Fabian Köper
Koeper Herfurth
Dortmund
Germany
what do designers do?
I am a self-employed graphic designer.
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- Branding and Identity
- Branding and corporate Identity include the sum of all visual representations of a business. The image (corporate design), the verbal expressions, behavior, and manner among both the internal and external public orientate around the business’s values.
- Corporate Design
- Corporate design describes the compilation and definition of visual elements of a brand identity such as logo, typography, color and image concept, business layout and architecture.
- Editorial Design
- Editorial design is the conception and design of journals, newspapers, magazines, brochures, and books and is directly connected with the redactional work.
- Print spans the design of all printed objects.
- Web Design
- Web design is the conception, design, and structure of websites, the navigation, and the user guide. It addresses interface design from information offers and applications in the World Wide Web.
motivation for designing
Design is a job. And its a better job than others like delivering the newspaper, or getting up at three a clock in the morning to make bread.
learned to design
I don’t think that “learning design” is a process that you can complete. I am still learning to design. But the basic understanding of graphic design i made during my studies in Dortmund.
year since working as
professional designer2003
age of first design career thought
20
additional thoughts
“I do not want art for a few, any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.”
working at night per month
Never.
how do designers spend their time
on average workday?
on average workday?
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09:00
18:00
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designing
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research
1 1
internet surfing, mostly on design blogs
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writing emails
j
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handling calls
j
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managing
1 1
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other
1 1 1
discussing and breaks
how do designers develop ideas?
Talk about it, fail and error, talk about it.
main influences
That’s really hard to tell. I think the most influence on my work has the lively exchange with my associate Jonas. We talk about the job and than the ideas start to happen.
what does a designers’
workplace look like?
workplace look like?
We work in a shared office space with five people at all.
what is an ideal designer like?
Open minded, curious, critical, courageous.
what is a dream client like?
Intelligent, well versed in culture, open minded and of course super-rich ;)
relationship with client
This couldn’t hardly be more different: There are clients you have a beer with and clients where the relationship is very professional and rather reserved.
getting along with salary
I cope well.
what do you like or dislike
about the others’ behaviour?
about the others’ behaviour?
I like questions and the willingness to create something good. And i dislike clients with a know-it-all attitude.