Design Control Clients
When I first thought to do the final post of this discussion on clients, this was the picture that came to mind. However the humour involved in today's encounters has turned a little more cynical, with a better rendition being this funny video found on youtube ! Is it true that the 'customer is always right?' Can a designer have any control of the visual outcome of a project or is it the plain truth that all aspects are under the control of the guy with the purse strings? How can clients be influenced as well, and how can become clients? There are a great deal of questions associated with this area of design control it is again a large subject. I am a big fan of ' Mad Men '. Not only a well crafted tv series, but also delivers the dream notion on what graphic design and client relationship should be like. It is however, set in the 60's, which makes an amazing difference in the understanding of the way this relationship works. They are treated like they know w...