i hadn’t heard from her for quite a while, but in the meantime photographer alexandra brand has been busy building her portfolio, the thread in her work seems to be nature and materials
me news
the dating game
…there will be people who have to hire a designer at some point in their lives. Maybe just once. Maybe on a regular basis. This article is for them. Because I want them to be able to do all of the things in that first paragraph. I want them to be happy. I want to give them the tools to choose a designer well. And still get home in time to inflate the bouncy house for Tristan’s birthday party this Saturday…
entertaining piece (as usual) from mike monteiro on picking the right person to do your job (clients pay attention)
…7. Don’t hire anyone who’s afraid to argue with you…
drone europe
amos chapple has travelled around europe with his drone looking for new and unexpected views, mission accomplished…
pay me
Pricing hourly punishes efficiency.
So this is a pretty bold statement and it should be taken with a grain of salt. Hourly pricing can be incredibly advantageous in certain circumstances, like when you receive that first email from potential clients and, through their thousand-word introductory essay lousy with emoticons and unnecessarily capitalized words, they paint a clear picture that they are completely batshit insane. You know that there will be many rounds of revision in your future and that over the course of working together you’ll be as much a therapist as a designer. Totaling those 500 hours at whatever your hourly rate is will equal a pretty good pay day.
much food for thought from jessica hische in her ‘guide to assigning the right value to what you do‘
It’s incredibly important for even young designers to always quote respectable prices. It can be very tempting to create artwork for a “cool” company for very little pay and the promise of insane exposure/ an incredible portfolio piece.
a’dam
watch this new animation showing an imaginary aerial flight
above amsterdam during its second spectacular period of growth (1800-1900) and if you missed the first one showing an even more dramatic and rapid period of growth during the ‘golden age’ (1600-1700), see below…