Design Dismay
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- spendogg
Lately I have been feeling a bit cynical towards some clients and their views of themselvs.
Recently I did an Identity System for a startup real estate developer - and all they wanted to do was steal other peoples ideas and make themselves look much bigger than they are and "wanted a logo that looked like they spent 15K on it" which they did not. Ultimately I developed something that they could be proud of, without all the negative things they deemed necessary for the process.
Is it just me or is it getting harder to walk around knowing that most of the other people walking around are most likely full of shit? Or that I could be just as full as everyone else.
thoughts
- madirish0
dude, i just had almost the *exact* same thing happen, only they were not real estate dev's. made me so pissed and i spent so much enerygy trying to work it out rather than sucumb to that game. made me think very similar thoughts and i have come to accept that this is true what you say and thus not invest so much energy into trying to teach these types. not on what is the greater 'correctness', but that they could think about it a bit smarter.
i say let the work do that.
- ********0
take the money, basta
- spendogg0
madirish - it all worked out in the end on a positive - I am in super jaded mode seeing everything as transparent and its bummin me out.
- ivan_cook0
Just don't get negative. Stay focused on why you love design.
I'm actually in the middle of re-branding a real estate office myself. At first I was a bit concerned with their general attidude/understanding about design, but I realized that I just needed to shift the dialog.
I found a way to express my ideas in a language that they could find value in, and they have turned into one of my favorite clients.
Just stay positive....
- madirish0
yeah spen, i hear you. same with me as well and funny enough, i was going to post a thought about what i did in the end as well....... but then ivan wrote it all first. ;)
i got bummed as well though but really did just think about why i love design and how i want others to feel what it can do for them too.
- ********0
i keep reading
Design Disney
i ordered Coke instead of wine now, it's ok..
0_o
- spendogg0
thanks for the words guys - i try to be positive, but somtimes it get to be too much, but it never leaks into the process - that is the only thing that is for me and only me.
Oh and janne - get some jack in that coke next time.
peace