Monday 21 December 2009

designer Whinge #4738 - yes, another parody...



This one is old, and by old, I mean almost 6 months!!! Which in internet terms is like finding a pterodactyl fossil or something.

Anyway.....Its yet another parody of the 'design process', this time looking at what happens when 'clients' meddle with a project. It also wouldn't be complete without the obligatory user comments along the lines of 'its funny because its true'.

Sure, it is true, but this sort of interference has been around for so long its hardly suprising, let alone remarkable enough to make yet another video about it. What I find increasingly annoying about these parodies, apart from being unoriginal, is that they always portray the designer as the 'victim' in this railroading process.

Honestly, the only thing true to life in this video is the gormless expression all over the designers face, perfectly complementing his complete lack of backbone in dealing with the issue at hand. All he seems to do is nod, take notes and then agree to whatever the client wants.No doubt off camera, he's down at some commercial road boozer having a whinge. Honestly,this degree of spinelessness is the sort of behaviour you would expect from an account manager but is spookily like a lot of real life digital design agencies in London today.

View it here

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