Bringing Together Graphic Designers and Clients

Last month was Discover CSI month and we held a number of amazing workshops profiling our tenants at CSI. One of them was co-presented by two of our tenants, Behrouz Hariri and Blair Francey, and titled "How to Work with Graphic Design(ers)". It aimed to bring new freelance graphic designers and clients together (possibly for the first time) so that they could better understand each other's needs, objectives, and expectations to avoid the kind of frustration and miscommunication that even I have seen happen (on both sides). At times, the lack of mutual understanding can become an incredible barrier that keeps any design project from reaching its best - which isn't beneficial to either party.

The workshop sold out and the feedback was positive so one of the presenters put together a recap of the workshop that I wanted to share. If you're just starting out as a new designer or are looking to hire a freelance graphic designer for the first time, this is especially worth a read: http://behrouz.posterous.com/how-to-work-with-designers.