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Why clients often undervalue graphic design (and how to persuade them otherwise)

Creative Boom

Image licensed via Adobe Stock Many clients don't fully appreciate what graphic designers can offer them. At the extreme, some clients look down their noses at you and think of you as a menial 'scribble monkey' who knows how to use Photoshop but little else. Leading practitioners explain why and offer advice on the way forward.

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Presenting Design Ideas is All About Presentation

SpeckyBoy

When I was a student in design school, I once did an assignment for a teacher who made us stand up and present our projects to the entire class. Now I’m not the best public presenter, and as a teenager in college, I was even worse. My presentation had no “pop,” and thus it was boring and forgettable.

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Creative Brand Guidelines Templates for Presentation

Graphic Design Junction

Brand design agencies and branding studios will use brand guidelines templates to present their clients how to implement their new brand. Brand guidelines templates are suitable for any a variety of clients. Guideline presentation templates gives you an effective way to introduce your brand and proposes a new project.

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7 Ways Freelancers Can Separate Themselves From Their Competition And Win Clients

Just Creative

Your website is the perfect place to display them for prospective clients. For brand strategists, a website is the perfect way to claim ownership of strategies you have developed to increase brand awareness for your clients. First things first, here: Are you doing free consultations for your prospective clients?

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Bridging the Gap: Design Competitions and Public Preference in Architecture

Azure Magazine

Consider, for example, a competition for a public monument with a construction value of $3 million, and a standard seven per cent fee of $210,000, leaving very little to finish the design details and construction administration. Engaging the public in the process and value of architecture is the goal.

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F. C. Variable: Rob en Robin create customisable illustrations inspired by variable fonts

Creative Boom

Variable, a football-themed look at how clients could manipulate exported images thanks to a series of command prompts. By sharing these projects with the world, we aim to enrich our portfolio with innovative perspectives on illustration, maintaining excitement for ourselves, and showcasing our interests and abilities to potential clients."

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Hilarious mockup templates show what your designs really look like in the wild

Creative Boom

Mockups give clients a very optimistic look at what their work will look like once it's out in the world, but sometimes they can be far from realistic. But let's start with the presentation of their designs.". Chances are you've come across ambitiously optimistic design mockups. Well, now there is, and it's called Fockups.

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