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Lessons from Honey Hive

by Chris Young Pro Aug 3, 2010
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  1. Pro Chris_april_2010_avatar Chris Young

    Great idea Rogie. Here's our lesson from designing the Honey Hive site: what you think is stunning and completely fits the brief, may not be what the client wanted.

    Honey Hive are a great client and we love working with them, and when we presented this concept for their new site we fully expected them to be wowed. That was not the case. They came back and said that we had missed the brief in a number of areas - not what we're used to hearing.

    So we went back to the briefing notes, met with the client and went through them. Turns out, we simply had different interpretations of what they wanted.

    We've given the design an overhaul and they are now stoked with it. In fact it goes to development next week.

    Be confident in your work, but be prepared to change too.

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    almost 2 years ago

  2. Pro Mtn_rogie Rogie

    Excellent lesson to share Chris. Is this the stunning brief-fitting concept that didn't hit the mark or the one that was awesome that the client liked?

    I especially like your quote "Be confident in your work, but be prepared to change too."

    almost 2 years ago

  3. Pro Chris_april_2010_avatar Chris Young

    This is the one they didn't like. Here's the one that they love http://dribbble.com/shots/41461-Honey-Hive-Final

    almost 2 years ago

  4. N541491963_773130_7892 Jeph Christoff

    I just want to echo "Be confident in your work, but be prepared to change too." Such an awesome quote. It's very inspirational, Chris.

    almost 2 years ago

  5. Pro Avatar-sep Orman Clark

    Great lesson. Pity they didn't like this design, it looks fantastic. Dare I say, better than the final.

    almost 2 years ago

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