Imprint

© 2014 Smashing Magazine GmbH, Freiburg, Germany
ISBN: 978-3-94454046-7 (ePUB)
Cover Design: Veerle Pieters
eBook Strategy and Editing: Vitaly Friedman
Technical Editing: Cosima Mielke
Planning and Quality Control: Vitaly Friedman, Iris Lješnjanin
Tools: Elja Friedman
Idea & Concept: Smashing Magazine GmbH

About This Book

A fruitful and balanced cooperation with clients is the dream of every designer. However, to bring this dream to reality, designers constantly need to prepare for the various challenges that different clients tend to bring along. Whenever things don’t work out as expected or planned, or when opinions end up drifting apart, it’s quite easy to put the blame on the client. But what can you do to generally improve the collaboration with your clients and — on a long-term basis — foster stable relationships in which both parties are actually pulling in the same direction?

This eBook covers both the designer’s as well as the entrepreneur’s point of view and is sure to provide you with valuable advice that you can easily incorporate into your own workflow when working with your clients. From structuring meetings to managing dissent and staying connected even after the project has ended, the authors of this eBook cover a variety of aspects to consider before, during and after a project. As you will see, it’s the small things that make a big difference.

—Cosima Mielke, Smashing eBook Producer