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Designers who consider their work as the work of pure art might place money in lower priority than satisfaction, self-actualisation and peer’s positive review.
Some designers I know told me that money is distracting the fun and satisfying design works.
However, they admit that they need to master the balance between money and design - If they focused too much on money, they will lose passion in designing; If they focued too much on design, they will live in a bootstrapper world their entire life.
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2 Responses to “Money and Designer: Can’t Co-exist Well?”
Here’s one thing that all designers need to understand. You can be very creative but as a designer you are NOT an artist. Your work has a job to do and that is to sell or promote. The creativity has to come 2nd to that. Sometimes a brief requires you to actively put a hold on the creativity (Tesco value packaging design for instance, has been reduced to the absolute basics for a reason. They know what they’re doing there).
If you’re only in this game to make pretty pictures then you need to ask yourself why you’re a trying to be designer and not an artist.
Scott,
Exactly - all coming back to job titles - as a designer, you work with money comes first in your mind. Just like you mentioned - selling, promoting, etc.
Good point on Tesco
Thanks for your opinion!
Cheers!
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