Some things I hate most about being a designer are...
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- numberoneson
non risky clients
computers crashing before saving
internet/email going offline
printers who lie
clients who lie
late nights with no results
project managers who go home without telling you
double spaces in copy
- save0
not forgetting the clients who think they know best when it comes to design!
- chossy0
people who use words that don't mean a thing.
- scoops0
anything having to do with "jazz" or "pop"
- dann0
bosses who are out of touch and use words like "designy" while describing things to you and clients
- save0
having your weekends taken away on a Friday afternoon!
- ********0
clients who make you change every aspect of the design-
make it this color
change the font
swoop to the left not the right
add text strokesand then in the end tell you that the response from the design hasn't been positive-
maybe because I DIDNT EVEN DO THE DESIGN at this point.
- anzelina0
"make it bigger"
- numberoneson0
working with lo-res images
- paddywop0
'Edgy' when used by a client. It means.... NOTHING
- numberoneson0
Working with fonts featuring numbers with raised or dipped baseline positions.
- QuincyArcher0
on the topic of buzzwords that are beyond meaning...
http://apnews1.iwon.com//article…I hate it when clients don't give you things you need (direction, copy, etc.) and still expect it to be done on friday like you promised a month ago.
- anzelina0
i even hate the word buzzword.
UGHGHGHGHGHGHG
- robswift740
I do alot of work in the real estate field. Fuck. These people describe the look and feel they want as appealing to "young and old, hip but not too hip, wealthy and first home buyers, city but not too urban, suburban but not too suburban.. fuckers. I hate realtors. Thanks for listening.
- canuck0
Clients asking you to WOW them.
- dann0
oh god i forgot that one
WOW
fuck i almost puke when a client uses that
fuck my boss uses it too
kill me
- vespa0
waiting to rush and rushing to wait
- numberoneson0
Clients who provide you with colour schemes inspired by paintings their kids brought home the night before.
- Warland0
My old boss. A book binder by trade who reckoned he was an A list designer (who couldn't open an illustrator file to save his life). He used to say 'wow me' all the time. "We need an award winning site out of this one" was another one, just before he let the client run it amok (the client wants you to use turqoise and lime green and make them a logo with a swoosh. You better do it).
He had the tech lead at work make up a pdf (70 pages!) of web terms so he wouldn't sound like an idiot in front of clients.
Even picturing that rat faced little c*nt makes my blood boil.