how a typical corporate client would design the stop sign

i am so trying to resist the urge to email this video right now to everyone i work with at my job who i do design jobs for. i have had to deal with absolutely EVERYthing in this video.

attempting to rework a brochure to make it more compelling

my supervisor asked me give him design concepts for the new general brochure, and so i spent last night looking thru the current one. this is what i sent to him in response:
re: the new focus for our organization’s collateral
the impression i’m getting, from talks, or perhaps my own thinking, is that the [...]

designer trying to learn from being micromanaged

am continuing to struggle with the… micromanaging of design work by my non-creative coworkers. i tried to discuss this with my supervisor last week, and realized he was offended by my description of a designer’s difficulties working in an environment of non-creative people. it was a personal reaction of his, him assuming [...]

clients who micromanage their designers

i’m experiencing this problem at work, two times now in the past month. early last month i had a situation where, due to a high priority dept throwing a last minute job at me, i had to push my other jobs aside (orders given from above), and thus one small job, the design of [...]

trying to explain what a content management system is to a layperson

i don’t think i’ve been able to explain to anybody who’s not a web designer what it means to use a content management system. they just look at me with blank stares, and i look down at myself, ask myself quietly, “am i speaking greek again?” and check my lips to see if mathematical [...]