Tuesday, November 24, 2009

clients from hell
a fmylife for designers.  anonymous postings of conversations between designers and their insane clients.

some of my fav's

"Can you make the circles a little bit rounder?"
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"You’re gonna charge $400 for that? Aren’t you from India? What’re you going to do with $400?!"
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  1. Client: Can you show me some shades of blue?
  2. Me: (Opens up Photoshop, Pulls up the color picker)
  3. Client: Nope! Can't see the one I want.
  4. Me: But... It contains ALL of the possible colors...
  5. Client: No, no, no. The one I want is not there. 
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I don’t want to use the word ‘improved’ in the copy because it will make our new product look better than our old product
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"The unicorns don’t look realistic enough."
—  Client commenting on preliminary animations from a ‘Magical Wonderland’
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"Could we try a darker black?"
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"When I get a business card this size (not 3.5 x 2 inches), I think that that person is a fag."
— Client, after reviewing a 2 inch square business card proof

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