Comments on: Nick Campbell

By: Joy Burke

Joy Burke — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 21:07:59 +0000

Mig just sent this to me in a moment of feeling like nothing I design is good or working and I have a crazy deadline… kinda freakin’ out. This made me feel so much better, and it’s so true. Thanks Nick!!

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Five things table tennis taught me about design. – THE MELAMED RILEY BLOG — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 12:10:57 +0000

[...] not performing at the level you’re seeking. As motion graphics designer Nick Campbell has said about design and frustration, “Just the fact that you know it doesn’t look as good as [...]

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Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:04:49 +0000

[...] think all the advice are great but I particularly valued the pieces of advice of: Nick Campbell,Alison Yard Medland, Steve Gordon, Jessica Hische, Allisa Walker, Jason Santa Maria, Jim [...]

By: Dave Averdick

Dave Averdick — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 01:10:15 +0000

Great advice. It’s so simple, I can’t believe i didn’t think of it before.

By: Marta Spendowska

Marta Spendowska — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:09:18 +0000

Nick, I am off to your websites
So interesting — happy to meet you!

m/s

By: jsteb

jsteb — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 06:17:35 +0000

love the GG… great advice – now maybe I can get some sleep tonight, well, at least trying to sleep ok.

By: Ryan Bollenbach

Ryan Bollenbach — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 06:22:25 +0000

Yes, deadlines are essential! It feels great to refresh myself with this

By: Humble Pied

Humble Pied — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:13:57 +0000

Eric,

Thanks for chiming in, and great addition to Nick’s advice. I know for sure that I have trouble ‘closing the book.’ In fact, in developing Humble Pied, I set a personal goal to stick with one design and push it through until the end. Talk about a weekend project!

Great stuff!

By: Eric Boyer

Eric Boyer — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:04:12 +0000

Great stuff Nick, thanks for the tip.

In my experience with working at an ad agency, I’ve had designers on larger projects that were unable to commit to final designs. I agree with you that struggling with a design is healthy, but I feel that some designers let this take over the whole process. While this is a strength to some, its a huge weakness for others.

Even weeks into the development process, they still want to make changes to their designs, and as im sure you’re aware, its no easy task once its built out in HTML/CSS.

Working with deadlines is great, but even so, my tip to them would be to ‘close the book’ and move on to the next project. A lot of people have trouble doing that.

By: Nick Campbell

Nick Campbell — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:43:55 +0000

Great question!

Deadlines are what stop the design process. Usually the client needs it or it’s time to start a new project. Always set a deadline, even with personal projects. If you don’t they will never get finished.

Here is more on deadlines.
http://makecoolshit.com/how-to-finish-your-personal-projects-set-a-deadline/