Don't Limit Your Exposure

Here's an example of what happens when the client's only experience in publication design is the porn magazines in the truck yard's office (at least, I sincerely hope it's the client's limitation, and not the designer's!!)

Trust your experience in design; lead the client when the client needs leading. If you are uncomfortable in the role of educator/consultant/taste arbiter, then take a class in public speaking, or even in sales. It will help your confidence level.

Remember, though the saying is that the client is always right-- they're most right when they knew enough to hire YOU to do this job!

When Google takes over the world...

Hey, I'm back at last. When Google took over Blogspot, I somehow got lost in the system and they either didn't recognize me or I didn't recognize myself. The expansion of social media has my head reeling; have to explore the worthwhile avenues and ignore the distractions. Keeping touch with loved ones, networking for work, playing scrabble with someone across the pond (who's dictionary do you go by?)... check worthy. I guess I'm not fond of receiving email notices alerting me to the fact that my friend has posted some minutiae, so it's the inundation of information, not the information itself, that drives me crazy. I guess Twitter (one SM I have successfully avoided) is a constant live feed-and that constancy could dull you to the feeling of inundation, rather like white noise of our lives. hmmm... "you are getting sleepy..."