Problems Designers Face
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- mr_snuggles0
Convincing my creative directors that my concepts are good...
- Gucci0
in a word 'bullshit'
» design by committee
» clients trying to change yr role from ' designer' to 'computer operator.'
» deaf clients with selective hearing.and on and on ....
UndoUndo
(Sep 21 05, 13:08)I couldn't agree more.
I love the job to death... i just wish it would treat me better, ya know?
- rockonski0
peers who want to collabo with me on their projects and then say shit like. i'm not good at team work - all they want is their way, but they veil it in some other shit.
- todelete__20
i'm not shitting you guys with this one.
convincing my boss that comic sans should never be used on anything we produce.
- ThreeSevenFive0
» design by committee
---------------Seriously. What is up with this type of strategy lately? I esp. can't stand the "Let's take a vote on it" approach to design.
- ricstultz0
convincing art directors and clients that my wild ass style is applicable.
- UndoUndo0
'the gloss always comes off after a while'....thats life
keep smiling and have self confidence :)
dont be afraid to air yr opinions
- UndoUndo0
i'm not shitting you guys with this one.
convincing my boss that comic sans should never be used on anything we produce.
kOna
(Sep 21 05, 13:13
...................................LOFL.
but yr Boss knows best surely.... :)
- dann0
boss not understanding what a concept is
- UndoUndo0
design by commitee - the quickest way to rip a design to shreds, mix it up in a bag with puke, pore it back out and decide its 'good' because everyone was involved.
- fullerc0
I had scheduled all last week for project A then here comes anther week long project B.
Project B has to get out before project A but both have to be done on time. My boss says "we'll just have to get both done, even if it means working overtime". I'm salary and don't get "overtime" pay and the f'er leaves exactly at 5pm everyday. I get project B done on time and it looks like project A will have to push. This morning project B was killed.
- todelete__20
i have no idea why but he fucking loves comic sans and most recently agent orange, which is a shit font that you have to manualy put a solid color behind cause the middle is rendered empty.
- todelete__20
sending a concept to a client (jpg) and them being furious that none of their buttons link to anything on the page.
shoot me.
- blaw0
dear fullerc,
fuck.
sincerely,
- mr_snuggles0
At least everyday has the potential to be different from the previous day. I find I never really have the same challenges day in and day out. Some days it's photoshoots, other days press approvals, some days it's working with developers to get some crazy flash thing working and even some days actually designing...
- e-pill0
my ultimate biggest problem being a designer is posting on the PVN.
:)
- blaw0
sending out a concept, explaining in advance that filler text was used and still getting, "what language is that in?"
- arinya0
To one LENS FLARE or two LENS FLARE. Cuz there is a thing as too much LENS FLARE!
- Gucci0
fuller... i feel for you. wow. that's a tough fucking pill to swallow.
I hate the fact that we're expected to stay late no matter what. it seems people have no respect for our profession – and overtime? pffft. never."let the creative team pull an all nighter to get it done, johnson!"
Would you expect a mechanic to stay late to get your car done at no matter what he may have planned that evening, or if he's got a family? The case exists, but rarely. Fact of the matter is design has become the "business admin" of the new world, and just as people don't respect a secretary's job, they don't respect ours.
sad really.
People only hear/understand dollars and cents. when their errors start to cost money, they perk up their ears.
- UndoUndo0
haha Gucci,
you dont get the execs from the client standing around the new car saying "you really ought to put the exhaust there and what would the wing mirror look like on top?"