if you're a designer
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- version30
design is art without content
version4
(Jun 8 06, 12:58)the only thing that blurs this line are icons
because they do communicate without words
we only think ours looks better because of our tastes and fonts
either way, words are content given to you by a client, how you arrange it is design, take away the words, it's art, plain and simple
- nooner0
i bet with the right approach they would be willing to work better with you if given the chance.
a little tact can go a long way
jakeyj
(Jun 8 06, 13:02)jesus. all the fucking "right approach and tact" in the world will not bend an over bearing clients will.
- version30
if tact went that far, bush wouldn't be president
- jakeyj0
then quit working with them
there are plenty of clients out there
- version30
here here!
- nooner0
srsly. i've got a client who spends about 250K annually with us. they are assholes. should i just tell them to go elsewhere?
- Mimio0
When I think of "content ", I think of the sum total of the communication. I think of the meaning, feeling, and impression something gives. Not just the copy.
- nooner0
here here!
version4
(Jun 8 06, 13:11)tee hee
- version30
mimio, then replace every time i said the word content with the word copy and my point still stands
- nooner0
ha
- jakeyj0
O RLY?!
like I said its 50/50
- Mimio0
I think we're miscommunicating. Maybe a more apt example would be...show me an undesigned piece of content/copy. Good or bad everything is given form and has an aesthetic. That's the original conceit of the cavemen had when they carved shit out on the walls of their homes.
- sevenonethree0
"please, jane, i'm a married man. last night was a mistake and we must, for everyone's sake, put it behind us and move on with our lives."
paraselene
(Jun 8 06, 03:47)no here is a better reply
"please, jane, i'm a married man. last night was wonderful so we much, for eveeryone's sake and ours, not let anyone about this and continue to do it again soon."
- jakeyj0
are there two conversations going on here?
- Snowblinded0
yes nooner. you should tell them to leave. who cares if they drop alot of money. if your just doing it for the money. than what does that make you? a whore?
- Mimio0
Now there's three.
- nooner0
rich whore.
- nooner0
yes nooner. you should tell them to leave. who cares if they drop alot of money. if your just doing it for the money. than what does that make you? a whore?
Snowblinded
(Jun 8 06, 13:32)i'm so jaded.
- nooner0
snowblinded nice portfolio. a bit iso50 but nice none the less! ; )
- Snowblinded0
thank you