I used to read a wider variety of blogs while I was in school, but now that I use Twitter I find it much easier to keep track of a few favourites that way. Today I was looking for a topic to write about and decided to check out some other blogs.
Brian Hoff's blog The Design Cubicle offers great advice for designers on a number of topics such as products, plug-ins, and lessons learned through experience. His most recent post was about the client/designer relationship and when to show concepts. While his posts are brief, he really gets the point across. "Get it right – the first time! Clients often ask Designers if they can update them daily, bi-daily, or other timeframes that suits their craving. Designers, stop doing this." Hoff goes on to explain that showing clients work you are not proud of undermines your abilities and your client's trust. When clients see unfinished work they get worried and often slow down the design process with changes and suggestions. Instead Hoff suggests waiting until you have a design that you feel comfortable standing behind, give yourself a chance to refine your work and come up with something great.
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