Designer Gifts

Suggestion and 'outside-the-box' suggestions.

'We believe in making use of all the available space.'

'I told you your idea of wheels on a cart was unworkable.'

"It's just the architect's model, but I'm very excited."

'What happened between design and development?'

'The client's not too happy with the way I interpreted the brief.'

'It's not easy being ahead of your time.'

'Ok everyone, we want fresh ideas. There's no point in reinventing the...the...errmm...'

'Typical inventor - failing to see the consequences of his own creation.'

'Smith, we need more creativity. You have to learn to think outside the box.'

'It's a new design to save water.'

'I could be wrong, but I don't think that was supposed to be in the design. That's a coffee stain.'

"Actually, I don't read much, they're just background for my video calls."

When Engineers Crack.

Advertising Agency - "...Fooling some of the people all of the time is damn hard work."

- Agile design, flexible implementation!

'C'mon get it straight.'

"Are we overthinking this?"

"Very good, John, but I asked you to design a new wind turbine."

'The wheel was great, but what have you done for me lately?'

The Thinker and Creative Thinker.

"I still think a simple pedestrian mall would have sufficed."

"Let's make stuff and sell it to people."

'...need to design something to bridge the generation gap.'

Early Irony: Man only started to evolve after he started cutting corners.

"Well done, another winner, Haskins."

"...you came up with a milk carton that nobody can open."

"Too jolly?"

"It's going to be my revolutionary triple blade design"

'Look, I hope this isn't too much of a hassle... but I think I'd prefer a Pyramid now!'

'Actually, this is when I'm at my most creative, when I don't seem to be doing anything.'

"I need a simple fix. No one asked you to reinvent the wheel."

The life of an artist

'We've re-branded.'

Creative department