Comments on: Quality Not Quantity

By: @AaronAsbury

@AaronAsbury — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:34:17 +0000

Another thing I like to remind myself when trying to balance quality and quantity in the creative field is how lacking so many people are in both. When things are getting a little hectic and you have to make the decision between quality and quantity, instead of being anxious about it, remind yourself that there are plenty of people who lack the skills you've been gifted with, or the clients you have asking for your work. Remember that this is a 'quality' problem to have, excuse my pun

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By: Eko Setiawan

Eko Setiawan — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 07:15:59 +0000

For I am with the quality we will give the best for the client or our blog readers, thank you for this advice.:)

By: Chris Thurman

Chris Thurman — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:31:12 +0000

In the world of more, more, more for cheap, cheap, cheap I applaud your decision. While there are successful methods to quantity and quality, I feel quality will keep you sane longer. Thanks for the challenge! My recent post Redesign Vs. Tweaked Design: What’s Best for Your Website

By: Dan Holt

Dan Holt — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:17:28 +0000

Absolutely. As a designer you need to take each project and really concept it out and find the best solution for that current communication problem. Too many kitchy, ornamental, trendy and fad style work being tossed around. It's OK, in my opinion, to search around the internet and find random works of this kind of stuff and enjoy it but when it comes down to actually problem solving a visual problem out, theres nothing better than really puzzling through it and finding the solution that best fits the situation rather than piecing together styles or elements you find out on the net. Keep up the good work and Change, reinvention or rebirth, whatever you want to call it, is good to keep the brain stimulated and the passion flowing through your veins. Good luck. My recent post More Illustrator Tools and Techniques

By: @cmdshiftdesign

@cmdshiftdesign — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:58:16 +0000

amen to this sister! A while back I decided to A. price what i am REALLY worth, B. Express to clients my process and not take on those who werent INTO working the process – and since then I am busy busy busy — but only with really amazing inspiring clients!

By: @topleftdesign

@topleftdesign — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:32:21 +0000

Thanks – I think this is good advice for all of us! Even though I have a team to support me (and to support), this business of design is a demanding one – time scarcity is a 21st Century bug that is going around and can be transmitted via email and social media (hmm – will be tweeting this thought too!) – I will be carefully considering each of your points in terms of what can apply to my business.

By: Alma

Alma — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:44:17 +0000

Could not agree with you more Niki! I receive lots of RSS's and I go through so many 25 lists of this and that.. and I get into thinking is this all we have to offer as designers and professionals? When I started my blog (inspired by you) I wanted my blog to be about quality and not quantity… but it is a painful reality that most people are into quantity and how to's. I want to write about things that matter, theoretical approaches to design, about how life and design interconnect,etc. Kudos to you Niki!

Loved the logo song!! I am going to send that to my students!

PS. In case you need a list of books, I have a library full of design books if you ever need some recommendations.

By: designfloat.com

designfloat.com — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:34:33 +0000

Focus on Quality Not Quantity…

In this fast paced world of design how we we keep our focus on quality and not quantity? For the past month I’ve taken some time to evaluate, rethink and regroup. I’m going to try to do a few things differently in order to bring this quality back into …