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Design Police, Bring bad design to justice - with DIY stickers

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Ever see a bad design? A crummy ad? Bad logo, font kerning messed up? Here's you're chance to help! The Design police DIY stickers are a kit you can download and make the world a better (designed) place - [via] Link & more.

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Posted by: Sean Coates on January 15, 2008 at 9:03 AM

Needs "NEVER, EVER use Comic Sans MS"

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Posted by: yachris on January 15, 2008 at 9:15 AM

Not sure if I'm mean enough to use these :-) but I AM mean enough to point out that "Do not use clip art!" in the same image as, well, clip art is kind of ironic :-)

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Posted by: Shadyman on January 15, 2008 at 9:42 AM

Hah, yeah, there's a title company around here that has a sign out front that I KNOW was made in MS Publisher. Comic Sans MS, along with the layout... Ugh.

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Posted by: François on January 15, 2008 at 9:44 AM

I'm not sure I'd use them, as I find the stickers wouldn't stand out enough if I put them on an ad. They'd look like they were part of the design.

That might be ironic.

And I back S on that one: it definitely needs a "No Comic Sans" sticker too. Make another version!

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Posted by: François on January 15, 2008 at 9:50 AM

I'm not sure I'd use them, as I find the stickers wouldn't stand out enough if I put them on an ad. They'd look like they were part of the design.

That might be ironic.

And I back S on that one: it definitely needs a "No Comic Sans" sticker too. Make another version!

EDIT: I take that back! Their site actually has 5 versions.

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Posted by: Winchester on January 15, 2008 at 10:03 AM

We need a set of these for websites. Yeah, its graffiti code but we still need them.

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Posted by: Sean Coates on January 15, 2008 at 11:07 AM

Heheh.. I didn't see the others when I posted that above (-:

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