Metaphors
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- Nairn0
Moth's moaning because he.. well, because he's moth. The point is, they're hoisting themselves by their own petard - if they sat there quietly pumping out corporate dross without the excess of fanfare or pithy marketing speak, no one here wouold say aught (except, perhaps, beeeeachboy).
"If you’re looking to make your company’s offer more memorable, relevant and compelling, then you should be talking with us. "
No. Really, not.
- mr_snuggles0
where is the savoir?
- Nairn0
Oops, I'm not deliberately trying to troll you, moth - you know I loves ya.
Um, the reason they use graphics as buttons is because they use dreamweaver templates, which means they probably don't want to screw with js too much, which means they can't do a fancy colour-style switcher, which means they have to rely on shitty little graphics like this..
I want to put that 0 out of its misery.
- paraselene0
gone to the county faire?
- Baskerville0
what's the point of being comfortable doing a bad job for someone just becuase they can't immediately spot the lack of quality.
the work ethic of a cowboy builder.
Why even bother doing the job if it doesn't matter to you? Design is not for people that don't care (or at least shouldn't be), if you don't care just go and work in phones 4 U or something.
- mr_snuggles0
there it is..
- Jaline0
para, here's some nice green:
http://green.colorize.net/
- paraselene0
see? aquablog!
and you actually can use real live css rather than tables full of images of unaliased text made to look like css in dreamweaver templates.
shock horror!
- moth0
That is pretty much the standard of design you'll see on the high street. No - it's not going get rave reviews on NT is it? Will function as a logo though - yes it will.
Will metaphors get paid for it?
Yes they will.
Will you?
No.
"Design is not for people that don't care"
Oh my god. Save the puppies and the children - there goes a questionable logo.
- Beeachboy0
Oh my god. Save the puppies and the children - there goes a questionable logo.
moth
(Dec 14 06, 06:53)not sure whether to get involved - but i like this
- paraselene0
Oh my god. Save the puppies and the children - there goes a questionable logo.
moth
(Dec 14 06, 06:53)not sure whether to get involved - but i like this
Beeachboy
(Dec 14 06, 06:57)i think you can establish a monthly standing order in support of the cause...
- mr_snuggles0
let's help the whales save the dolphins in the tress...
- Baskerville0
no your right moth, that's a decent quality of design for an amateur.
But I'm sure Proxim-IT could have designed it themselves for free. Hell, Kallkwik could have done that, probably for cheaper and covered all the printing.The difference is that kallkwik don't have all that crap on their site about 'design'
I don't think an 'it'll do' attitude is ever a good thing for either party.
- chossy0
the it bit is higher than the proxim bit :/
- moth0
what's the point of being comfortable doing a bad job for someone just becuase they can't immediately spot the lack of quality.
the work ethic of a cowboy builder.
Baskerville
(Dec 14 06, 06:43)Because they wont something they like, and sometimes (as you know) you just can't beat them and there's no accounting for taste.
They want a logo, not a lecture in design standards.
And it's nothing like a cowboy builder. People didn't die when Quark knocked out a lemon.
- moth0
I don't think an 'it'll do' attitude is ever a good thing for either party.
Baskerville
(Dec 14 06, 07:02)But it's not is it? It's just a different class of design. They both probably think it's spectacular and pat each other on the back every day.
- Nairn0
as a metaphor, these guys are the equivalent of the 35 year old punk, still living at home with Mum. He may have covered his stone-wash tight denim jacket with the trophies of hard music - the death metal sew-on patches, the studs, chains, buttons and tartan patches, but he's still on the dole, subscribing to 2000AD and subsisting on spaghetti hoops in tomato sauce.
- Baskerville0
And it's nothing like a cowboy builder. People didn't die when Quark knocked out a lemon.
but people did want to kill themselves!
I agree that sometimes you have to let go when deadlines run tight and a budget is in question but surely you can still start out with good intent. I can't see how Proxi-IT ever started out good.
Well, all except for the name, yeah the name is awesome, maybe they just thought, 'shit, it's such a clever name it doesn't even need designering. Ok guys we won't try on this one... but just this once.... .. ok everyone shut down corel paint, we're off to wimpy to celebrate cracking another tough brief'
- vespa0
there are a thousand ways to justify mediocrity. but why bother?