http://mokokoma.co.za/whose-spotlight-is-it-anyway-the-designer-or-clients-message/ Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:40:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://mokokoma.co.za/whose-spotlight-is-it-anyway-the-designer-or-clients-message/#comment-4911 Between ethics and daily bread: A creative's moral dilemma Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:13:06 +0000 http://mokokoma.co.za/?p=1661#comment-4911 [...] copywriters, and photographers. Regardless of how one decides to look at it, creatives are in the business of selling. Be it a product, service, idea, message, point of view or belief. The food chain financial chain [...] http://mokokoma.co.za/whose-spotlight-is-it-anyway-the-designer-or-clients-message/#comment-4893 The Magic Wand doesn’t really make Graphic designers magicians - Mokokoma Mokhonoana Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:31:10 +0000 http://mokokoma.co.za/?p=1661#comment-4893 [...] It is therefore a graphic designer’s mandate to use design to present and communicate the message at the best and most relevant way possible. If you buy a car, expect it to fly, and it [...] http://mokokoma.co.za/whose-spotlight-is-it-anyway-the-designer-or-clients-message/#comment-3126 Dithapelo Kgonyane Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:38:23 +0000 http://mokokoma.co.za/?p=1661#comment-3126 I agree, it is sometimes the lack of understanding about who should benefit from the design. Clients would want to have e.g a business card with full of his/her information such as "who they are rather than what they do", sometimes we as the customer are likely to be interested in what you do than what you are. It is the message that matters the most depending on what kind of services/product you offer. Sometimes we as the client compromise for cheap design of which will lead us to cheap communication. Good design needs passionate people in business. I LIKE THE ARTICLE IT PAYS OFF...
Sometimes we as the client compromise for cheap design of which will lead us to cheap communication.

Good design needs passionate people in business.

I LIKE THE ARTICLE IT PAYS OFF…]]> http://mokokoma.co.za/whose-spotlight-is-it-anyway-the-designer-or-clients-message/#comment-3125 Mokokoma Mokhonoana Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:02:55 +0000 http://mokokoma.co.za/?p=1661#comment-3125 Aaron Houssian, Welcome, I think ease of access to design softwares contributes a lot to cases where everybody is a 'designer', just because they can find their way around design applications.
Welcome, I think ease of access to design softwares contributes a lot to cases where everybody is a ‘designer’, just because they can find their way around design applications.]]> http://mokokoma.co.za/whose-spotlight-is-it-anyway-the-designer-or-clients-message/#comment-3123 Aaron Houssian Mon, 02 Mar 2009 20:03:24 +0000 http://mokokoma.co.za/?p=1661#comment-3123 Yes of course it should be about the message, but there are some of those primadonna designers who don't know better.