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Our speaker at the January 2010 CreativeMornings ( creativemornings.com ) was Michael Bierut of Pentagram hosted at the fabulous Galapagos Art Space in Brooklyn. It was our biggest CreativeMornings audience yet with 300 (!) NYC creatives attending. It's a brand new talk on the subject of "Clients". A big giant thank you to Roland Lazarte ( hellorolo.com/ ) who once again has been generously offering his video and editing skills.

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'CreativeMornings' is a monthly morning gathering of creative types organized by Tina Roth Eisenberg a.k.a swissmiss (swiss-miss.com ). Each event includes a 10 minute lecture, followed by a 20 minute group discussion. The gathering begins at 8:30am with the topic presentation starting at 9:00am and everyone taking off for work at 10am. CreativeMornings are free of charge!

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  • Andrei Robu 2 years ago
    Good talk.
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  • Joshua Myers 2 years ago
    I added a quote to quotesondesign.com/ from this talk, good stuff.
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  • Colin Evoy Sebestyen plus 2 years ago
    This is anti-"rockstar" design and I love it. Thanks for this!
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  • Zach Meyer 2 years ago
    Bierut always tells it like it is not like how it should be :)
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  • Maranatha Wilson plus 2 years ago
    I love this. It's inspired me to be a better designer FOR my clients...
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  • Graham Harper 2 years ago
    Great stuff, just stopped following 'Clients From Hell' on Tumblr.
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  • Courtney Bolton 2 years ago
    excellent talk. thank you Tina, Michael, & Galapagos!
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  • Joshua Myers 2 years ago
    quotesondesign.com/michael-bierut/
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  • Unmatched Style plus 2 years ago
    Yes, embrace your clients and actually help them. I love this talk, it's really opened up my mind!
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  • Eric Stephens 2 years ago
    Hey Guys-

    You should podcast these on itunes- would love to watch---uhhh listen to them in the car.

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  • Duane Alexander 2 years ago
    What Michael Bierut has taught me today:

    1. Clients are the difference between art and design

    2. Aspire to work on projects that excite you

    3. Clients are people: amazing and temperamental, just like designers.

    4. Clients are actually the catalyst for change

    5. Best clients love design or are indifferent. They are confident in your abilities.

    6. Never "educate the clients". It's a partnership to which they also bring knowledge.

    7. "Work with people smarter than you" T Berg Hollman.

    8. Look for clients, passion, trust and courage (courage with a little "c")

    8a. Be a designer with loyalty, honesty, dedication and trust

    9. Unless you make changes, you will get more of the same.

    10. If you're unhappy about a client situation, focus on reversing things.

    11. Speak to clients not as a "expert" but as someone who cares about them.

    12. If you can find 5 great clients, you're set for life. If you're lucky you'll have more.

    13. Some of your best projects might be free.

    14. Some bad clients have good purposes.

    15. Every once and a while, rarely, you will need to walk away.
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  • Rob Loukotka plus 2 years ago
    Amazing stuff here. Definitely sums up a lot of stuff that I've found takes forever to learn.
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  • michel feist 2 years ago
    Love michael bierut! love love love
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  • Andrew Abogado 2 years ago
    Learned a lot. Thanks for this presentation.
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  • manpikin 2 years ago
    Great talk, thank you Tina and Michael.
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  • Jason Drakeford plus 2 years ago
    I'm always on the lookout for great talks, where are these? I would love to attend. Thanks Tina!
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  • Susan Rubinsky 2 years ago
    I wish I saw this talk 20 years ago. (It took that long to learn all this stuff through experience.) I will pass it on to all the new, young designers I meet.
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  • inge madeleine 1 year ago
    this taught me about more than just clients. Thank you
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  • Deniz Cem Önduygu 1 year ago
    This talk had the effect of retouching and finalizing my understanding of the designer-client relationship, which was slowly building up from my relatively short experience with clients. I really hope I can manage to maintain this vision in future, without ever getting mad again. Thank you, Michael Bierut, for bringing us up to speed.
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  • Suhail Amar 1 year ago
    This is excellent insight. This is really going to help. Thank you Michael and Tina.
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  • Isabel Gatuslao 1 year ago
    This is so so helpful. Thank you Creative Mornings for sharing Michael Bierut!!!
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  • adam harriden 1 year ago
    some great points that can be used across other creative platforms when dealing with clients, i think allot of these thoughts can be felt not just across design but also the ideas process with clients
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  • Perry Hallinan plus 11 months ago
    Please keep up the Creative Mornings! The videos have heart.
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