How I Design

I did it again. The design was there just when I needed it, and just as I saw it. After 30 years, you would think I would trust the process. Gather information and let it sit in my brain, and when it is time to sit at my computer and put it together, it will be there, as clear as can be.

When I worked in the graphics department for a large corporatio, it would drive the product managers crazy, when they would check on their project. "When do you need it" I would ask. "Next week" they'd say. "Then it will be ready". I don't know how or when I learned this. I think it has something to do with leaving things to the last minute and always getting it done in the nick of time. I've done it since I was a kid. I always turned my work in on time.

My daughter's the same way. She leaves things to the last second and still gets in done and gets good grades. I haven't told her yet to perfect it. I keep bugging her to be a better planner. yeah right.

So I'm working this wonderful dvd case. Driving down the road, I saw it. I saw the design and how it would look. I couldn't wait to get to the computer to put it together. When I showed the client, I held my breathe, hoping it was what he wanted. Its was. Case closed.