Comments on: Balancing speed, cost, and quality in graphic design

By: Arch

Arch — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:40:32 +0000

This is the exact rule-of-thumb that my graphic design teacher in school used to use. These are very sound words of wisdom indeed that all clients working with a firm or independent artist should understand!

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Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:12:33 +0000

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By: Matthew @ Promotional Products

Matthew @ Promotional Products — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:01:28 +0000

I really like this post, and a similar type of thing can be applied to all sorts of commissioned work as Tang Li said in a comment, but other things as well.

For example – Purchasing a car. Power, Build Quality, Price – pick any two.
You can get a powerful car at a cheap price – but it’s won’t be a quality vehicle.
A Powerful, well built car – won’t be cheap.
A high quality build car, that’s cheap – won’t be very powerful.
All these are true because in the end something has to give!

By: Christopher Burd

Christopher Burd — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:36:05 +0000

It’s a lot like the Project Management Triangle: Time vs. Budget vs. Scope. (Strictly speaking Scope is more about feature set than quality, but quality comes into it.)

By: Tyler

Tyler — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:52:51 +0000

Great post Preston! So true.

By: Tang Li

Tang Li — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 08:19:44 +0000

This is not only for graphic design, it is applicable for any type of commissioned work, including software development, web design, photography, copywriting, etc.

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Twitted by prestondlee — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 13:11:32 +0000

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