Looking at this title you might be think, what is she talking about? Well, I was looking at my newly re-decorated office, that now looks more like an office in a law firm and less like that of a designer, and noticed my bulletin board (that has been banished to the wall behind me because customers won’t see it when they walk into the front office) and realized all that is really left of my ‘creativity’ in decorating as a designer is pinned there. These great jokes, ‘art’-ifacts and what not have been a great source of interest with the other designers here and myself. They have had me print out copies for them or email them the images. So today I’m going to share some great little tidbits of design humor. It’s not great vectors, or photoshop brushes, but a good chuckle can be just as fulfilling as finding that great vector for a project.
1. Periodic Table of Typefaces
A graphic display of 100 “popular, influential, and notorious” fonts in history. Or as I like to call it:
The Good
The Bad
The Ugly
2. Pixel Humor
A funny little comic that has been passed around through email, blogs, and well it’s just all over the internet. And it’s funny because well who hasn’t experienced this type of situation before.
3. Copy vs New
In a field that is riddled with copycats and those that just flat out steal ideas, this poster is a good reminder to take that extra step to create a new idea or a new twist on a classic idea without just straight copying
4 & 5. Why I am a Designer
The author of Change Order created this color wheel-based design. I (like a few others) adapted the design to me. I mean I’ve never used Bestine so it doesn’t relate.
Same guy, same concept, different topic. Once again I work in the printing industry and this make sense to me and my co-workers. And yes, long press runs can become quite lulling.
7. A little Religion
This Christmas present, with matching tea pot and cup, help to make with those seeming impossible projects, days and customers not so bad. It reads “Nothing will be impossible for you” – Matthew 17:20 . Short, sweet and helpful advice.
8. Keyboard Short cuts for Designers
Click here to get your own Keyboard Short cuts for Designers from Smashing Magazine and Ilya Birman
I have collected a few kuler swatches and printed them out for quick, easy access for when I need inspiration or just a cool color.
10. The Husband
This isn’t the only picture of Husband (I know not a great, creative pet name) in my office but it’s the most recent and was just printed (this morning actually) on the copier. The other guy is the assistant coach for the BattleWings and one of Jeremy’s new friends. We (and Papa John’s) are big supporters of the team.
