I like when clients say that they hate what you have done – to try and find out why and to make it better.
Fraser Muggeridge
Like: Trust. Dislike: Doubt.
Ralph Burkhardt
It’s not mine.
Ryan Waller
I like when the clients have respect for what I do, and make their contribution to the project. I don’t like when they treat me like a servant, and just wait for me to solve their problems.
Pascal Fedorec
Bad: not letting me do what I do better, not making decisions. Good: the opposite of those.
Erik Spiekermann
I love my clients!
Marcus Kraft
When they are not able to stick to what was decided in meetings and constantly change their opinions.
Dirk Heider
I like curios, taking designers seriously. I dislike narrow-minded, bureaucratic, advisory resistant clients.
Linde Böhm
I like that they hired me and trust me. I dislike underestimating the power of aesthetics.
Anna Creamer
Dislike: Know everything better, send hundreds of e-mails instead of one clear summary, pay late, treat you as some technical Mac operator guy, are boring, dull and unimaginative. Like: the opposite of dislikes.
Holger Jacobs
Like with other people I prefer when they say “please” and “thank you”. And I absolutely dislike complications with payments.
Christoph Walz
I like their general enthusiasm and how keen they are to be involved in anything creative. Often they don’t understand how long things take. They underestimate how much trial, error is involved. I hate when they ask family or friends for opinions on a design. It always produces bland opinions.
Craig Sinnamon
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.
Marvin Klee
I like fairness, i hate cowardice.
Alfonso Demetz
Complaining is silly. Either act or forget.
Stefan Sagmeister
Assumptions and disrespect (which usually manifests itself as ignorance).
Paulus M. Dreibholz
I like their understanding and open mind. I dislike: “please this part bigger, we want this photo and need the headline again on every side.”
Johannes Bissinger
Like: open mind, non hierarchical. Dislike: not an open mind, hierarchical.
Joost Grootens
What we like: critic, speed, openness, honesty. What we dislike: weakness, if they treat you like a servant.
Andreas Uebele
Like: friendly and smart. Dislike: unfriendly and stupid.
Frank Philippin
Both designer and client should respect each other.
Bernd Hilpert
I like if they pay me. I dislike if they don’t pay me.
Stepan Prokop
I dislike destructive criticism based on ignorance.
Jörg Hemker
I like if they trust me. I dislike if they don’t.
Jürgen Graef
If the chemistry (attitude) between the parties doesn’t fit, it is often difficult and not conducive for the work.
Niklaus Thoenen
Don’t understand the time it takes to complete tasks.
Kate Moross
The client is the client. I like clients. Good clients behave good.
Mike Fuisz
I like questions and i like the willingness to create something different. And i dislike clients with a know-it-all attitude.
Ruediger Quass von Deyen
I like audaciousness. I dislike wavering.
Fanette Mellier
I always enjoy a good cooperation. it’s an opportunity to learn a lot of new things for everyone involved, and i really appreciate that! On the other hand i don’t like clients limiting the potential of a project.
Sebastian Klebe
I like when they explain the reason why my work doesn’t work. I don’t like when they suggest the solution.
Leonardo Sonnoli
I like when they respect the fact that they are experts in their businesses and I’m expert in design.
Giovani Castelucci
I like, when clients are open for what they get and when there is trust from both sides. I don’t like, that some customers think, I am just sitting here, waiting to get their call and waiting also to design for them.
Julian Weidenthaler
I don’t know a client’s behaviour I don’t like. There only exist clients which have different opinions. This is rarely a reason to stop working together. Mostly it’s a chance for both sides to learn something from eachother.
Nina Magdalena Hug
I like open critics. I dislike deadlocked visions.
Tino Graß
I like when clients provide feedback and content on schedule and in an organized way. I do not like when clients prescribe specific changes rather than articulating what they perceive to be a design’s shortcomings.
Mary Voorhees Meehan
Like: unexpected satisfaction. Dislike: unwanted pressure.
Robert Lzicar
Surprise.
Daniel Eatock
Indifference and distance.
Wolfgang Töchterle
I like empathetic clients who treat others with respect, and who trust your expertise. I dislike clients who expect work for free, or assume that you are fine with working weekends (e.g. they treat people with a complete lack of respect).
Stefanie Posavec
I like when the client is disposed to understand my job and respects it. I don’t like when they are just looking for a “good” price.
Guilherme Vieira
I like to be praised for my work. I dislike impatience.
Eva Thiessies
Design is often undervalued and unacknowledged by clients and in general in society.
Chrissie Muhr
I like questions and the willingness to create something good. And i dislike clients with a know-it-all attitude.
Fabian Köper
What i like: Know what they want. Explore new ways. Fearless. Learn from them. Having fun in creating something new together. What i dislike: The opposites of my likes.
Christian Begusch
Like: dialogue. Dislike: lack of communication.
Nicolas Bourquin
The one who doesn't show some backbone.
Jörg Bruppacher
I like it when clients trust my skills and my experiences. I dislike it when clients don’t trust my skills and my experiences.
Gerwin Schmidt
Like: When the client inspires me with his passion and believes at his product and is ready to exchange ideas. There are always thoughts that the client brings into play, which can push the quality of the project at the end even further. Dislike: Political games.
Christina John
If the chemistry (attitude) between the parties doesn’t fit, it is often difficult and not conducive for the work.
Michael Mischler
I like an interested, engaged, critical, adaptive, generous client.
Ronald Fueglister
I love it when the client trusts me and my decisions.
Stefan Mayer
My philosophy: work WITH the client not FOR the client.
Philipp Putzer
Dos: Call on saturday evening for a beer, offensive birthday card briefing. Don’ts: Call on saturday evening, writing in capitols the word “asap”, birthday card briefings.
Cornelius M. Uerlichs
Feedback that pulls a whole project apart. Not being able to see the work beyond its context.
Romilly Winter
I like it when they know you’re the person, who can make their stuff even better. I dislike the fact that sometimes they don’t understand why work costs something.
Christian Pitschl
Why do they not trust me?
Mimmo Manes
I like, when they understand what I’m doing and are interested in the process. I don’t like if they don’t.
Julian Zimmermann
I like when they are open minded. I don’t like when they think they know the rules how to design and just need me to execute their design-ideas.
Nicole Schwarz
Like: Think fast and get to the point, make decisions, be interested in discussions as well as in realizing things. Dislike: Trying to do the job of the designer instead of doing their own job.
Erwin K. Bauer
Like: When they are brave enough to try out new paths. Dislike: When they are not brave enough to try out new paths.
Christian Hundertmark