Cut-rate Layouts

I stopped at a portfolio sketch, riveted. “This is great; where’s the final printed sample?”

“My client hated this idea — said it was too far out,” the designer lamented. “I had to design this humdrum piece instead. Clients won’t let me do interesting work.”

“But this sketch is just the look we’ve been searching for,” I said. “Could you make it work for a tool catalog? And could you start tomorrow?”