Comments on: Working with Designers Casestudy

By: NZ Mobiles

NZ Mobiles — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 08:09:08 +0000

150 was pretty cheap. I’d also advise to get a 2 colour (black and white) version for printing as well as making sure the DPI resolution is high for print.

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By: Cory Schop

Cory Schop — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:42:25 +0000

Al great job. That was very well written. Tutorials and case studies like this are great for everyone involved, the web needs more of them.

I really enjoyed working with you on this and I think the end result speaks for itself. We arrived at a very stylish and cool looking logo.

Looking forward to working with you again in the future.

Cory Schop
Owner
http://www.coryschop.com

By: Al

Al — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:48:29 +0000

You go for it Jen, tell that manager what you think and if you get sacked please get in touch

By: Jon

Jon — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 10:26:25 +0000

Thanks Al, that was an interesting read. I find the articles you and Scott post about your work processes are very useful.

FYI I’ve recently been talking to a logo design co in Rotherham, UK – http://www.logodesign-uk.com/

They’re currently offering logo design for £165 and have other packages for websites, print, etc.

Haven’t used them for a live project yet, but have met them in person and they seem like a good bunch!

Cheers, Jon

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By: paulette

paulette — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 07:29:13 +0000

Good luck to the new site:) Cheers!

By: Jen

Jen — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:28:33 +0000

That was a very interesting insight in working with designers… something I haven’t done yet but have to get involved into these days. We’re currently designing a logo for a project I’m helping out with but the manager (the one who communicates with the designer) seems to think that version 1 is best because ‘they’re professionals and know better’.

But since the logo you got in the end is so much better than the first proposals, I’m sticking to my guns and insisting on changes…

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By: Al

Al — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:21:01 +0000

@Mikael Rieck – Thanks, it’s the sort of post you don’t normally see and I just thought it would be useful to share the process, so very pleased it’s appreciated, was a bit unsure at first.

@Keith, @ Roland – Yeah the design did change a fair amount, he did two for me at the same time and the other was spot on straight away but this made a more interesting post.

@James – £250 isn’t bad for a full theme, the last one I got quoted for was £1500 which I’m sure would of been great but I’m planning on launching a number of new sites which would of got crazily expensive

By: Al

Al — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:17:28 +0000

I’ve had 3 different designers from DP. They each started great at first but we’d get to the second or third job and then they’d go AWOL. I think you have a lot of bedroom/hobbiest designers on there.

By: Roland

Roland — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:51:21 +0000

Hi Al

It looks like he did a great job on the logo for your new site, very interesting to see how it transformed from his original concept.

Good luck with the new site.

Cheers

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By: Keith

Keith — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:51:15 +0000

The changes are remarkable! From the way that it was being done, I can see that Cory definitely did a great job! The end result is fantastic, and yes, I like the squirmy smile too.

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