Scare a Designer in 3 Words

We asked our community to "Scare a designer in 3 words"—and you delivered! These phrases are enough to turn a designer pale with fear. If words like "POP" and fonts like Comic Sans aren’t the stuff of nightmares, what is?!

• "What's responsive design?" - Andrew Linaac
• "No research needed" - Kenneth Hong
• "It is approved" - Gwen Ng
• "Illustrator quit unexpectedly" - Victoria Thomas
• "Make it pop" - Wilmarie Huertas
• "Must use Windows" - Ben Judy
• "It is simple!" - Raphael Magnos
• "You code, right?" - Michelle MacMillan
• "Make it bigger" - Idowu John
• "Here is logo.docx" - Dwitama Alfret Wuwung
• "It's not working" - John Simon Medenilla
• "I've got suggestions" - Katherine Joyce
• "Throwing me off" - Alex Gilgenbach
• "Submit completed portfolio" - Paige Craft
• "One more edit" - Amanda Southworth
• "Designed in PowerPoint" - Kristin Ellen Roy
• "Your design process?" - Matt Bulbul
• "Test it later!" - Komal Srivastava
• "Comic Sans Font" - Tuan Diep
• "Just use Photoshop" - Laura Szumylo
• "Design for exposure" - Ashley C.
• "We'll iterate later" - Zac Elleston
• "One more thing" - Olamide Alowooja
• "Looks great, but..." - Mellysa Verenna
• "Deadline is URGENT" - ORlan Hunter
• "End of day" - Mark Boroyan

To learn how to combat the scary realities of being a UX/UI designer—and to embrace the key aspects that make it a rewarding career—we encourage you to explore our UX Academy program.