Marvin Klee
Berlin
Germany
marvinklee.com
what do designers do?
I tried to tell that I am a communication designer or a visual communicator, but both didn’t work too well so I switched to say I am a 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.
- Product Design
- Product design maintains the goal to improve the functional, interactive, and formal/aesthetic qualities of industrial product producers.
- Typeface Design
- Typeface design is the design of lettering, to be employed throughout a design.
motivation for designing
I like to create something new, make things work well and look good. Goals: never stop learning, maybe.
learned to design
Everyone can be a designer, but in order to do this professionally, i studied communication design in Mainz.
year since working as
professional designer2013
age of first design career thought
20
working at night per month
Once a month.
how do designers spend their time
on average workday?
on average workday?
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09:30
18:30
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designing
1 1 1 1 1 1 1
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research
0
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writing emails
l
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handling calls
f
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managing
0
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other
1 f
how do designers develop ideas?
Realize the need of the client. if you really understand a problem, solutions come intuitively.
main influences
Typefaces, tools, craft oriented processes, going out for a walk, lectures at the “denkerei”.
what does a designers’
workplace look like?
workplace look like?
what is an ideal designer like?
Curious, eager to learn, open minded.
what is a dream client like?
Open minded, self-aware, able to communicate.
relationship with client
Depends on the client a lot. whole range from best friend to nightmare.
getting along with salary
It is difficult to cope.
what do you like or dislike
about the others’ behaviour?
about the others’ behaviour?
Open mindedness towards (non-mainstream) design approaches is perfect. if clients have very fixed ideas and only need someone to execute thats not too good.