Waldo
31st August 2006, 05:47 PM
Don't yer hate it!
When a client commisions you do something, in my case an Annual Report, so you spend some considerable time on it to make it really something.
Something that makes it a real sweet piece of design and in the initial meetings they love it, then the job gets to go around all the cooks desks for a week and it comes back to you with the client saying "OOh we really love this, but... " And it's the "but" that kills it, where those little bits that really make this a real nice piece of graphic design get killed because 1 person in the whole kitchen doesn't like it. And this isn't just my opinion that it was a really nicely designed job, as I showed it to a long term client who knows design when they see it, just for their opinion - and they equally loved it and see the value of all the bits of it that go towards making it a really nice example of good design with subtlities that make it really something.
So reluctantly I now have to kill off the really nice bits. Overall it is still a nice job, the client is estatic with it and paying good money, but I know and another client knows trhat it could of been so much nicer if good design wasn't killed by too many cooks in the kitchen. :( :( :( :( :( :( :(
The joys of government related bodies and too many cooks in the kitchen. And the client I met with to give his opiniopn on the design of the Report is in gov' too - but then he's an ex-designer himslelf and recognises nice, sweet and simple design.
At least I am being paid well for it, but I really wanted a job that oozed beaut design so that it became and hero piece and brought me more work from current / future clients.
So that's my gripe, had a long liquid lunch with a client and I'm done for the day with nothing been done except long lunches and two client meetings for the day.
Maybe next time. :)
Maybe.
When a client commisions you do something, in my case an Annual Report, so you spend some considerable time on it to make it really something.
Something that makes it a real sweet piece of design and in the initial meetings they love it, then the job gets to go around all the cooks desks for a week and it comes back to you with the client saying "OOh we really love this, but... " And it's the "but" that kills it, where those little bits that really make this a real nice piece of graphic design get killed because 1 person in the whole kitchen doesn't like it. And this isn't just my opinion that it was a really nicely designed job, as I showed it to a long term client who knows design when they see it, just for their opinion - and they equally loved it and see the value of all the bits of it that go towards making it a really nice example of good design with subtlities that make it really something.
So reluctantly I now have to kill off the really nice bits. Overall it is still a nice job, the client is estatic with it and paying good money, but I know and another client knows trhat it could of been so much nicer if good design wasn't killed by too many cooks in the kitchen. :( :( :( :( :( :( :(
The joys of government related bodies and too many cooks in the kitchen. And the client I met with to give his opiniopn on the design of the Report is in gov' too - but then he's an ex-designer himslelf and recognises nice, sweet and simple design.
At least I am being paid well for it, but I really wanted a job that oozed beaut design so that it became and hero piece and brought me more work from current / future clients.
So that's my gripe, had a long liquid lunch with a client and I'm done for the day with nothing been done except long lunches and two client meetings for the day.
Maybe next time. :)
Maybe.