Archive for March, 2009


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Asking for a client’s budget: an opportunity to ‘milk’ the client or not?


It is said to be a good businessperson’s (buyer) trait to aim to pay as low as possible for as much as they can possibly get. While the seller on the other hand, wants to sell for as much as possible for as little (of whatever they’re selling) as possible. This is understandable to some degree,...


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Whose spotlight is it anyway, The designer or client’s message?


I don’t know about you but I often bump into questions/discussions about creatives expressing themselves though their bread-and-butter. Graphic designers are no exception, they’re believed to be expressing themselves through design/ing. This belief was also part of the questions I was asked last month, when I was interviewed by Untrendy Graphics. I think this makes no sense at...


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