I love working with clients to bring their visions to life, creating what they have in their head a reality and even exceeding their expectations.
99% of the time I’ll be on the same wavelength as the client and get a good feel for what they want from a short discussion or brief.
However, over 20 years of doing design work, there has inevitably been the odd client that has asked for something completely unexpected and you know just won’t work with what they need or with the current design you have spent hours or days creating.
So the question is, how do you deal with these types of requests? Ones where the client is certain on but you know will jeopardise the design and overall goal.
Communication, some level of compromise and ensuring the end goal is the final mission is key here.
You should never simply go with whatever the designer or client likes the look of. The client understands their market so their opinion shouldn’t simply be ignored and the designer will understand what works from an end user perspective so both ideas need to inevitably come together.
From taking this approach of seeing both view points you inevitably find that a third option which meets somewhere in the middle and can end up improving what the designer started with.
So, as a designer, never be narrow minded – always take on what a client says no matter how ridiculous it may sound in the moment and at the same time don’t just bend over and do what a client asks of you – be prepared to stand your ground and give clear reasons why.
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