I think a realisation that designers like every other business are in the same game “Sales” is what makes the difference between winning and losing in the web design business.

You either need to partner up or become a good salesman yourself to succeed.

I do it because it’s a logical progression of what I’m good at; I’m a writer and artist by nature, and retail/advertising/corpID is all an extension of what I love. Presentation stuff, in short. I adore it.

Only thing better is being a WRC driver. Got the passion, working on the skill, will NEVER achieve the budget…so graphic/web design it is!

I always go back to designing, even if i’m a musician!

1. I believe that the extra effort or detailing can make a difference.

2. User interactions both active and passive is critical …

3. And the urge to make a difference or do better gets me pushing my limits.

The tools and technologies have changed a lot since I trained as a designer 30 years ago, but my fundamental approach has not. I lament the fact that some design courses today focus too much on how to use the latest tools, and not enough on design essentials like typography, colour theory, legibility and clear communication. If you understand these principles you’ll always be a good designer no matter what changes the world throws at you.

I kinda fell into this cause I didn’t know what else to do, I was good at art and computers, so it made sense.

I am also a graphic designer and really love my job. As I can see most of you also do.

And I think that this is the real danger… that we love our jobs to much and are so busy trying to make our clients and partners happy that we forget everything else… and might end up getting burned out.

When you’re young and single it´s no problem to work 16 hours a day… but when you get a little older and maybe have family it´s no longer posible. I know from experience

Therefore I think it is essential that we try to find ways to work smarter. And try to find ways to bind our clients closer to our creative businesses.

Have you ever wondering why there is allmost no older people (+50) in our businesses…

I think it is worth a thought.

Whish I could do it sitting in the garden though.

There are still many of us out there that became designers before the desktop computer era. If anyone had told me when I was in college that I’d eventually be using a computer for most of my work I would have thought that they were insane.

I became a designer because of the creativity. I loved creating images, and was thrilled that there was a career out there where I could collect a paycheck for doing so, unlike a “starving artist.” And, I did not want to become an art teacher.

Ironically, today I am a freelancer / solo-preneur with a not-so-regular paycheck, and I teach graphic design college credit courses. I’ve been a graphic designer for 30 years, and can’t imagine doing anything else.

I find that I get everything back once or twice after I think it’s finished, so that doesn’t apply to me either. But that’s because I have a very hard time getting information out of my clients as to what they actually want or they tend to be disorganised. They are Icelanders, after all.

My favourite thing is working with rows and columns of type, just blocks of type, pure and simple. Making illustrations is not my thang.

I think, in the end, I do it because I want to make the world a tiny bit nicer and I want to explore the bounds of creativity within a set structure of rules and guidelines, because out of all design disciplines (besides engineering and architecture), graphic design, especially when it comes to text, probably has the most rules. Finding ways to reinterprate those rules is very satisfying to me.