Friday Likes 16

Today’s Likes are all fake, not real, speculative, just-for-the-heck-of-it projects. Some designers question why other designers do this: Wouldn’t the time and energy be better spent designing something probono for a nonprofit? Yes, probably. But how else is one going to satisfy the longing for designing for our dream clients? I love fake design projects: They are the equivalent of hitting the gym and lifting weights to get stronger, leaner, meaner — it may not always be pretty, but eventually leads to results. American Airlines (Not Real) One of the things I like about self-initiated, fake projects is when designers do something that would just never fly. (Get it? Fly?). American Airlines would never look like this; everything about it is wrong for the kind of in-flight