Non-designers design a "superior anti-clogging drain device"

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@nixiebunny

I am not bothered by non-designers who come up with designs that actually work. What bothers me is graphic designers who create artistic renderings of things that could be useful products, except for the small fact that the thing they rendered has no hope of working, as it completely ignores basic engineering principles.

A situation I’ve run into multiple times:
CLIENT: Here’s my pencil sketch. Can you make this look real in Photoshop?
ME: Sure, is this for a presentation, a brochure, or…?
CLIENT: It’s a proof of concept. Just make it look as real as possible.
(two weeks later)
ENGINEER or PRINTER or STAGE MANAGER: Hey, about this rendering you did. How did you expect this to function or work or be built? Why are you rendering stuff without knowing how to make it really function? What are you, stupid?