tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2006851767165483498.post5002018413389230145..comments2017-12-24T13:09:43.582-05:00Comments on Designer BS: Suzanne Dell'Orto and Beth Tondreau talk design.: Designer QuandrySuzanne Dell'Ortohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11137159969815203855noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2006851767165483498.post-88846417731995144122011-07-07T23:13:23.730-04:002011-07-07T23:13:23.730-04:00Consistent branding
I agree that much of design i...Consistent branding<br /><br />I agree that much of design is influenced by . . . well. . . everything. The client may want a certain consistent look. A poster adapted for a website is not ripping off as much as re-visioning. (Then again, if the adaptation doesn't work then the client may just be a putz).<br /><br />***<br /><br />Supervisors help to sell the idea<br /><br />If more seasoned supervisors feel the designer's choice works better for a site, then can they not help to lead the client?<br /><br />***<br /><br /><br />Advance the conversation.<br /><br />A friend / client recently called with a dilemma about a logo that her company had in the works. The designer was following their "direction" but not taking it further, questioning, adding that certain something that makes the job distinctive. My point: listen to the client but try to advance the visual conversation. If that doesn't work, then perhaps the client is (hate to say it) not what's often called "qualified." <br /><br />Working with the wrong--or unqualified--client is a choice. For a while, you may stay in it for the money, or the learning experience. <br /><br />***<br /><br /><br />If all else fails<br /><br />Professor Suzanne and I made up a fake credit for projects that we felt had gotten out of hand (or more accurately out of mind). It's sort of code for wink wink nod nod we did this for the (insert your own reason why).Beth Tondreauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01066391243260294419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2006851767165483498.post-4877377230224774012011-07-07T22:40:20.796-04:002011-07-07T22:40:20.796-04:00The client obviously knows the style he likes and ...The client obviously knows the style he likes and wants to continue in that direction. If its a poster converted into a website then its a different media. You arent creating another poster. I suppose its more of using the poster as a guideline for the website since the formats are different. I would need to see both products to really see its its "ripping" it off.<br /><br />As someone that has this dilemma everyday too me its not necessarily ripping off as its the wasting of time of having to draw something up that already exists. Our clients constantly send designs from our competition for us to draw up (again) and then give them a better price. It doesnt make sense but that's how it is. In the end is it worth it to lose the client? They will go to someone else who will just copy the work. I also find it hard for anything you do to be absolutely original as we are influenced daily by the images around us.firecrackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12692129745775486838noreply@blogger.com