25+ Baffling Design Choices Found in the Wild (March 10, 2024)

Billboards. They’re some of the biggest signs we have. And with them is an opportunity to really make a statement. Often, they are simply used to promote firework warehouses, gentlemen’s clubs and to let you know that there is a Buc-ee’s coming up in a couple of exits. They often become fodder for road trips, …
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25+ Baffling Design Choices Found in the Wild (March 3, 2024)

I used to fantasize about decorating my own space when I was a kid, and then I grew up and realized that it’s really freaking expensive to do that. Sure you can use Pinterest hacks where you can, but at the end of the day, furniture is expensive and your landlord probably won’t let you …
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25+ Baffling Design Choices Found in the Wild (February 25, 2024)

Have you ever pushed a door that says «pull» and then felt like the dumbest guy in all the land? Me too, buddy. Sorry I can’t always intuit what it’s going to be, and I don’t always have the wherewithal to look and see if there’s a sign. It’s one of those stupid human moments …
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25 Wacky Design Fails Found in the Wild (January 28, 2024)

As the ancient adage says, «Graphic design is my passion.» Written in Comic Sans, neon green on a yellow background, size 8 font so you can’t read it. As a person with very limited Photoshop skills, I admire the divas who can bring their visions to life with a few strokes of the keyboard. It’s …
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‘Big mistake. HUGE!’: Customer has real-life Pretty Woman moment with retail Karen

I’ve always wanted to walk into a store and prove everyone wrong with my ability to purchase a wildly expensive item. So far, it’s yet to happen, but there’s always time. When I’m traveling, if I have some downtime, I like to wander into big, fancy designer stores just to look around and people-watch. I …
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Weekly Internet Roundup: Negging Boyfriends, Burning Man Chaos, and the Legacy of Smash Mouth

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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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Funny Graphic Designer Memes For Frustrated Artistic Types

A lot of people in this world have no appreciation for beauty. So long as something works for us, they think, who cares if it looks ugly? It goes without saying that these people are big old dumdums. Being around things that look nice is good for the soul. Also, it makes us more inclined …
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Funniest Patagonia Memes for Finance Guys and Resident Doctors Who Must Have a Vest for Every Season

There was an announcement recently that the CEO of Patagonia, Yvon Chouinard, will be stepping down from his $3 billion dollar clothing company. Not only that, but from now on, Patagonia profits will be donated directly into efforts to stop climate change.    Score one for the Earth! But that doesn’t mean that every finance …
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