http://www.freddesign.co.uk/2010/02/archive/are-designers-well-paid/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:00:05 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.freddesign.co.uk/2010/02/archive/are-designers-well-paid/comment-page-1/#comment-1877 Natalie Sklobovskaya Thu, 25 Mar 2010 10:20:37 +0000 http://www.freddesign.co.uk/?p=603#comment-1877 I came upon a relevant graphic on FreshBump.com, by MWM graphics (found here: freshbump.com/special/10-design-quotes-designed/, this image in particular: fresh-quotes.s3.amazonaws.com/mwm-picasso.jpg), and it's an issue I've been sort of beating my head against lately. How many design jobs do you refuse because of what you feel is unfair pay before you, as the artist, start losing out overall? In theory, if no artist ever agreed to do jobs for less than the price they demanded for it without being afraid to go without a job or gig for a very long time (out of turning down "cheap" ones), clients and employers would have nobody to hire without paying the price demanded. But the theory breaks down. What a sad catch-22. :( I came upon a relevant graphic on FreshBump.com, by MWM graphics (found here: freshbump.com/special/10-design-quotes-designed/, this image in particular: fresh-quotes.s3.amazonaws.com/mwm-picasso.jpg), and it’s an issue I’ve been sort of beating my head against lately.
How many design jobs do you refuse because of what you feel is unfair pay before you, as the artist, start losing out overall? In theory, if no artist ever agreed to do jobs for less than the price they demanded for it without being afraid to go without a job or gig for a very long time (out of turning down “cheap” ones), clients and employers would have nobody to hire without paying the price demanded. But the theory breaks down. What a sad catch-22.

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