What does Google “suggest” about Graphic Designers?

February 19, 2010 by Douglas Bonneville

I’ve seen a lot of humorous posts lately about the very random things Google Suggest will come up with when trying to read your mind. So what does Google “suggest” about graphic design related topics? I plugged in some terms for some entertaining, informative, and unintentionally funny results. Enjoy! The graphics are ugly, but they are straight from the main Google search page, reduced a tad to fit the page. My personal favorites are:

graphic designers…can’t draw
why designers can’t think
how do graphic designers dress (one pant leg at at time?)
why do designers use helvetica

Under the “why does adobe…” section, notice how there are no “…make such cool stuff” suggestions. You might want to pay a visit to Dear Adobe after reading this.

About Douglas Bonneville

Douglas has been a graphic designer since 1992, in addition to software developer and author. He is a member of Smashing Magazine's "Panel of Experts" and has contributed to over 100 articles. He is the author of "The Big Book of Font Combinations", loves cats, and plays guitar.

Comments

Keith says
February 19, 2010 at 7:45 am
I love the “Why does photoshop…” example. Says it all, really.
Douglas Bonneville says
February 23, 2010 at 11:54 pm
@ Keith: True, true. The Google doesn’t lie 🙂
sinrevelar says
March 2, 2010 at 8:56 pm
why do designers wear black? >__<
lol
Douglas Bonneville says
March 3, 2010 at 12:34 am
…cuz it matches helvetica?
Design babe Brisbane says
July 1, 2010 at 1:28 am
So google thinks that designers are all males because they like skinny models? 🙁
Douglas Bonneville says
July 1, 2010 at 2:18 am
@ bydaughters
Google only thinks what people tell it 🙂