I heard about a tragedy the other day. A designer lost a tour based solely on color selection. A particular band that chooses a different color for each album cover hired this person to do their tour. During a televised promotion for their upcoming tour, the production manager mentioned to the designer/programmer that they would like the color of their album to be in every single song. The designer chose to go against the band’s wishes. Instead of incorporating white into every song, this individual made the unfortunate decision of choosing pink and green. The designer was not asked back for the tour…If your client wants a blue cow that quacks like a duck and jumps like a kangaroo, you need to do everything logistically possible to make sure that CowDuckaroo is blue. Don’t let your artistic vision get in the way of a paycheck.
—Chris Lose, from “LD at Large,” PLSN, Feb. 2017, page 60
