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Feedback, communication and respect during a design contest

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    Apr 2010
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One of the most frustrating aspects of participating in online design contests is receiving little or no feedback at all. There’s no point to single out a certain website, because you’ll get to see the same pattern, whichever one you browse. Once you go past certain guidelines, which let’s face it, are mostly empty words published to inflate some corporate egos and project a spit polished aura of false empathy, it boils down to the type of human beings that interact within those online [...]

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The clueless mistress and her older boyfriend

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    Jan 2010
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Despite what some might think upon reading the title of this post, it’s not about a troubled  love story gone wrong.  It’s actually about a type of people you should  stay away from, if they ever approach you for any design work. Their  inability to understand the requirements of a professional project or to emphasize with the needs of a designer makes them an unnecessary stress generator and a very unlikely source of profit. These two were one of  my first clients and to [...]

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Lessons learned from working with my clients

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    Jan 2010
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As a designer working either on web or in print, dealing with clients can be truly frustrating at times. Without enough experience under your belt you won’t be able to spot those hopelessly troubled individuals you’re better off without, maintain the lines of communication open with the ones that don’t share your views or keep close those you’ve enjoyed working with. Just as everything in life, this type of jobs come and go, faster or slower, better or worse. Even more important than the [...]

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