<font size="2"><font face="tahoma,sans-serif">I totally agree with that, had 2 bad experiences with that. Great designers, even one who designed my company logo turned out to be horrible at web design.<br><br clear="all"></font></font>Regards,<br>
<br>--<br>R.A.Smith<a href="mailto:rohan@exterbox.com" target="_blank"></a><br><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 12:37 PM, <a href="mailto:larry@garfieldtech.com">larry@garfieldtech.com</a> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:larry@garfieldtech.com">larry@garfieldtech.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">At the risk of pissing off designers on this list, I'd look for someone<br>
whose resume doesn't include much print work. Print design and web<br>
design are very different animals. It's *really* hard to be good in<br>
both, but a lot of print designers think that because they are<br>
(legitimately) good print designers it makes them good web designers.<br>
That's no more true than me being a good PHP developer means that I<br>
could be a first-rate Erlang or ML programmer my first time out. I've<br>
known some really good print designers and really good web designers,<br>
but the overlap I've seen between the two is small.<br>
<br>
Also, look for someone that bills themselves as an interaction designer<br>
rather than graphic artist. They're more likely to "get" the web if<br>
they think in terms of interaction and workflow rather than "art".<br>
<br>
*Dons flame retardant suit before the print artists find him.*<br>
<br>
--Larry Garfield<br>
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On 11/1/10 10:46 AM, Don wrote:<br>
> Too funny. Yes, I get designers that want to change the layout of each page.<br>
><br>
> I'm a good themer, it's bringing together an ensemble of items to make a<br>
> theme that I'm oblivious to.<br>
><br>
> -Don-<br>
><br>
> On 11/1/2010 11:22 AM, Matt Chapman wrote:<br>
>> Find people who have contributed themes that don't suck. Also, broaden<br>
>> your search outside the Drupal community. From the design side, CMS is<br>
>> CMS. Look at actual sites, not just portfolio screenshots. Hire<br>
>> someone who has their own blog that they designed, so you know they<br>
>> actually use a CMS regularly.<br>
>><br>
>> But practically, I face the same challenge. It seems tome that a lot<br>
>> of designers still think it's 1995 in terms of user / administrator<br>
>> experience, as if the site is only going to change a few timers a<br>
>> year.<br>
>><br>
>> I recently had to answer a PM at a design agency with "If you want it<br>
>> to look /exactly/ like the mock-up, then you can only use Lorem Ipsum<br>
>> text..." He got it, but I'm not sure the designer ever did... The text<br>
>> in question was from a social network feed that updated hourly.<br>
>><br>
>> All the Best,<br>
>><br>
>> Matt<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 7:59 AM, Don<<a href="mailto:donald@fane.com">donald@fane.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>> I have a friend looking for a Drupal aware graphics designer. Finding<br>
>>> someone that's aware of how a CMS works, is a good designer and is<br>
>>> reliable is something that's always escaped me. Branding and impact as<br>
>>> well as user interfacing are important as well.<br>
>>> Any recommendations? Feel free to email me directly.<br>
>>><br>
>>> -Don-<br>
>>> <a href="mailto:donald@fane.com">donald@fane.com</a><br>
>>><br>
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