So I’ve found myself reflecting a lot about the client/designer relationship lately. Why is it that we sometimes find ourselves living out the cliché of frustrated designers and/or the micromanaging client? The conclusion that I have come to is this…It takes gutsy CEO to put their faith in a designer and it takes a humble designer to accept opinions from people with little-to-no design sensibility. In short, each party has put their blood, sweat, and tears into their profession and the design ends up being a negotiation of these worlds.
So without trying to sound preachy, and more as a mental note to myself, the best thing I can do to create a positive designer/client relationships is create trust. From here creative freedom will ensue?
Here’s a great trailer from the advertising movie Art & Copy. Somehow this clip inspired today’s post. I had seen this trailer a few months back when the movie was screening in L.A. but I didn’t have a chance to check it out. I was reminded of the film when reading this post at the Mint Design Blog and now I’m kicking myself for not getting out to see it when I had the chance.
-Happy Friday


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