Week 2: June 11-15
Triangle:
One thing that stood out to me is the lack of communication that trickles down to the creative team. A designer working on a project does not typically sit in on meetings with the clients. I find this strange as ideas and information is often lost when people play "telephone", and that it should be best for a project overall for a designer to hear what needs to be done straight from the client.
A second thing that stood out is the amount of research that goes into a project. Previously, I had in my mind that projects were done faster due to client deadlines, but now I see the speed mainly comes from efficiency. The amount of information and imagery pulled as part of the research/inspiration phase is maybe 5 times as much as what I see in student projects. The designers will truly take their time in that primary phase to have a better project outcome.
One last thing that stood out to me is the amount of off site work that is done. BBR recognizes that not all of the best work comes from sitting at the desk, so they encourage people to work elsewhere if need be as long as 1) they are more productive and getting their work done, and 2) they inform everyone where they will be so that others can still get in touch with them.
Square:
Something that I came to understand is the size of an agency can greatly effect the efficiency of an overall project. In a very small agency, I believe everyone would work on most every project, and everyone in each discipline would communicate well with each other. In a very large agency, the company would be able to split people into groups where each group is assigned to work with a client, and the group with find an efficient system to work with the client and their material. BBR seems to be in the middle of the two where the creative team is floating between projects and, as I mentioned above, the communication is not as good as it potentially could be.
Circle:
About how often, on average, do companies need to redesign their website? I completely understand the need to update websites often, though the agency right now seems to be working a lot with the redesigning of companies' sites.
One thing that stood out to me is the lack of communication that trickles down to the creative team. A designer working on a project does not typically sit in on meetings with the clients. I find this strange as ideas and information is often lost when people play "telephone", and that it should be best for a project overall for a designer to hear what needs to be done straight from the client.
A second thing that stood out is the amount of research that goes into a project. Previously, I had in my mind that projects were done faster due to client deadlines, but now I see the speed mainly comes from efficiency. The amount of information and imagery pulled as part of the research/inspiration phase is maybe 5 times as much as what I see in student projects. The designers will truly take their time in that primary phase to have a better project outcome.
One last thing that stood out to me is the amount of off site work that is done. BBR recognizes that not all of the best work comes from sitting at the desk, so they encourage people to work elsewhere if need be as long as 1) they are more productive and getting their work done, and 2) they inform everyone where they will be so that others can still get in touch with them.
Square:
Something that I came to understand is the size of an agency can greatly effect the efficiency of an overall project. In a very small agency, I believe everyone would work on most every project, and everyone in each discipline would communicate well with each other. In a very large agency, the company would be able to split people into groups where each group is assigned to work with a client, and the group with find an efficient system to work with the client and their material. BBR seems to be in the middle of the two where the creative team is floating between projects and, as I mentioned above, the communication is not as good as it potentially could be.
Circle:
About how often, on average, do companies need to redesign their website? I completely understand the need to update websites often, though the agency right now seems to be working a lot with the redesigning of companies' sites.
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