You Know You're A Designer When...

[Quinton Heckrot]

I just signed up to Mac Rumours finally, after frequenting it regularly just to be part of this thread!

You know you are a designer when:

.. you recognise poor, generic and over used graphics. And angered that the client paid through the nose for them.

.. you feel a strange sense of commoradory with other designers

.. you complete your Mac Rumours registration through your iPhone, 'cause we are naturally that cool.

 

[Andrew K.]

I just signed up to Mac Rumours finally, after frequenting it regularly just to be part of this thread!

You know you are a designer when:

.. you recognise poor, generic and over used graphics. And angered that the client paid through the nose for them.

.. you feel a strange sense of commoradory with other designers

.. you complete your Mac Rumours registration through your iPhone, 'cause we are naturally that cool.

Welcome to the forums good addition!

 

[jimsowden]

You constantly think 'Apple+Z' when you screw something up in real life.

This girls last night was a total apple-z.

 

[CK.]

When you find yourself writing "use common sense, not comic sans" on post-it's every now and then, intending to stick them here and there throughout town.

 

[UMHurricanes34]

• You can't walk down an isle of the grocery store without critiquing.
• You get excited by well executed typography.
• You have discussions with fellow designer friends about how a design could be improved at a store.
• You get upset by certain color combinations.
• You get pissed by non-borderless poster prints.

 

[paolo-]

• You can't walk down an isle of the grocery store without critiquing.
• You get excited by well executed typography.
• You have discussions with fellow designer friends about how a design could be improved at a store.
• You get upset by certain color combinations.
• You get pissed by non-borderless poster prints.

• Actually use the LIST function.

 

[UMHurricanes34]

• Actually use the LIST function.

Indeed, I should add that to my list.

 

[bomelon]

... when you randomly point to signage and say simply "helvetica" with no explanation to any of your friends what you're talking about.

And I thought I was the only one.

 

[jake.f]

when you made your desktop wallpaper.

 

[156457]

Ok so here's one of my own
You know you're a desiner when you can point out in movies, tv shows, etc. that the computer that is being used is a mac, and you can either name the model number or the generation of the computer.

I ALWAYS do this, whenever I'm at the cinema now with my friends they all look at me before I have the chance to whisper it's a Mac and say... "IT'S A MAC!" really 'taking the mick'ishly. haha.

 

[HBOC]

You change one color by 1/16 a shade and it looks completely different to you.

You look at anything in Papyrus and throw up in your mouth a little bit.
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this is funny. I did a project on David Carson, had to make a poster/pesentation, and i used that font for the body copy. My instructor got soo pissed, lol. I didnt hear the end of it for a week!!

 

[wallaby]

this is funny. I did a project on David Carson, had to make a poster/pesentation, and i used that font for the body copy. My instructor got soo pissed, lol. I didnt hear the end of it for a week!!

I think I just threw up a little in my mouth. What were you thinking?!

 

[Bennieboy©]

when random people add you to msn etc. etc. asking for something and you feeling slightly amused and annoyed at it

 

[HBOC]

I think I just threw up a little in my mouth. What were you thinking?!

it was my first design class, so lay off She still gives me crap about that!, lol

 

[looman9635]

you look at a billboard and can name the font

 

[looman9635]

when you want to burn everything that uses ms word art or comic sans

 

[videotape]

You don't hate Flash sites.

LOL, best reply.

 

[spaceboots06]

You think you can design something better than any other designer.

 

[MathiasVagni]

When you choose your newspaper according to cover and font selection instead of information quality.

 

[JustLikeYou]

You start naming and criticizing fonts at inopportune times (i.e. on a date, at the movies, in the airport...)

A month back or so, my boyfriend, our two friends and I were driving down the road, and we passed a funeral home and I started laughing hysterically. I got the "what the heck?" look from everybody else in the car. When I realized I laughed out loud, and not to myself, I explained:

"The funeral home... they used Viva for their signage..."

Blank stares

"Viva... for a funeral home... you guys don't think that's funny?"

More blank stares

...They just didn't "get" it.

 

[Andrew K.]

it was my first design class, so lay off She still gives me crap about that!, lol

haha it's okay it'll happen laugh it off and use it again!!! JK

 

[268144]

Haha i agree with most of these ! specially with the font ones, i always criticize every font i see in public

 

[kymac]

Haha i agree with most of these ! specially with the font ones, i always criticize every font i see in public

you know you're a designer when..

• you know that you don't see fonts in public, you see typefaces.

 

[RebootD]

When horrible typography and illustrations on generic cereal packaging makes you so angry you go get the name brand version and compare them in front of you wife calling out all of the reasons whomever got paid for them should be drawn and quartered as she laughs at your rage over a cereal box and not taking a breath to make complete and separate phrases! *HUFF HUFF*

 

[Andrew K.]

• You can't walk down an isle of the grocery store without critiquing.
• You get excited by well executed typography.
• You have discussions with fellow designer friends about how a design could be improved at a store.
• You get upset by certain color combinations.
• You get pissed by non-borderless poster prints.

Yup saw the new Sprite Cans this week and critiqued it

YES! I just did the other day haha

Not in design school yet but I explain to my regular friends why and they don't get it haha

RED & YELLOW are more noticeable for advertising but it doesn't mean you can use it for EVERYTHING AND EVERYWHERE!!!

Haha yeah but also if the border is UGLY