Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

Ask HN: Can someone refer me to a designer that doesn't suck?

news.ycombinator.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

71–75 of 75 posts

Re: Ask HN: Can someone refer me to a designer that doesn't suck?

#71

Post by sgdesign »

jlees wrote: post #47
rimantas wrote: post #32

Interesting that this was not mentioned yet: http://haystack.com/

It crossed my mind, but it really doesn't answer the OP's specific need for a recommendation of someone he can happily work with. I've heard it said that Haystack really just shows you the middle quartiles of designers. The top quartile don't need to list themselves; the bottom quartile don't have an exciting enough portfolio to do so. I dunno, maybe there are some great designers on there, but having some form of te…

Shouldn't there be four quartiles?

And I don't agree with your view, Haystack has some outstanding designers and agency. Only problem is it costs $99 a month to have a big listing, which is too expensive for most freelancers.

I would also suggest asking designers at http://themeforest.net/ if they do freelance work. Template designers must deal with design and code as well as customer support. So they're typically easy to work with and not overly concerned about "art".

Re: Ask HN: Can someone refer me to a designer that doesn't suck?

#72

Post by sree_nair »

Zarathu wrote: post #30
Chris_G wrote: post #18

You sound like a programmer that is "difficult." It also sounds like you're the type of programmer that doesn't treat designers with any respect, so they likely reciprocate -- the type that doesn't like to collaborate, but just boss people around (it's more than apparent from your post that you sneeringly look down upon the design profession). In short, you come across like a huge jerk and I can't imagine what it mus…

No! I realize that I sounded like a bit of a dick in my post, but that's just how I write. Let me elaborate. I've contracted a designer before (an HNer, mind you) that literally told me that he was working on the design for about 3 weeks, without showing me any form of progress whatsoever. On the last day we were working together, he said, "I've been busy, and I haven't had time to work on it. Find another designer."…

"From my experience in dealing with them, designers can either produce incredible work but be extremely difficult to work with, or produce eye pollution and be great to work with." -- The above designer you mentioned is neither.

can you elaborate on "but be extremely difficult to work with" -- ??. How a designer who produced excellent stuff was very difficult to work with?.

Re: Ask HN: Can someone refer me to a designer that doesn't suck?

#73

Post by rbanffy »

Zarathu wrote: post #30
Chris_G wrote: post #18

You sound like a programmer that is "difficult." It also sounds like you're the type of programmer that doesn't treat designers with any respect, so they likely reciprocate -- the type that doesn't like to collaborate, but just boss people around (it's more than apparent from your post that you sneeringly look down upon the design profession). In short, you come across like a huge jerk and I can't imagine what it mus…

No! I realize that I sounded like a bit of a dick in my post, but that's just how I write. Let me elaborate. I've contracted a designer before (an HNer, mind you) that literally told me that he was working on the design for about 3 weeks, without showing me any form of progress whatsoever. On the last day we were working together, he said, "I've been busy, and I haven't had time to work on it. Find another designer."…

"I realize that I sounded like a bit of a dick in my post, but that's just how I write"

You know that when you emulate a dick so thoroughly, it's very hard for people outside your brain to differentiate your simulation from a real one.

Re: Ask HN: Can someone refer me to a designer that doesn't suck?

#74

Post by jlees »

sgdesign wrote: post #71
jlees wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It crossed my mind, but it really doesn't answer the OP's specific need for a recommendation of someone he can happily work with. I've heard it said that Haystack really just shows you the middle quartiles of designers. The top quartile don't need to list themselves; the bottom quartile don't have an exciting enough portfolio to do so. I dunno, maybe there are some great designers on there, but having some form of te…

Shouldn't there be four quartiles? And I don't agree with your view, Haystack has some outstanding designers and agency. Only problem is it costs $99 a month to have a big listing, which is too expensive for most freelancers. I would also suggest asking designers at http://themeforest.net/ if they do freelance work. Template designers must deal with design and code as well as customer support. So they're typically ea…

Yes, Haystack encompasses quartiles 2 and 3, quartile 1 being unable to afford and quartile 4 not needing to list. Anyway, I was just summarising a view I've heard more than once of late; not being in the market for a designer, it's not actually my personal view. YMMV.
Post reply on HN