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Murphy's Law in Design



What is Murphy's law? Based on wikipedia.com, Murphy's law is an adage or epigram that is typically stated as: "Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong". It is a quite funny and special statement. Why I said so? This is because Murphy's laws is:

1. If anything can go wrong, it will.
2. If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong.
3. If anything just cannot go wrong, it will anyway.
4. If you perceive that there are four possible ways in which something can go wrong, and circumvent these, then a fifth way, unprepared for, will promptly develop.
5. Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse.
6. If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.

...and etc. (sources from:http://www.murphys-laws.com/murphy/murphy-laws.html)

Then, what will happen if Murphy's law apply in design?

First, the fonts will default. If you have 2 versions of a photo, you will send the wrong one to the printer. Then, if the text consists of 3 and above words, at least one will be misspelled. If 5 designs are shown to a client, your least favorite will be chosen and the best designs never survive contact with the client. Besides that, your best ideas is already copyrighted. When work with a computer, any given program duting running, is obsolete. If you forget to save your work every 5 minutes, it will break down after you have been at it for an hour.

In a conclusion, if there's a Murphy's law when you are designing, you are having a bad luck!

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