It was a funny case study using a fictional client that sold toast, that showed how the original design was a joke, a designer made something nice, and the final result was even worse after the client made “suggestions”. My google-fu is not only weak, it seems to be absent on this one. Maybe remembers it or has it bookmarked. Thanks!
I do have it bookmarked! Here it is.
The Oatmeal! Maybe it’s just the crowd I hang with, but I think that guy is awesome.
He’s good, but Allie Brosh is the Queen of Everything.
I give you…Hyperbole and aHalf, the most consistently laugh-out-loud hilarious blog I have ever run across.
Another stellar example of her work to add to the four links above: Sneaky Hate Spiral. If you don’t laugh out loud AND recognize yourself, you just ain’t human.
And on top of being crazy funny and smart, she is young and beautiful, which is really a bit much. I’d be annoyed, except I love her too much. She can stay young and beautiful and she needs to get rich so she has all the time she needs to keep churning out the posts.
And there’s a new one today. I’ve printed it out and I’m going to go to bed and read it.
ALLIE RULES!
Along the same lines… Redesigning the Stop sign (YouTube)
See also this one, in a similar vein
How Projects Really WorK
http://www.projectcartoon.com/cartoon/3
Interestingly enough, when searching for it on Google, I saw it mentioned in an old SDMB thread, asked by AHunter3!
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=54647.html
Posted on my office bulletin board:
The Six Phases of a Project
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Enthusiasm
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Disillusionment
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Panic
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Search for the Guilty
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Punishment of the Innocent
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Praise and Honors for the Non-Participants