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40 Very Real Designer Problems As Told By Twitter

Creative Market Last updated: April 9, 2024 · 6 min read

The life of a designer isn’t always pixel perfect. It can be low-res images, client pet peeves, measly budgets and played-out fonts. If you can relate, you’re most certainly not alone. In fact, designer problems are being voiced all over the web. On Twitter, the community has taken countless “funny ´cause it’s true†scenarios and packaged them into 140 characters of very real #designerproblems. Seriously, the hashtag is nothing short of a gold mine. With that said, below we’ve compiled a list of 40 of the best recent #designerproblems Twitter had to offer. How many can you identify with?


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  • Oh the pain Creative Market! Can't say I've ever had a brief in Excel but Powerpoint, Word and Publisher are particular favourites... 10 years ago
  • Great list, my favorite is the one about the web designer not being paid. 10 years ago
  • i can definitely relate to lot of these. 10 years ago
  • Best collection I've seen - oh-so-true and relatable! 10 years ago
  • I love them! :) Ha ha ha 10 years ago
  • Great collection! Some more designer quotes at: http://goo.gl/p0ULKo 10 years ago
  • So good! 10 years ago
  • Nice to know most of the designers have a very good sense of humour! 10 years ago
  • Wow, such a great collection! Been in quite a few of those situations too. 10 years ago
  • You know you're in too deep when you can relate to most of these. The web design one tho, golden. 10 years ago
  • You guys have the best articles. Keep it up. They bring me joy. 10 years ago
  • "Comic Sans. Can we design my brochure with all Comic Sans font? I just love that font!" 10 years ago
  • Q: "What would that look like in Blue?" A: "Exactly like that, only NOT Green!" I started in the sign business in 1976, when a quick pencil sketch (with a tiny portion of the sign filled in with colored pencils) would suffice. Our "Fonts" came from looking at Speedball books! :) 9 years ago
  • This post covers one of the great "design stories from hell" : http://www.risingabovethenoise.com/make-the-logo-bigger/ 9 years ago
  • I feel all their pain! 9 years ago