Designing a BIG brochure...
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- CincodeMayo
Well it's not huge, but it's about 12 pages, and I need to design a running theme to it. Something simple, colorful yet elegant.
I need some inspiration (or ideas to steal...I mean take credit for). Anyone know of any good sites for this sotra stuff?
- Dancer0
Correct me if I'm wrong but aren't you a designer. Surely you need to read through the content research aspects, look at the messaging what the document is communicating. Come up with concepts, develop them, refine them, develop them, then a bit more reserach, crit them (here perhaps?), refine, tweak and deliver
- Dancer0
Oh and if your not a designer (infact even if you are) pick up:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product…
- CincodeMayo0
Well even the best of us need a little inspiration once in a while. Maybe I just need to take a walk to be inspired.
As for looking at the content and thinking of an idea...it's a brochure for a foundation, featuring about 25 different sub topics that are all over the place. Just looking for some simply nice background designs. I've done a few ideas but I want to present about 5.
- gramme0
Why five? I personally never present more than 3 ideas, unless it's a logo in which case I might present more. Then again, I recently presented only two versions of one logo concept to a client, and he loved it.
Keep designing, but once you have five directions hammered out, I'd present only one or two, otherwise as they say the weakest design will always win.
And yes, take a walk! It's a beautiful day.
- gramme0
*flutters away chirping
*poops a partially digested rose on CincodeMayo's noggin as soon as he walks out...there's a killer spray pattern for ya!
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- CincodeMayo0
5 for me. 3 for the client. That's how I usually do it. I'm never happy with 3, but from 5 I can usually narrow it down.
I poop on you.
- Crouwel0
dont poop on each other, kids. it can make you sick.
- mikotondria20
Deliver 1 design, after listening to the client very carefully, looking at the sites they like, listing the audience requirements and the business requirements, and staying up all night making the tiny details just right...
Construct a beautiful comp. in photoshop showing neat functionality that you've thought of and they havent, and they'll be so excited by that, they'll ok the design.
Never fails.
If they reject it, explain why its better than anything else , and that you dont tell them how to do their business. Jack up the rate and refuse to answer their calls.
Bastards.