humour Archives

RALFH at WestJet wishes you a Happy April Fools’ Day

Yes, it’s April first again. For most of us, it’s the most annoying day of the year, with people (and companies) trying hard to prank each other. In their continuing spirit of the day, WestJet has once again released its annual April Fools’ video. This year…

Daniel Swanick

April 1, 2016

Humour Video

10 ways people really annoy graphic designers

"Can you make the logo design bigger?" is probably the most heard and most annoying thing you can say.

Daniel Swanick

March 31, 2016

Graphic Design Humour Infographic

Start off Monday with humorously illustrated puns

Justine Morrison wanted to give people in the office a laugh on the most dreadful day of the week.

Daniel Swanick

March 21, 2016

Humour Illustration

Witty comic shows how differently ideas are perceived

This witty comic describes the differences between how designers and clients perceive ideas.

Daniel Swanick

March 11, 2016

Humour Illustration

Rude greeting cards feature simple, funny illustrations

Conventional cards are meant to convey positive feelings and best wishes for someone you care about. However, these cards by de-motivational speaker Paul Gandhi are anything but conventional.

Daniel Swanick

February 17, 2016

Humour Illustration

Comics depict the sad, but funny truth about Facebook

The series takes jabs at several features of the dominating platform. Take a look at these surprising accurate and funny situations that you should be familiar with.

Daniel Swanick

February 4, 2016

Humour Social Media

Funny CSS puns that web designers can relate to

Inspired by a thread on Reddit comes a list of funny CSS puns.

Daniel Swanick

January 22, 2016

Humour Web

These are the things you do not say to a designer

Clients who communicate clearly and politely—and are willing to collaborate—get the best work from their designers. Unfortunately, not all clients are created equally. That’s why graphic designer Janie Kliever has shared a list of things you do not say to a designer.

Daniel Swanick

December 18, 2015

Graphic Design Humour

A designer’s perspective vs that of non-designers

A designer’s perspective versus that of a non-designer can be a bit different. We see the world from a different point of view; the good and the bad.

Daniel Swanick

November 13, 2015

Everything Humour

If Google was a guy, what would you ask him?

When we want answers to a question that we don’t know, we search for it online. Google’s algorithms sort through the hundreds of billions of webpages to give us useful and relevant results in a fraction of a second.

Daniel Swanick

October 26, 2015

Humour Video

What would McDonald’s ads be like if done like Apple?

If your advertising is really good, people will try to copy you. And if you’re ad is a little over the top, you’ll start to get a few parodies. Take Apple, for example, and Shinola’s parody of the Apple watch.

Daniel Swanick

October 22, 2015

Humour Video

Famous proverbs retold as graphic design puns

Proverbs, also referred to as sayings, give us some form of life advice. Every language and culture has them, and its important not to miss any of the words because the meaning can easily get lost.

Daniel Swanick

October 15, 2015

Graphic Design Humour