Comments on: Design in Crisis http://whiteboxerdesign.com/blog/design-in-crisis/ Web and print design solutions with creative bite Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:03:02 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Chris http://whiteboxerdesign.com/blog/design-in-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-2055 Chris Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:36:40 +0000 http://whiteboxerdesign.com/blog/2007/10/design-in-crisis/#comment-2055 Good point about PDAs. Another thing we need to remember is that phone companies are requiring the publishing of area codes due to geographic regions having more than one area code (New York for example) to expand phone number usage. For vanity numbers, the actual number should be below the letters (or somewhere in the vacinity) to tie the two together. Outdoor work needs to be simple as possible. For vehicles, you can go more on back due to it being 'followed' or stopped in traffic and this is the best place for the web address. Forget using the sides. That is just too much info. Phone numbers should be done as simple as possible. A trick I learned for outdoor work is to stand up a print out and walk past it quickly to see if you pick up the important elements (called READ SPEED). If you can't, its too much. Good point about PDAs. Another thing we need to remember is that phone companies are requiring the publishing of area codes due to geographic regions having more than one area code (New York for example) to expand phone number usage. For vanity numbers, the actual number should be below the letters (or somewhere in the vacinity) to tie the two together.

Outdoor work needs to be simple as possible. For vehicles, you can go more on back due to it being ‘followed’ or stopped in traffic and this is the best place for the web address. Forget using the sides. That is just too much info. Phone numbers should be done as simple as possible. A trick I learned for outdoor work is to stand up a print out and walk past it quickly to see if you pick up the important elements (called READ SPEED). If you can’t, its too much.

]]> By: Paul http://whiteboxerdesign.com/blog/design-in-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-2054 Paul Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:30:15 +0000 http://whiteboxerdesign.com/blog/2007/10/design-in-crisis/#comment-2054 You are correct. We see this all the time, as a matter of fact, I just got off the phone with a client for some simple yard signs which they wanted their logo, phone number, address, Grand Opening, and Specials all on an 18x24 yard sign to be placed on a road with a 45MPH speed limit!!! What are they thinking?!? Less is MORE! Same applies to vanity numbers. If you have one that is short and fits, then go for it, otherwise they are not a good idea. I use one, but sparingly. As more people are using PDAs with phones the vanity becomes a hurtle for a potential customer. My Trio does not have the letters on the numbers in the same way as a traditional cell or landline phone. To that end, I tend to include both the letters and numbers... if I have to pick one I use the actual number. You are correct. We see this all the time, as a matter of fact, I just got off the phone with a client for some simple yard signs which they wanted their logo, phone number, address, Grand Opening, and Specials all on an 18×24 yard sign to be placed on a road with a 45MPH speed limit!!! What are they thinking?!?

Less is MORE!

Same applies to vanity numbers. If you have one that is short and fits, then go for it, otherwise they are not a good idea. I use one, but sparingly. As more people are using PDAs with phones the vanity becomes a hurtle for a potential customer. My Trio does not have the letters on the numbers in the same way as a traditional cell or landline phone. To that end, I tend to include both the letters and numbers… if I have to pick one I use the actual number.

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