Holger Jacobs
London
United Kingdom
what do designers do?
I manipulate people’s perception and get paid for it.
working at night per month
Once a month.
how do designers spend their time
on average workday?
on average workday?
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10:30
never
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designing
1 1
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research
0
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writing emails
1 1 1 1 1
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handling calls
0
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managing
1
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other
0
how do designers develop ideas?
Intuitively and spontaneous.
main influences
Concrete Poetry, Religion, History, London.
what does a designers’
workplace look like?
workplace look like?
Tidy but not too clean.
what is an ideal designer like?
Passionate, confrontational, precise, idealistic, committed.
what is a dream client like?
Nice with loads of money.
relationship with client
I hate them and they hate me.
getting along with salary
It is difficult to cope.
what do you like or dislike
about the others’ behaviour?
about the others’ behaviour?
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.