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Clients - we can't live with them and we can't live without
 them. As all graphic designers will know, clients come in
  many shapes and sizes, making every project a unique
experience. Some clients can make you wish you took up
  another profession while others are a pleasure to work
                            with.
For a graphic designer, the ideal client is the one that
   doesn't haggle with you on price, the one that pays on
  time and perhaps most importantly, the one that, while
 providing you with all the relevant information you need,
 doesn't get too involved in the design process. They trust
 your expertise as a designer and leave it to you to create
  something that will get the right message across to their
audience. One of the toughest jobs for a graphic designer,
   especially when designing a web site, is to balance the
 conflict that often arises between what their client wants
and what the end client wants. Many a times, clients make
   subjective design decisions based on personal likes and
dislikes that can jeopardize the message intended for their
audience. Often, they may also demand more than what is
    required to get their message across, diluting what is
Typically, a designer will meet with a client at the kick off
 meeting to discuss their requirements for, say, a new web
site. If there are five of them in the meeting, each one will
  have their list of five "musts" for the home page. You're
   left with a list of twenty-five items for the home page,
  when in fact the user is only after one thing. The conflict
now begins between prioritizing what is important for the
       client and what is important for the end client. A
     designer's job is to prioritise and pare down the less
 important items in a place where users can access them if
they wish and ignore them if they just want to find out the
  price of something, read the company story or watch the
featured video. Resolving these conflicts isn't always easy.
  It all depends on the client. Some clients are reasonable
 and take the designer's advice once he/she has explained
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Graphic Designers and Their Clients

  • 1. Clients - we can't live with them and we can't live without them. As all graphic designers will know, clients come in many shapes and sizes, making every project a unique experience. Some clients can make you wish you took up another profession while others are a pleasure to work with.
  • 2. For a graphic designer, the ideal client is the one that doesn't haggle with you on price, the one that pays on time and perhaps most importantly, the one that, while providing you with all the relevant information you need, doesn't get too involved in the design process. They trust your expertise as a designer and leave it to you to create something that will get the right message across to their audience. One of the toughest jobs for a graphic designer, especially when designing a web site, is to balance the conflict that often arises between what their client wants and what the end client wants. Many a times, clients make subjective design decisions based on personal likes and dislikes that can jeopardize the message intended for their audience. Often, they may also demand more than what is required to get their message across, diluting what is
  • 3. Typically, a designer will meet with a client at the kick off meeting to discuss their requirements for, say, a new web site. If there are five of them in the meeting, each one will have their list of five "musts" for the home page. You're left with a list of twenty-five items for the home page, when in fact the user is only after one thing. The conflict now begins between prioritizing what is important for the client and what is important for the end client. A designer's job is to prioritise and pare down the less important items in a place where users can access them if they wish and ignore them if they just want to find out the price of something, read the company story or watch the featured video. Resolving these conflicts isn't always easy. It all depends on the client. Some clients are reasonable and take the designer's advice once he/she has explained