planning for grapic design success
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Planning for Results
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Basic Planning Questions1-1 What is your
purpose? Who is your audience?
How will your piece look?
How will readers use your piece?
How will you reach your audience?
Where else might you use your content?
When do you need the job
delivered?
How many pieces do you
need?
How much should you
spend?
What are your workflows?
How will your piece reach your
printer?
What help do you need?
What services do you want from your printer?
What is your purpose?
Entertain
Inform
Sell Inspire
Don’t waste a professional’s time and your money because
you have no idea what you want
Who is your audience?
Keep it consistent with the best standards of your clients, customers or members have come to expect from similar organizations
How will your piece look?
Dignified or informal
Conservative or
speculative
Products or services
Writing quality
Pay equal attention to the
quality of the written message
Poor writing can ruin a printed
piece as easily as poor design
Every sentence you cut saves on
paper and printing
There is a fine line between being specific enough to get
what you want and general enough to stimulate creativity
How will readers use your piece?
Read quickly? •Brochure •Newsletters
Absorb over time? •Books
Life expectancy? •Menus? •Instruction Manuals? •Catalogs with pricing?
How will others handle your piece?
Labels must fit
Instruction sheets fit into boxes
Mailing? •Format •Size •Paper •Printing •Folding •Packing
How will you reach your audience?
Envelopes?
Spiral binding?
Wrapping? Boxes?
Shipping?
Where else might you use your content?
Website
“Any device in, any
device out”
CD TV Ad
When you need it delivered?
First in, first out
Set deadlines and stick to
them
Plan backward from the deadline
Cutting production time 1-3 •use common ink, paper, formats Standardize •Files and specs right the first time Avoid alterations •PDFs reduce pre-press Exploit technology •Keep it under one roof Reduce buyouts •give up perfection, get the job done Lower quality •Reduce the number of people who review copy and proofs Expedite approvals •Use correct terms and symbols Communicate clearly •Eliminate unnecessary turn-around time Cut dead time •Pick up the job today Speed delivery •Find designers and printers who can accommodate rush work Shop for speed • If you want it fast, you’ll pay for it Pay for speed
How many?
• 10% over or under
• Quantity up, price per piece goes down
Accountability for the accuracy of the final copy
lies with you
What quality do you need? • One or two colors, toner not ink • Newsletters, real estate flyers Basic • Standard materials, toner or ink, colors saturated • Hardcover books, Time Newsweek Good • High Grade materials, ink, very sharp • National Geographic, upscale clothing catalogs Premium • Best materials and machines, First class, photo quality • Museum-grade art books, resorts Showcase • Quality highly variable • Acceptable for internal consumption
DIY
How much should you spend?
Fixed costs Design and prepress
Price of paper
Press time
Finishing
Few copies, pay attention to fixed costs
Variable Quantity
More copies, pay attention to variable costs
What are your workflows? 1-5
Agreements
Service expectations
Schedules
Quality
Digital standards
Documents
Descriptions
Agreements
Proofs
Delivery
Financial
Technical Tests
Calibrate
Preflight
Archives
Materials
Documents
What help do you need?
Writers
Photographers
Illustrators Designers
Agencies
Overhead
Stock photography Fonts
Print brokers
What services do you need?
Price?
Flawless production?
What aspects are important?
Finishing?
Shipping?