Grids - Convincing clients
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- Nathan_Adams
OK, we all know the advantages of using grids for layouts, be it in print or online, but how do you all convince clients and or bosses the value of sticking to them?
It infuriates me constantly when I go to all the effort of setting up a good, flexible grid, and make sure I stick to it through everything, only to get a request for "can you move that one element over just a little bit. I don't care about the grid, do it anyway!". I need a good clear comeback, that an idiot would understand, about why that's bad idea.
- AndyRoss0
Tell them not sticking to the grid is like going around with a banana smeared all over your suit.
- Nathan_Adams0
haha!
- OSFA0
what is a grid?
- _salisae_0
how about, I quit.
- i read recently, 'good design comes from having good clients.'_salisae_
- Unfortunately I'm not in a position to quit... yet... but I very much agree with that quote.Nathan_Adams
- Better design comes from being able to work with bad ones.ismith
- hahaha .. If only that were true. Good one._salisae_
- ComicSans_Rocks0
Good luck, you are in a losing proposition... "The client is always right, even when we both know that they are morons"!
- _salisae_0
Scratch that last idea of mine. Instead, put things out of place that they care about. For instance, instead of charging 65.00 per hour, charge 650.00. Or put their nice equipment on the floor or instead of coming into work stand just outside the door. They'll start to understand why things have their place and why order is important. Or they'll think you've lost your mind and might be slightly afraid of you, and that's always a good thing.
- monNom0
don't get too hung up on grids... there are things within a page that a grid cannot account for (eg. akward composition in the page due to photography or illustration). Use them to keep thing harmonious throughout the site, but when the grid stops working: eyeball it.