If you’ve been in the business long enough, you’ll have experienced at least one design project decline. We’re not just talking about a project that looks like it might be in danger of slowing down, but one that’s arse-over-head and looking for something to hold on to. Perhaps you’ve...
In a previous post we detailed a few of the ways in which brands sometimes fail. Typically, these situations happen over a long period of time, and usually because you (the designer) haven’t been keeping things in check. As such, we felt this topic was important enough to warrant...
Does this sound familiar? You’re working on a brand revamp, then all of a sudden things just start heading south without a hope of redemption. Or even worse, the brand you’ve been trying desperately to rework has been in a downward spiral for years, and is finally edging the...
We’ve all been there: you’ve been working on a design project for a while now, and then without any warning, your client calls or emails to tell you they’re backing out of the project. They may have very good reasons for doing so, but it doesn’t make you or...
In the graphic design business, it seems like ego drives a designer more often than completed (and talented) work does. In fact, we don’t know a designer alive that doesn’t think pretty highly of themselves—ourselves included. However, if you aren’t careful, all of this self-esteem can get right in...