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What do you do as a designer when the client's requests are completely against your design sensibilities.
1) Do you recommend a better solution?
2) Do you do it anyways and collect the check?
I eventually got tired of #1 and just went to #2 with my latest freelance. Client is happy, I think it's repulsive.
- you are just vehicle in which the clients wishes are for filled. as long they are happy and you are paid. only other thing i can think of if you are notyurimon
- desperate for $ to try to qualify your clients more. effectively find you market niche with your style. but that can have disadvantages also. type casting.yurimon
- as far as being a vehicle things went well. im just going to forget it and move on. needed that checksince1979
- i still feel like i failed as a designersince1979
- For the most part when a client requests something. i try to offer my opinion. at that point you become like a sales person and have to resell to the client whyyurimon
- its in his best interest. you also have to be aware of your clients personality type. if he is strong and opinionated your approach will change. sometimes thereyurimon
- #2 for life.section_014
- parts of a project that are important to them in appearance, logo placement is prob most common. like anything else it has a success rate. sometimes they areyurimon
- with changes you hate. those projects do tend to fall into the i just did it for money category. i know the temptation is there to not do the convincing. but ityurimon
- is a skill, or type of leadership development based in sales. may people in practice hate it. its something i always try to work on non stop. i know i blow whenyurimon
- im on qbn.yurimon
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