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Being a designer involves more than just downloading Helvetica Neue and understanding proper alignment, but no one told that to the people who created certain billboards along the I-15. Here are some tell-tale signs that you might be a designer…

1. You don’t understand who thought this irony was OK.

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2. You do not believe in good vs. evil, only Helvetica vs. Papyrus.

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3. And Helvetica is basically your version of fast food…

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4. You’ve bought a product purely because the packaging was so beautifully designed.

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5. Lorem Ipsum.

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6. Yes, it does matter whether the color of the ocean in your latest Instagram is “dark teal” or “duck egg”.

7. You wonder why “CMYK” isn’t one of the 5 love languages.

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8. Your biggest life question is how to create a logo that is modern, classic, simple, and complex all at the same time, while STILL being able to satisfy the client.

9. A work week is no less than 100 hours.

10. Certain stock models have basically become celebrities to you at this point.

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11. Your nightmares are subtitled with Apple Chancery.

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