I. Am. Rotten.
My attitude just plain sucks. I'm working on this design project for a client and I should have stayed away! It is a toxic waste hole of a mess that is sucking the life out of me. I had to write today's e-mail response 3 times. Once to get my anger and frustration out. Deleted. Once to sort out my flustered thoughts. Deleted. And the final time to actually try to be respectful to the people I am communicating with.
May I rant?
I am sick and tired of corporate mandates from on high that are completely insensitive to the end user. I FREAKING HATE IT! I received a bazillion page long PDF about the client's branding. And guess what print branding has to do with interior design? A whole lotta nothing! The colors and style you use for your logo are NOT, I repeat, NOT appropriate (99.99999% of the time) for an interior environment, especially an environment that we are trying to tailor for KIDS!?!!!! Are you freaking kidding me?!
I understand that part of the designer's role is to educate the client, but when there is so much presumptive stupid, I just can't help it!
I really have been frustrated about this lately, so I told them I'd give them one more round of revisions, and then I'm out. If their staff person thinks they have such good taste, then they can complete the design project themselves. There is a reason I get paid big bucks to do what I do - its because I'm good at it, NOW LET ME DO MY JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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And my attitude is affecting Julia, Ryan, and regular old me. I want to be giggly and myself. I also understand that pregnancy hormones are laced through every aspect of my life right now, so I'm also taking my attitude with a grain of salt, but seriously, I feel absolutely wretched right now.
1 comment:
Goodness, it would be SO difficult to be a designer, when so few people in the world are willing to relinquish control, not even to experts. That's what I love about accounting, there is no arguing with what I tell people..it's THE LAW. Maybe you could draft up some "Design" laws and use those as support? Somebody needs to save these people from themselves! Meanwhile, I doubt highly doubt you are as "Rotten" as you think : )
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