Creativity This Designer’s Minimalist Year of the Monkey Poster Looks a Lot Like … Something Else Now he seems bummed By David Griner|February 8, 2016Share By David Griner|February 8, 2016Share 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 Adweek Adweek