Comments on: Establish A Design Process & Stop Runaway Projects

By: Neil | Orange County Web Design

Neil | Orange County Web Design — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:55:13 +0000

Great Infomation looking for this.
Thanks and Keep up the good work!

By: Adina

Adina — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:36:55 +0000

Make it easier for visitors to reach your home page easily and from any where in your site. Have clear headings for each paragraph …..

By: Mahallo Media

Mahallo Media — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:07:25 +0000

Good article as aways.

By: Arron Davies

Arron Davies — Sat, 16 May 2009 02:07:20 +0000

very helpfull thank you

By: Design Insomnia

Design Insomnia — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:49:19 +0000

I have a great Design Process…But… I do get projects that grind to a halt because clients simply stop communicating. You email/call and follow-up to get their much needed feedback or approval and they are nowhere to be found. How do you rush them along to keep the project moving forward? I hate this because you never get the remaining payment unless the project concludes. Thanks for your advice.

By: AzAkers

AzAkers — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:57:13 +0000

@ Jacob Cass
Not sure about the trackbacks issue, I’ve been playing a lot with my code and settings, so hopefully I’ve gotten it all set to work properly now.

I like seeing the trackbacks and expanding the conversation out to other websites that mention one of my posts – thanks for the heads up, and for stopping by

@ Laurel
I’ve done the same thing before, I think it’s one of those common traps that a lot of new designers fall into.

I did the same thing with SEO early on too, but there came a time when I finally felt confident enough to stand up & stop a client from sabotaging their own project.

That IS why they hire an expert to begin with isn’t it? I mean the neighbors adolescent nephew armed with PhotoShop could slap together a logo, or put some titles on a few web pages, but the experience & expertise of a professional brings it to a whole other level.

By: Laurel

Laurel — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:05:31 +0000

I’ll be honest. I’ve been railroaded into complying with client ideas much like the guy in the video.

When I first started as a professional graphic designer I was a pretty soft spoken, petit young female designer who lacked confidence in myself and my work.

It took me a while before I could stand up to ‘clueless clients’ and defend the design choices in their best interests.

Sadly until then I let a few clients run the show and the work suffered for it. I still cringe when I see those pieces.

By: Jacob Cass

Jacob Cass — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:10:55 +0000

Thank you for that, just got your link through the JCD comments however I never received a pingback from the article you linked to which is strange… oh well. Thanks for sharing your design process.

“The key to a successful design process?

Have one.”

My latest post..The Design Process Of Creating A $40,000 Creative Newspaper Advertisement

By: AzAkers

AzAkers — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:50:09 +0000

I just saw this article from Jacob Cass over at JustCreativeDesign.com on a newspaper advertisement design process – good read, as always

By: AzAkers

AzAkers — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:00:04 +0000

Nice – Thanks for sharing your logo design process!

I’ve been following pretty much the same process, but never really formalized it. I like how Airey has his logo design process clearly posted so new clients know what the process is going to be like.

I find myself repeating generally the same emails each time I take on a new project – I REALLY need to be more organized about it

By: Her Ticking Clock

Her Ticking Clock — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:13:25 +0000

When I create a website or logo for my clients, I usually do the following:

1. What my client want their clients to see/feel/think of
2. Recap of what my client’s clients want
3. Several Mockup
4. Let them choose one of the Mockup and submit changes
5. Improve the design and see if it projects the see/feel/think
6. finalize, show to client
7. final revision

My latest post..Is 15 Years Difference Really His Problem?