Everything you wanted to know about designers September 13, 2006

Everything you wanted to know about designers

The next time a designer is on a rant about how the font is too big or the check box is supposed to trigger this or that action and you’re puzzled by the vehemence, hopefully you’ll have a better understanding of why. Designers occupy a weird space in the business world: lots of power (to control form and behavior), and yet none (we’re usually dependent on others to execute the design). We care a lot about our designs (we’re not usually in this field for the money) and we want you to care about them as well. We want to be partners with developers and be respected as such. Our common ground is that we all (hopefully) want what’s best for the project. And with a little compromise and understanding on both sides, that can be the case.