Working With Values

Creative Behavior always has great articles. This article, working with values, is all about working with morals, choosing ethical projects, and creating value… not just money.

‘This is the real world’
‘There are no friends in business’
‘Its all about the bottom line’

“Applying a system of values and ethics in your design practice is almost certainly something you’ve thought about at some point or another, probably in some hypothetical question relating to doing work for a cigarette manufacturer, oil company or the like. However I think a fuller more complete approach is necessary. In this article I’ve briefly examined a few of the issues that all designers should seriously consider.”

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How To Manage The Monster

There’s an article over at CreativeBehavior about How To Manage The Monster (client).

 “You can ask anyone in the creative services industry, everyone at one time or another has had the client from hell. The difference between the good clients and bad clients isn’t actually all that great. Most clients are demanding, and what all the projects done yesterday. In my experience good clients and bad clients will push you to do your best work. It’s the approach the client takes that makes them feel like the “monster” client. Some clients can be micro-managers, asking you to change the design until it look’s like a pile of horse puke, other clients can give you no direction at all yet hate everything you produce. The only constant factor in this equation is you. After working on multi-million accounts with large advertising agencies all the project problems seem to have a common thread.”