10 posters that sum up designer problems

Posters can be a way to express your passions, reveal your tastes or, in the case of these clever designs, advertise your pet peeves. Most of the time designers are creating these wall-mounted marriages of text, colour and shape for others and with their preferences in mind.

But occassionally, talented individuals design them for themselves and for others like-minded. These can act as a creative catharsis for frustrated illustrators who are fed up of never getting it quite right for everybody else.

amerikan made- a day in the life of a graphic designer — Click image to see full size. Copyright of Amerikcan Made Prints

Clara Schneider Waterburg looks much better don't you think? — Clara Schneider Waterburg for Sharp Suits exhibition

Eduardo Salles (cinismoiillustrado) icons we hate — Eduardo Salles (cinismoiillustrado)

We like your style - graphic designer jokes — Mizz Winkins (illustrator)

How would you like your graphic design? — Colin Harman

55hi's yo momma is a shitty graphic designer — 55Hi's via Buzzfeed

cab't we just use the picture from the internet — Via Sharp Suits

comic sans kick in the balls — Via Pinterest

designer vs real people: colours — Via Digital Synopsis

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Alice Pattillo is a freelance journalist with a passion for heavy metal, horror, science fiction, fantasy and comics. She has over seven years experience in magazines, formerly working as a staff writer at Creative Bloq, Imagine FX, Computer Arts and 3D World, as production editor for Guitar World and Guitar Player and online editor of Metal Hammer.