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Client wants a bigger logo on their website

Justin Parks — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:56:50 +0000

Really, have heard it, hate, loathe it but will certainly hear it again.

Make my logo bigger… ARGHHHHHhh!!

Add this add that change this change that, sometimes you wonder why you bother. If you dont know what I mean then watch the video below. If you still dont know what I mean then really your beyond help anyway.

Enjoy.

The best example of the worst website design.

Justin Parks — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 23:16:15 +0000

Its rare that I smile when I see a website as its usually a very serious business of keeping a client satisfied with top quality professional work.

HOWEVER…

…sometimes I wonder if clients appreciate the fine line they walk when they try and influence the design of a web site rather than leaving it in the capable hands of the web designer… namely us.

I will now be referring people to this website as the finest example of work that we at 123 Marbella DO NOT DELIVER. If nothing else many of our clients will breath a sigh of relief that their website looks the way it looks today, even if it may be a few years old.

So without further delay, hold onto your hats, and grit your teeth, for the best example of the worst website design I have seen in a LONG time. (That being said the site is actually very interesting in the respect that it explains the reasons that things are NOT done.)

oh god, here goes:

WORST WEBSITE DESIGN

PS: If you have speakers, you may want to turn them of, rip them out and bin them… and also don’t blame me if this destroys any faith you have in mankind… I´m on the edge personally.

Managing Clients while Designing a Stop Sign

Justin Parks — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:47:47 +0000

How many of us have encountered this problem.

A brief is submitted, understood (even if its bureaucratically insane as in the example from this video) and the perfect solution is created… and then the “client” gets involved in the process and trys to become the designer.

Enjoy this video because if design is your profession then you will most certainly encounter occasions such as this. The hard part, I find, is convincing clients that less is more in most cases and that clutter and changes to what is a perfectly good concept or design take it away from what its ment to achieve or whatever message is to be conveyed.

Dont let clients walk over you as is the case here, the suggestions become petty and dont actually add up to achieveing any goal, put the foot down and tell them YOUR opinion as you are the professional at the end of the day.