Minimalist design is great when it works, but sometimes the results can leave themselves wide open for interpretation.
In the case of San Francisco designer Lehu Zhang, a quickly assembled poster idea for the Chinese zodiak's Year of the Monkey (which begins today) ended up looking more than a bit like something more raunchy.
Let's not mince words. It looks like a penis going into a butt. And, I don't know, maybe shaking a bit side to side?
"I decided to just use some basic shapes to create a monkey face," he told BuzzFeed News."That was my intention. I was playing around with shapes and this thing just came up."
Yeah it did.
He said he's "a little bit surprised, a little bit worried" by the response the poster's received as it quickly circulated social media.
It's only Feb but we may already have the #designfail of the year. Year of the Monkey...? pic.twitter.com/4H2P1si5g2
— Greg V (@gveks) February 6, 2016
@gveks"That's no Monkey" pic.twitter.com/rfTjgQpLFF
— Scott E. Severs (@ScottESevers) February 6, 2016
