Day 77: The Wrong Tool

Design tools shape the work they produce. Working in a spreadsheet, a word processor, a slide editor or a game engine forces you to find new ways to make familiar things — and often reveals forms your usual tools would never suggest.

Objective. Discover new forms by working with an unconventional tool.

Design a poster for an office party using a tool not designed for graphic design.

Spreadsheets, word processors, presentation software, a code editor, a text message — anything except your usual design software.

• No design software at all
• Embrace the tool’s limitations
• Take a screenshot or export from the tool itself

• Made entirely in an unconventional tool
• Limitations used creatively
• A complete, readable poster

Use a tool that has no visual interface at all, such as a terminal.