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By: 10 Most Stupid Client Questions Ever! at reflections

10 Most Stupid Client Questions Ever! at reflections — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 23:48:09 +0000

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By: Aaron

Aaron — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 08:57:36 +0000

Charity – Thanks. ‘Three-print-runs’ Russell is so glad he’s not the only one . “Grrr!” is exactly how I was feeling the other day. On a positive note I guess you only make these mistakes once.

Tara – That’s funny that you missed out the key point of the story in your books. With my cards I’d actually put my work postcode instead of my home one, so even though it was completely wrong, to my eyes it looked correct. Still a daft thing to do.

By: Tara

Tara — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 06:11:09 +0000

Charity, I tried that with my design bloopers competition, but most people don’t want to admit to them

I guess you don’t know who might be reading.

By: Charity

Charity — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 23:00:49 +0000

I was just thinking after reading Tara’s comment – it must be a small comfort to hear others’ tales of woe. Could be a new meme on the horizon eh? Name your worst profession related screw-ups!

By: Tara

Tara — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 22:07:00 +0000

oops look at those typos – see how easy it is

By: Tara

Tara — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 22:06:04 +0000

Hi Aaron

What a nightmare, it never rains it pours. I hope you still do well. One thing I have found is it is the little mistakes that you miss, like the postcoade on your business cards, you can stare at it 100 times an dstill not notice. I produced 20 x 32pg digital books for a kids story I had written to send to publishers. The book showed a boy with a plant pot, and at the end of the book a plant should have grown in the plant pot (that was the whole story) only I some how managed to leave the plant pot empty. I ended up inkjetting loads of plants and sticking them on really carefully. I sympathise!

By: Charity

Charity — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:47:18 +0000

Why is it all the mistakes we make wait to rear their ugly head right before the last possible deadline? Sorry for your trouble Aaron. I can relate to your frustration with the business card foul-ups. I’ve only dabbled briefly in print-based design, but a couple years ago I had a boss who demanded (and expected) me to learn about it overnight. He tasked me with redesigning the company’s business cards, and I ended up ordering new cards three times as well. Grr! That was so irritating even if it was my own fault.

By: The Web That Porn Built at reflections

The Web That Porn Built at reflections — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:44:18 +0000

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By: Aaron

Aaron — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 19:48:23 +0000

David – Thanks David. No I haven’t revealed the business cards yet. I will do but I’ll wait until the correct ones turn up then I’ll take some pics.

It’s annoying I won’t have the correct cards for tomorrow, but it’s only the assessors – they won’t know the post code is wrong. I’m absolutely praying the new ones turn up before Wednesday though.

Randa – I’m not sure I felt like shooting myself earlier, but I certainly felt like shouting and swearing. Which I did.

Mac – Thanks man, I’m glad I’m not the only one that wastes days needlessly .

I’ve managed to re-burn the CD’s reprint the labels and re-stuck them all together. So I’m back to where I was this morning – just a few hours and a few quid wasted along the way.

By: Mac

Mac — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 17:42:24 +0000

Oh man, I’m sure we’ve all had times like this.

It took me 2 whole days to line up those printed sticky bag CD labels correctly so they print out exactly lined up with where I peel them off. I had to make templates, measure with a ruler, set the printer, change ink cartridges, only for a friend to later point out that the dimensions and instructions were included in the pack, right at the bottom.

Printers are the bane of any designers life. Good luck with your show.