The Angry Designer  Graphic Design, Freelancing, Branding & Creative Business Podcast

The Real Reason Graphic Design is Undervalued by EVERYONE


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Everyone thinks they’re a designer.
Your boss. Your client. That intern with Canva.
And somehow, they all think they can do it better than you until they realize they can't.

That’s the mess we’re living in.
Graphic Designers aren’t just fighting clueless clients, pretend design software or AI prompts. We’re fighting a system we helped create. Because somewhere along the line, too many of us stopped designing and started decorating. We traded questions for quick fixes, strategy for style, thinking for templates. And that’s how design lost its backbone.

This week on The Angry Designer Podcast, we’re taking aim at a hard truth. It’s not just clients or AI killing design. It’s graphic designers who traded thinking for easy answers. If you’ve ever felt like a pixel pusher instead of a problem solver, this one’s going to sting.

In this episode you'll discover:
• How “good enough” design is killing creativity (and your value)
• Why real designers ask why, not “how fast”
• The one mindset shift that separates order takers from strategic thinkers

This isn’t a pep talk. It’s a wake-up call.
Because if you think a graphic designers job is to make people happy, you’ve already stopped being a designer.

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