What I find funny but yet disturbing at the same time is some design companies paying other companies to design there site....pretty silly if you ask me :D

maybe they are too busy or hire someone cheaper than paying their own staff :D

also as a desginer i know that if you get flooded you dont ever want to drive off customers by saying sorry were full. So in that case you just get some outside help from others. Its very common.

Originally posted by cedwards
So in that case you just get some outside help from others. Its very common. Sure, subcontracting with someone else to do a site for you is common. But the original comment is about designers having someone else design their own site.

I guess if I were shopping for a designer it would tell me to do just what they did: go to the "someone else."

That is hillarious. I would really want to use a company that had someone else design their site. They must do great work LOL.

Brian

Ive done a couple of sites for 'design' firms, I found it pretty funny at first but after talking with them it was just that they were actualy developers more than designers. They were heavy into coding applications and database structures etc so the graphics parts were just farmed out to freelancers like myself. Saved them the cost of having a full time staff for doing it to keep their overheads down. Makes sense to me.


Myros

Yes its quite funny, and i've seen many webdesign companies that do this..

Even pixelbrick

J/K = Just joking :D

Originally posted by myros
... after talking with them it was just that they were actualy developers more than designers...
I guess, though, the point of the original post was that design sites are outsourcing the design of their own sites. In my mind, a designer's site should be considered his portfolio, his flagship site. After all, that's what he does. Design web sites. What better way to show your talents than to display it in your own site???

It is funny when you think about it. :D

Vito

People agree! I am not so wierd afterall! :D :D :D

Originally posted by CritticAge
I am not so wierd afterall!
Well, now you're just reading into our comments... :D

Vito

True. Some companies are into web developing and not designing however they go hand in hand. Then again some people are just not creative.

Originally posted by CritticAge
People agree! I am not so wierd afterall! :D :D :D Yes you are.

:bawling::blush: :eek: :rolleyes: :o ;) :cool: :D

Maybe I am :stickout

One of the hardest parts of webdesign is finding time to keep your own site up to date :) If the work is coming in, the design portfolio site always seems to slip further and further behind.

Getting someone else to do it for you is a bit odd though - some might even say it misrepresents your business. However I do know that some design firms are actually better described as brokers, who get clients and match them to designers who work under their name as freelancers. In this case, using one of your own freelancers to design the site wouldn't be misleading as the services used to build that site are still available to potential customers.

Hmm, what a stream of thought...

I personally work with a few other hosts and design firms as a freelancer at times, and it's a good working relationship on both sides. Working with a 'known' person helps reduce the worry over being ripped off as far as the end fee goes too :)

Greg Moore

Originally posted by CritticAge
:bawling::blush: :eek: :rolleyes: :o ;) :cool: :D

Maybe I am :stickout Not maybe, you are.