50 reasons not to date a graphic designer:
1. They are very weird people.
2. There are billions of them in the world, like colors on the screen of your computer.
3. They will analyse conversations in layers.
4. You will spend the day assembling furniture from IKEA.
5. They drink and eat all kinds of weird shit just because they like the packaging. (So true, I've wasted money on things I don't need or even like just cause it looks gooood)
6. They hate each other.
7. You’ll come out the last out of the movies because you have to see the full list of credits.
8. They cant change a light bulb first without making a sketch.
9. They screw up all the tables with their cutters.
10. They rather study the paisley pattern on your outfit than listen to what you have to say.
11. They will fill your house with magazines and whatever is out there that has drawings. (We need inspiration everywhere, baby)
12. You never know if it is really an original or a copy.
13. They make collages with your photos.
14. They do not know how to add and subtract, they just understand letters. (That's what accountants are for :)
15. They idolize people who nobody knows & speak of them as if they were his colleagues. (So the other day I saw Yayoi's statue in London Selfridges and it so totally looked like her..)
16. They take pictures almost daily and all are cut in weird shapes.
17. They ask your opinion about everything but they do whatever they want.
18. Everything is left justified, right or center unless they arrive late.
19. They hate Comic Sans with the same passion they love Helvetica. (I run away from Comic Sans, with the same passion I run to Helvetica & Baskerville)
20. They use iPhone for everything, because everyone has one.
21. You can not decorate the house without consulting them.
22. They steal street signs.
23. Always carry their hands painted with something.
24. They buy dolls unfinished for them to paint.
25. Everything becomes something other than what it really is: cards as tickets, cards as … (Because we love to get hands-on and crafty. Simulates our brains or something. Nothing to do with a short attention span. I hope.)
26. When arguing, you will be nicknamed like the OSX spinning wheel (not affectionately).
27. Do not know how to dress without consulting the Pantone book.
28. They hate Excel.
29. They read comics.30. They want to save the world only with a poster. (Guilty as charged. In fact, I'm
writing my thesis on how graphic designers can save the world! But for the record, I want to save the world with not only a poster.. I'll need two posters.)
31. You will spend the day brainstorming. (Best way to spend a day working, methinks)
32. On vacation they will take you to countries that you do not know exist and have no beach.
33. Museums are their second home.
34. They know more positions than the Kamasutra.
35. They can’t go to a restaurant without secretly critiquing the menu design. (A little secret: When I'm ordering my food, I spend the first 30 seconds mentally designing new menus for the places with tacky menus. Sorry if I take to long to decide on my dinner.)
36. They listen to music you have never heard of.
37. They can´t cook a normal dish, they always have to experiment with new ingredients.
38. They read rare books: stories of children, Semiotics … (Love Semiotics. And many other cultural books because it's time for designers to be aware of the world they live in right now)
39. When they are going to tell you something, everyone has read it in their facebook and twitter.
40. They have own iPods before you knew they existed.
41. The orgasm they remember is when they heard that Adobe was acquiring Macromedia.
42. They have their own shops just for them and there are the most expensive in the city. (This is so true. Hahaha. I sometimes wonder if people DO buy the stuff? Cause if they do, I'm so opening up my own store)
43. They want to spend all the money in the Apple Store.44. You will never understand their gifts.
45. They see ordinary objects and laugh. (I can't tell you why.. It just happens. *shrugs* Refer to point #1)
46. You wake up in the middle of the night hearing them screaming “When is the deadline?”
47. They see CMYK and RGB like Neo sees the Matrix.
48. They dream of the day nobody will make a single change to their designs. (I dream of this every day.)
49. They rather pay for a font than for a special birthday gift.
50. They are always sleepy because they work 24/7.
So tadah!
That's the list.
The ones I made bold are the points that I think are true for me as a graphic designer.
Some others are just stereotypical and some make us sound like aliens.....
Nevertheless, I had fun reading this although I feel like I should say something, on behalf of all the graphic designers out there.
These 50 reasons NOT to date a graphic designer are exactly why you SHOULD date a graphic designer:
We are weird so we make your life mucho interesting. We will make sure you and your documents look good- best name card ever-. We will photoshop the person who was mean to you away and we can save money cause we're always finding new uses for old stuff like envelopes as wallets and what not.I shall end with a quote I found whilst reading books on critical writings of graphic design:
As we tend to read thought-provoking books about the meaning of existence and art ('Art imitating life imitating art imitating life', anyone?), you will join in on the journey filled with beautiful visuals and revelations to see how graphic design or just design in general is like God's finishing touches to His incredible creation we call 'Earth'.
Design can be art.
Design can be aesthetics.
Design is so simple, that’s why it is so complicated.
-Paul Rand
Cheers ;)
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