Client of the Day

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  • sofakingback2

    Today I received the best client email of my 15 years as a designer, its so hilarious Im considering framing it.

    So long story short, the ex owner of an agency I worked for wanted a logo for his new angle investment company. He's one over in a group of owners.

    They wanted it spec and I said hell no. He said Ok, I'll pay.

    The initial direction was lame, I tried guiding them a better direction, blah blah blah, story is as old as time. You know how it goes. We finally settled on a logo and then he went dark for a month or so...

    Then this new guy hits me up and says he's gonna take over the project, he seemed fairly easy going picked a different version of the logo and went off to create stuff with it.

    I was waiting on the check to arrive and then I get this email from him:

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    "Jorge -

    One of our partners just pointed out something in the logo that's kind of messing it up for us. If you look at it a certain way, it looks like a vagina. Is there anything you can do to the bug to make it less so?

    Also the font choice is perhaps a little mixed up considering our branding focus to be more approachable and less bullshitty. Can you check out our site and see if you get inspired for a different font for the logo?

    Also we have budget now and I'm happy to report that we can pay you for your time. So let me know about that.

    Thanks,
    K"

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    I don't even know how to respond because theres so much win in this email...

    before you ask the typeface I used was Helvetica Rounded. The logo has a seed icon because its a seed company... I highly, HIGHLY advised against the seed! lol

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    • "No, people like vaginas and sex sells."freedom
    • "It's perfect because when I met you I thought, cunt."MrT
    • epic.sted
    • get paid for what you've done and thus far - then make it look more like a vaginaFax_Benson
    • I got paid. sent an email trying to make sense of his email. Never heard back from them. They're now using a letter-mark logo, like I originally suggested. •_•sofakingback
    • That bloody hilariouswheelBoy
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