About
Our Graphic Designer Is On Leave is a trend that grew popular with corporate[1] and gimmick accounts[2] after the year 2020. The trend typically revolves around the brand posting a low-effort or crude post promoting their product, alongside a caption about their graphic designer going on vacation. The posts typically depict hand-drawn artwork or crude computer graphics made using MS Paint or typical online design presets, like the Graphic Design Is My Passion[3] meme, urging customers to buy the product despite the poor promotional design.
Origin
The trend where brands jokingly present a crude or low effort advertisement with the tagline, “our designer is on vacation” can be traced as far back as 2019, as seen in a May 31st, 2019 Facebook[4] post by Carlene Jackson showing a billboard promoting JAJA tequila.
Spread
The concept began gathering traction after 2020. Facebook account Fitment Industries made a post on August 29th, 2022, following the “our graphic designer is on leave” template, writing, “Sorry guys, our graphic designer is on Vacation. Rate this sick car from 0-100. 🔥”
On June 27th, 2023, Instagram[5] account @faecrate made a post promoting their new books via a crude MS Paint graphic, writing, “POV: Your graphic designer is on vacation, but you have to announce low stock warnings. It’s still convincing, right? Please say you’re convinced 😂” The post gathered over 2,700 likes in two years.
On September 30th, 2023, Turkish soccer X account @Galatasaray tweeted a written list of their player’s names and jersey numbers, gathering over 26,000 likes on a post titled, “Our designer is on leave today. 🙃”
The trend began gaining significant traction in 2025, as seen in an August 23rd, 2025, Instagram post by GarnierUK that shows a crudely drawn bottle of micellar water alongside a caption that read, “our content creator is on leave, this what the rest of the team came up with.” The post gathered over 10,000 likes in a month.
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External References
References
- ^ corporate (knowyourmeme.com)
- ^ gimmick accounts (knowyourmeme.com)
- ^ Graphic Design Is My Passion (knowyourmeme.com)
- ^ Facebook (knowyourmeme.com)
- ^ Instagram (knowyourmeme.com)