You're only good as...
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- Bozilla
There's a saying in the world of commercial design "You're only good as your last design". What do you think, it this true?
- hotel0
yes.
- D70
Yeah.
- orcagirl0
no
- fate0
A) All design is subjective. Some people think it's good, some people think it's bad. So you're both good and bad on every peice of work, last or not.
B) It's not everyday you can create some epitome of your life, and then do it again for your next client, and again and again.
- D70
» A) All design is subjective. Some people think it's good, some people think it's bad. So you're both good and bad on every peice of work, last or not. «
I disagree. Some people always suck.
- BonSeff0
you are only as good as your clients roi. a feature in PRINT might inflate your ego but does not necessarily mean its a success
if that makes sense
- Lop0
A) All design is subjective. Some people think it's good, some people think it's bad. So you're both good and bad on every peice of work, last or not.
Design is not subjective, that's total nonsense
- fate0
Supanigga, sure it is. Example: 2advanced has a huge fan-club and a huge amount of haters.
- Peter0
Hmm,
A lot of times ones client wants to change something with whatever you're designing, right?
A great part (if not the greater part) of your job is convincing your client that you're expertise is right, and whateverthehell the client wrote on that tissue while out drinking last night - is in fact wrong.
Depending on that outcome, - from the skills outside the field of design (like negotiationg, arguing and persuading a client)- , your design might undergo change.
That is to say a designer gets his "last design" as he wants it only if he's able to maintain a good balance betwen his designskills and those other, managment skill, no? "Sort off", at least. And that's a good piece of design; it doesn't have bevels, dropshadows and lensflares for all I know. It is -your- design. Meaning that it is true to your skills.
On the other hand, there is the other designer, that someone who doesn't have those client-handling skills. He/She will likely having his "latest design" a bit altered in the end. Which in most cases not be the desired results. Not exactly something you considored "that good".
So in a somewhat general sense of answer to that statement, the guy who actually implements his desired design unaltered is the good designer, and the one who can't comes in as second.
What I am trying to say is that, in a small sense, the skills of the folks doing commercial graphic design boils down to managment skills (and that 10% of the time you actually design). The "last design" depends on it.
So that statement, "you're only as good as you're last design", might be true for working with a client, but not necessarly true for being a designer.And whad'ya know, it's nearly lunchtime.
- CyBrainX0
That old cliche is a common misperception that we all have to face and be prepared to deal with. But of course it's not true. Even the best will fuck up eventually.
- Peter0
I blame my poor english on the fact that it is my second language.
- timajick0
We have a similar saying in the professional photography world::
"You're only as good as your last editorial"It just keeps you on your toes in an an evironment full of vultures.
- Carty0
i'm only as good as my last shoot.
- gavinnosler0
being a good designer/photographer is all about filtering. you show what builds up your image, you hide what will bring you down. think the great designers have ALL their work in their portfolios? yeah right...
- gavinnosler0
actually that's kinda off topic, but i still disagree with that statement. if a designer makes 20 kick ass designs and then makes one OK design, he's not an OK designer. he's a kick ass designer. if he made 20 OK designs and then 1 kickass design, he's not a kickass designer...
- buddylee0
Ulitimately, it should be said that you're only as good as the last chick you bonked.
We all work for the same thing you know...
- gavinnosler0
you're only as good as the last distance you hit the penguin...
- Lop0
read this
- sauerbraten0
hell no.
- sauerbraten0
we're forgetting that even designers with alot of talent often get projects where the creative direction is forced by client, or lack of budget prevents them from doing anything original.
we're still in a bit of an economical funk and most clients won't spring for more money during the ideation process..