Creating With Clients

Many projects fail because designers and clients devolve into opposing forces. To ensure success we need to view the client as a co-creator, an incredibly valuable resource. Learn the nuts and bolts of sitting down with a client and making something together.

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1. CREATING WITH CLIENTS
2. YOU IDIOT ARE AN
3. SKYLER RAY TAYLOR @SkylerRayTaylor /SkylerRayTaylor www.skyler.me
4. Bitovi simplifies JavaScript development and UX design. www.bitovi.com
5. CLIENTS, RIGHT?
6. CREATING WITH CLIENTS
7. PLATE TECTONICS
8. Like the collisions of shifting tectonic plates, opposing forces can destroy the collaboration between clients & designers.
9. WET CLAY
10. What if we approached design collaboratively, creating our work in the open alongside our clients?
11. From: THEOATMEAL.COM
12. From: 1990
13. The client/consultant relationship should be collaborative, with the project being viewed as wet clay - moldable and in motion.
14. VS DESCRIPTION PRESCRIPTION
15. THE ONLY PRESCRIPTION!
16. THE ROOM I WANT TO BE IN WHERE IT HAPPENS
17. EXAMPLE SCHEDULE
18. REALISTIC SCHEDULE
19. The goal of the week is to start with nothing, then, by the end of the week, have approved designs we prepared together.
20. PREPARE Sprint One: FORM Sprint Two: HARDEN Sprint Three: FIRE & GLAZE Sprint Four:
21. PREPARING THE CLAY Sprint One: Deliverable: Clearly Outlined Project Goals
22. AGREE ON SPECIFIC, MEASURABLE GOALS
23. Sprint one is over when you have specific and measurable project goals.
24. FORMING THE SHAPE Sprint Two: Deliverable: User Flows & Sketched Screens
25. COLLABORATIVE WIREFRAMES
26. USER FLOW SKETCH
27. Sprint two is over when you have sketched rough drafts of the final product.
28. LET THE CLAY HARDEN Sprint Three: Deliverable: Low Fidelity Wireframes/Prototypes
29. CLEANER WIREFRAMES
30. ITERATE TO GET HIGHER LEVELS OF FIDELITY
31. Sprint three is over when you have low fidelity wireframes and prototypes.
32. FIRE & GLAZE Sprint Four & Beyond: Deliverable: High Fidelity Finals
33. LENS FLARES & DROP SHADOWS
34. Sprint four is over when you have high fidelity approved final designs.
35. PREPARE Sprint One: FORM Sprint Two: HARDEN Sprint Three: FIRE & GLAZE Sprint Four:
36. SPRINT ONE: SPRINT TWO: SPRINT THREE: SPRINT FOUR: Clearly Outlined Project Goals User Flows & Sketched Screens Wireframes/Prototypes High Fidelity Finals
37. DEMI MOORE LET ME BE YOUR
38. CREATING WITH CLIENTS