Comments on: The third design

By: business website templates

business website templates — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:26:55 +0000

Just amazing … nice blog thank you mates

By: Mort

Mort — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:24:33 +0000

This happens to me all the time. Thanks for adding a little understand to this phenomenon. gotta remember not to overwork things.

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blog.rightreading.com » First rule of design? — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:01:18 +0000

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By: Leslie Tane Design

Leslie Tane Design — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:24:34 +0000

Anaska – Thanks for your perspective. It does seem to be worldwide!

The Happy Rock – That’s an excellent point. The best designs are almost always a collaboration between the designer and the client. Especially if the client has an open mind, which it sounds like you did.

Tina – It can be hard to know when to let go of a design, but I think that’s one of the first lessons you learn as a professional designer. Time management is so key, since there are always more tweaks that could be made. (See Kenny’s comment, too, about this.)

Kenny – I totally agree. Even on projects when I think I’ve done everything I can, if I let it sit for a day or two, I always find more to do when I come back to it.

Thanks for your comments!

By: Kenny

Kenny — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:52:07 +0000

I don’t think I’ve ever had the luxury of time – either in my corporate career or freelance – to be able to tweak the design to a point of absolute satisfaction. Not sure it’s even possible.

By: Tina Cornell

Tina Cornell — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 23:14:17 +0000

I’m not a full time designer, but I would think part of the problem is simply letting a design go, not re-working it and knowing when to stop and be satisfied, let alone absolutely loving it.

By: The Happy Rock

The Happy Rock — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 02:36:39 +0000

Amused that I was just that client. Presented the designer what I wanted, he gave me three options. I picked the one he didn’t like and then he didn’t stopped revising until it was something he thought looked great.

The outcome was way better than I could have imagined.

By: Anaska

Anaska — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 00:29:13 +0000

First I wrote these words in my blog yesterday: “One is not enough — I always follow the practice of giving more than one option for the clients. This means more hard work, but in the end, I have more chances of winning an account. The safest bet is to do a conventional one, a rebellious one and a creative one.”
After 24 hours, happened to see this post through David Airey’s tweet.
Moral of the story: A client picking up a crap design is a global phenomenon, whether it is in US or in India.

By: Leslie Tane Design

Leslie Tane Design — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 22:59:16 +0000

Glad to have you here, Brian!

By: Brian Yerkes

Brian Yerkes — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 20:04:59 +0000

Wow, put so simply and concisely yet says it all Leslie. When I started out designing logos I began by providing 6 ideas…often this left me struggling to create 2 or even 3 concepts that I liked enough to feel proud of. Of course, most times the client chose thoe 2 or 3 that I did not like. Now, I provide less concepts but put the same amount of effort into the last idea as I do the first. Delighted to have found your site, thanks David. :)