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Total Cost and what to include in a design spec
Stuart_Petty
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25 November 2007
Hi
I'm about to open my first restaurant, and want to give it the best start with professional logo's and graphics.
The question I have are...
What is the current hourly rate for a designer?
Is it acceptable to approach colleges for students to gain work experience, and for myself to save money during my restaurant's infancy?
What should be included in a design spec, to save the designer time and to ensure I get what I really want?
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Kind Regards
Stuart Petty
I'm about to open my first restaurant, and want to give it the best start with professional logo's and graphics.
The question I have are...
What is the current hourly rate for a designer?
Is it acceptable to approach colleges for students to gain work experience, and for myself to save money during my restaurant's infancy?
What should be included in a design spec, to save the designer time and to ensure I get what I really want?
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Kind Regards
Stuart Petty
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flair
Messages count : 34Likes count : 0Registration : 18 June 2007hi there
yea approaching colleges & universitys will keep the cost down but remember you will be dealing with designers that may have never had to take a real brief from concept and make print ready documents to send to the printers, I charge £28 an hour but yea a student may do it for portfolio peice for free. You would be best to nock up a brief outlining the key details you want in your art work ie. adress, tel, email, website, What food you will serve, do you have a colour theme,do you want interior & exterior pics of the restaurant maybe a small map? maybe get them to come up with a few concept ideas for you to pic from.
Let me know how you get on or if you would like to get a professional design service drop me a line.
Richard - Contact in PM
Stuart_Petty
Messages count : 2Likes count : 0Registration : 25 November 2007Thanks a lot for the advice will get on with the brief...
how many hours work would I be looking at for a logo?
Stuart - Contact in PM
flair
Messages count : 34Likes count : 0Registration : 18 June 2007well I would usually produce about 3-4 mock ups in an hour to give you a rough idea, remember its easier to treat the designer as if he has no clue, mention every detail because it leaves less to chance. if you struggle to get the result you require drop me a line, cheers.
Richard