Q: Mule has a pretty balanced gender split. Is this a conscious decision? A: Absolutely. From the get-go Mule was 50% female. Which is easy to do when there are two of you and one is female. But as we’ve grown we’ve tried very consciously to maintain a good balance. …
Q: Is it possible for a designer to look at their designs from a brand new user’s perspective? Over the years, have you learned how to do this even a little bit better than when you began? Sometimes I feel like I can, and that with more practice I’ll be …
Q:How do you deal with a client who expresses a strong preference for something like, “I don’t like green!”?
Q:How do you handle a boss at an ad agency who isn’t a designer but tries to design for you? He stood over my shoulder today and just told me what to do, what colors to use, and where to put what. Thing is, I thought it looked awful. How …
Q:I’m in my final year of studying graphic design at university. I’ve saved up money and am thinking of opening a design studio straight after I graduate. My question is how did you start off when you first opened your studio? Did you have many clients? How did your potential …
I became a designer by accident. Like a few people in our field I started out in art school, back in a time when design was called “commercial art”. (Do they still do this?) And I had every intention of graduating into a lucrative, exciting, groupie-filled career as an artist. …