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Design Humor
If it goes any smoother than this, YOU’RE LYING
What follows is a detailed account of a standard design project with a new client. The ups. The downs. The expletives.
If you happen to be a client of mine, this is 100% a joke and I totally didn’t write this while I was supposed to be designing screens for you.
I promise.
- Pre-Discovery (client describes their vision): “This is a terrible idea.”
- During Discovery: “…alright, this is kinda cool.”
- Post-Discovery: “Wait, wasn’t this on Product Hunt like last week?”
- Brainstorming: “Omg, am I Jony Ive?!”
- Wireframing: “Huh, this is the first time I’ve used this moleskine!”
- Whiteboarding, instead: “But seriously, how is my handwriting going UP the wall?!?!”
- Document Setup: “Layer naming? More like Layer LAME…ing.”
- First Three Hours: “I should quit design.”
- Hour 4: “Meh, I’ll just do this tomorrow.”
- Six days later: “SHIT, THE MEETING IS TOMORROW!”
- 1:00 AM: “I am not a smart man.”
- 2:15 AM: “Color is my daylong obsession, joy, and torment.” — Monet
- 3:27 AM: 🤤
- 3:28 AM: 😴😴😴
- 1-Hour Before Meeting: “Hey Siri, find me design jobs in Indianapolis.”
- 5-Minutes Before Meeting: “I HAVE DONE IT!”
- Client Walks In: *closes all tabs and evidence of last-minute working*
- During the Presentation:
19. After the Presentation:
20. Production Design: “OH GOD, NOOOOO!”
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