Just a little something for 2010. By Roland Reiner Tiangco.
Archive for the 'Graphic Design' Category
Daniel Carlsten, who spent the last 5 years at the Acne collective is now setting up his own business. And oh boy has he had some fantastic work over the years.
Wish I could be there. If you happen to be in Vancouver, go check this out at the Emily Carr University .
Above: doingbird#twelve cover
(Natasha Poly // Photographed by Alasdair McLellan //Styling Kim Jones)
Having been away from Australia for the last five years, I am quite foreign to Australian publications and designs. Here is a publication called doingbird, which I have never heard of, but apparently is quite big in Europe. (Thanks for the heads-up from Papercut ).
Check out an interview here with NowNow , also another great publication from Melbourne, Australia.
Another publication from Oz, is SummerWinter , which was started by Christopher Furguson , with art direction from Emma Scott-Child .
Here’s a pretty good concept from David Airey , the Design Pricing Formula .
He also lists a few interesting links to articles about Design Pricing:
12 Realities of Pricing Design Services , by Steven Snell
Nine Factors to Consider When Determining Your Price , by Collis Ta’eed
Is Charging More the Right Thing to Do ? on Men With Pens
The Subtle Effects of Pricing on the Mentality of Clients , on FreelanceSwitch
Edit: After reading through all this, I feel it like it’s the same old song sung by different birds. This is the same problems as for kids coming right out of college of any design schools. First thing. why is it that almost no schools never teach how to value ourselves? (Please leave a comment if you come from a school that actually teaches you how to do the business of design). Yes, we are not trained to lead the management side of a design studio, however, how many of us end up to be freelancers, and are just left running around having no fucking clue as to how things are done.
More often than not, I have a feeling most designers are undercharging. Perhaps most of them are not very good, but is that really the point? Has design gotten to a point where it can be compared to a painter for your house? Have we become ‘interior decorators’? Let’s move your ugly couch over here, painting there, logotype here, acid green there.
Any case, what strikes a chord with me, is that if you call a plumber to check on your pipes because there is a leak, the moment he/she steps out the office, that’s €50-€75. He takes a look at your pipes, thinks for a second or two, the meter is rolling! €50/€75 isn’t unheard of.
The latest issue of Pie Paper is here, hot and fresh from New Zealand.
What’s more, 72 pages, variable poster by A Nice Idea Everyday , AND you can choose your cover.
What more do you want?
Just found a translation to the Stockholm metro map translated directly to English, it’s actually quite hilarious! Favourites includes Horn’s Toll, Coffin, Big Bog, Exhale and Rock Star!
