Designer?
I Don't Know Her

Setting the Scene

Punctuation Station

Design Vocabulary

Start in the Creative Cloud

200

Carolyn Davidson was famously still a student when she charged this brand only $35 for her iconic swoosh logo

What is Nike?

Fun fact: known as Blue Ribbon Sports at the time

200

This 2023 blockbuster is so far the only solo-female directed movie to make $1B

What is Barbie?

200

I don't give a fig, fudge, or fish about this divisive list separator

What is an Oxford comma?

200

This online navigation system that places you along the trail of links that led you to your destination is probably favored by Hansel & Gretel, too

What are breadcrumbs?

200

The After Effects of this suspension of fine particles in gas may make it harder to breathe, eek!

What is -rosol?

400

This Pentagram partner is responsible for iconic brand designs like Tiffany & Co. and The Public Theater and was featured in Netflix's “Abstract: The Art of Design"

Who is Paula Scher?

400

This 2024 musical uses a special logo to allude to the 1930s Universal logo and the 1930s film it remixes

What is Wicked: Part One?

400

This 1962 invention by ad exec Martin K. Speckter combines two end marks in one

What is an interrobang‽

400

Making the "cancel" option a less-readable secondary link is an example of this unethical design practice which can be synonymized as "sinister system"

What is a dark pattern?

also acceptable: deceptive design, dark UX

400

Premiere one of these 9 (or later 10) bodyguards of the Roman Emperor

What is -aetorian Guard?

600

This "Design Matters" podcast host led branding initiatives for Burger King, Tropicana, Star Wars, and more. Plus, she's half of a power couple with her essayist wife Roxane Gay

Who is Debbie Millman?

600

This 2018 film glitches the Columbia logo into a few animation styles, nodding at the story and visuals to come

What is Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse?

600

This vertically centered dot used to separate words in Classical Latin or to multiply in math

What is an interpunct?

also acceptable: interpoint, middle dot, middot, centered dot or centred dot, dot operator

600

This design style that has digital interfaces mimicking their real-world counterparts was big on the first iPhone and original Instagram logo but has virtually disappeared since

What is skeumorphism?

600

InDesign this belief that guides an individual, social movement, institution, class, or large group

What is -eology?

800

Sylvia Harris is honored for her landmark "public information design" with this professional design organization's Citizen Design Award, named in her honor

What is AIGA (The American Institute of Graphic Arts)?

800

This 2022 sci-fi film from A24 had its googly eyes on the prize, winning 7 of its 11 Oscar nominations

What is Everything Everywhere All at Once?

800

These French quotation marks come in pairs of chevrons and are named after the French printer and punchcutter Guillaume Le Bé, even though he didn't even come up with them!

What are guillemets?

800

These German psychology concepts have made their way into design, most notably Similarity, Simplicity, Proximity, and Closure

What are Gestalt Principles?

also acceptable: Gestalt laws of perceptual organization

800

The venn diagram of Illustrators and this word for cat lovers is basically a circle

What is -lurophile?

1000

Philatelists would recognize Gail Anderson's iconic design for this government agency commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation (and so did real Jeopardy!)

What is the USPS (United States Postal Service)?

1000

This 1998 Nora Ephron classic featured a title co-designed by legend Milton Glaser and nodded to the narrative importance of the burgeoning internet

What is You've Got Mail?

1000

The name of this glyph, which marks the start of a paragraph, comes from the Ancient Greek parágraphos, but our modern name is closer to the Middle English pylcrafte

What is a pilcrow?

1000

This design characteristic which aids usability helps cue the user on what they can do, like a handle on a door or a greyed-out button that can't be clicked yet

What is an Affordance?

also acceptable: Signifier

1000

A Bridge to the past might finally tell us if this genus is real or just a mislabeled Apatosaurus

Carolyn Davidson was famously still a student when she charged this brand only $35 for her iconic swoosh logo

What is Nike?

This 2023 blockbuster is so far the only solo-female directed movie to make $1B

What is Barbie?

I don't give a fig, fudge, or fish about this divisive list separator

What is an Oxford comma?

This online navigation system that places you along the trail of links that led you to your destination is probably favored by Hansel & Gretel, too

What are breadcrumbs?

The After Effects of this suspension of fine particles in gas may make it harder to breathe, eek!

What is -rosol?

This Pentagram partner is responsible for iconic brand designs like Tiffany & Co. and The Public Theater and was featured in Netflix's “Abstract: The Art of Design"

Who is Paula Scher?

This 2024 musical uses a special logo to allude to the 1930s Universal logo and the 1930s film it remixes

What is Wicked: Part One?

This 1962 invention by ad exec Martin K. Speckter combines two end marks in one

What is an interrobang‽

Making the "cancel" option a less-readable secondary link is an example of this unethical design practice which can be synonymized as "sinister system"

What is a dark pattern?

Premiere one of these 9 (or later 10) bodyguards of the Roman Emperor

What is -aetorian Guard?

This "Design Matters" podcast host led branding initiatives for Burger King, Tropicana, Star Wars, and more. Plus, she's half of a power couple with her essayist wife Roxane Gay

Who is Debbie Millman?

This 2018 film glitches the Columbia logo into a few animation styles, nodding at the story and visuals to come

What is Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse?

This vertically centered dot used to separate words in Classical Latin or to multiply in math

What is an interpunct?

This design style that has digital interfaces mimicking their real-world counterparts was big on the first iPhone and original Instagram logo but has virtually disappeared since

What is skeumorphism?

InDesign this belief that guides an individual, social movement, institution, class, or large group

What is -eology?

Sylvia Harris is honored for her landmark "public information design" with this professional design organization's Citizen Design Award, named in her honor

What is AIGA (The American Institute of Graphic Arts)?

This 2022 sci-fi film from A24 had its googly eyes on the prize, winning 7 of its 11 Oscar nominations

What is Everything Everywhere All at Once?

These French quotation marks come in pairs of chevrons and are named after the French printer and punchcutter Guillaume Le Bé, even though he didn't even come up with them!

What are guillemets?

These German psychology concepts have made their way into design, most notably Similarity, Simplicity, Proximity, and Closure

What are Gestalt Principles?

The venn diagram of Illustrators and this word for cat lovers is basically a circle

What is -lurophile?

Philatelists would recognize Gail Anderson's iconic design for this government agency commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation (and so did real Jeopardy!)

What is the USPS (United States Postal Service)?

This 1998 Nora Ephron classic featured a title co-designed by legend Milton Glaser and nodded to the narrative importance of the burgeoning internet

What is You've Got Mail?

The name of this glyph, which marks the start of a paragraph, comes from the Ancient Greek parágraphos, but our modern name is closer to the Middle English pylcrafte

What is a pilcrow?

This design characteristic which aids usability helps cue the user on what they can do, like a handle on a door or a greyed-out button that can't be clicked yet

What is an Affordance?

A Bridge to the past might finally tell us if this genus is real or just a mislabeled Apatosaurus

What is -ontosaurus?