Working through difficult problems,
Why rush something good?
Often clients want and need something right away. I have been going around the block several times to formulate a plan that will meet a client's needs in a floor plan, of course it has a deadline. I'm sure every designer has the same problem. What client's can do (and I think I have the best in the world) is to give us a little room to work the design over. Sometimes you just need to let an idea "stew" for a bit. Usually we know you're due a drawing and when that hour is. We feel the pressure to get the job done and keep you happy. After all, you're paying our graphite bill.
Sometimes you just need
to let an idea "stew" for a bit
Letting us work through a design is good for you and us. The final product can be something we both can be proud of. Let alone the devastation to a neighborhood should something ugly be built. You're neighbors may never ask you over to the cook out, maybe that's a good thing. Sometimes we just need to find inspiration, often from an unknown source. In the case of my latest triumph over a design, it was a good long jog. Getting out of the office and away from the computer / drafting board is healthy for any of us that wear the desk jockey hat.
I actually JUST had this conversation with my partner today. We discussed how easy it is to over work ourselves in production mode, and not take care of the other aspects that make us a well rounded and balanced person. I imagine any profession can be that way. Designers, especially the great ones, are usually more introverted. They express themselves through their ideas that are seen in a finished product. This is not bad, it is a sign of high intelligence. What it does though, is to create a shell, where the person is more comfortable at work and "plugging" away than interacting with the world at large. Those brilliant minds I've seen who have unchained themselves.. are some of the happiest, most productive professionals. Their designs and abilities have expanded ten-fold, certainly someone to admire.
So in essence, if you want an amazing product, give you guy/gal some room to do their thing. You hired them for a reason, you knew they had the skills to bring you an amazing product. And let us go for that jog, we'll work better and harder when we get back in.
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