Quote for Sept 5, 2008

"If there is a chance for someone in the workflow to misinterpret your vision, they will. They will then proceed to try to ruin your day and design by making their interpretation the 'right' one just to avoid being wrong."

Quote for Sept 3, 2008

"If someone else takes credit for your designs, make sure they take all the blame for the fuckups too."

Quotes for August 27, 2008

"Being 'nice' to your clients usually means screwing yourself over."

"Make sure you get paid up front, at least half. That way, when they try to weasel out of paying you, you've at least gotten half your fee out of them instead of nothing."

Quotes for Aug 26/08

"When sending a quote out to a printer, make sure you call them to confirm they actually READ the email and did account for all the zeros."

"The quote will always come back and surprise you. On a good day, you might be pleasently surprised, however, more often than not, you will probably be hitting your head against the desk repeatedly."

"Inevitably someone will screw up your design between design and finished product. And enviably it will end up somehow your fault."

Gem of the day from my partner in crime:

"Don't think you missed the mark just because yours isn't ugly."

- my client kindly reassured me while I tweaked the design her site. I'd had to change it a bit because it looked too "good" and not typical of the genre (political candidate site) -- You just can't win!

First Post: What's this?

"Whenever you are doing a job for a not-for-profit organization, make sure you ask up front what their print budget is."


Heyo all. I'm a designer and I work in a marketing department with another designer as well as do design on the side. This blog is quite simple. It will be filled with once a day 'words of wisdom' kind of quotes based on our experiences in design. Hopefully other people will find it amusing or perhaps words of wisdom to help others in their freelance by learning from our mistakes.

I hope you enjoy.