttons or do you pay an engineer for knowing which buttons to press? Definitely the latter, and some people learn that the hard way, like the sleazy customer in u/AwkLemon‘s epic r/ProRevenge story. They thought they could get away with tricking a professional problem-solver into doing a day …
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