core
10.Dec.2002 7.39am
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Hello all Swedes
vad heter "originalare" på engelska? eller vad är motsvarigheten? lite konstig grej kanske att fråga på typophile.. men jaja. vet ni?
-Core



anonymous
10.Dec.2002 1.51pm
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translation:
what is the english term for "originalare"? or what's the corresponding function at an ad agency. a slightly odd thing to ask at typophile, perhaps. but well well. do you know

(originalare is the person who does the bidding of the AD so to speak, the guy who takes sketches or whatever and makes them into the printable product)


Stephen Coles
10.Dec.2002 1.55pm
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Production Designer, maybe


sevenfingers
10.Dec.2002 10.42pm
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I always had it was graphical designer? (ie. grafisk formgivare), but I would think working-monkey would suffice also.


core
10.Dec.2002 10.44pm
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thank you mcm

scoles wrote "Production Designer, maybe"

but this person doesn't "design" anything. he/she just "executes" and is not involved in the design process at all, and not allowed to take any design decisions.

it's similar to the construction worker that must follow the architect's blueprint.


Stephen Coles
10.Dec.2002 10.49pm
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Right, that's what they call them (in my part of
the States, anyway). The production designer is
a tool of the art director or graphic designer.
He assembles the stuff, as directed and gets it
ready for prepress.


sevenfingers
10.Dec.2002 10.52pm
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well, let's all settle for "production monkey" then? Okey? :)


core
10.Dec.2002 11.02pm
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what about QPI Servant
(Quark


sevenfingers
10.Dec.2002 11.06pm
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hmmm... yes. :)


porky
11.Dec.2002 7.18am
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"Artworker", isn't it? I believe thats what we call them here in the UK.


brennan
11.Dec.2002 8.00am
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yeah artworker. I used to be one. damn trapping! ;)


Miss Tiffany
11.Dec.2002 8.50am
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How about "whipping boy"??

;¬)


Jared Benson
11.Dec.2002 12.05pm
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See this closet? This is your new home for 60 hours a week.


anonymous
11.Dec.2002 2.51pm
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welcome
nice forum.
tell me what do you think about this project. is it useful for anybody ?
www.vektorauma.tk

note that typography section and forum was created two days ago.

regz
maciek


Isaac
11.Dec.2002 6.45pm
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i think working monkey better describes something known as a desktop publisher. maybe more lower primate names need to be involved. working orangutan is higher than working spider monkey, etc.


pogono
7.Jan.2003 1.50pm
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it ought to be listed in


tamye
7.Jan.2003 2.31pm
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Production artist is the term used in most places I've worked... however, slave might be a more accurate term.


trae
8.Jan.2003 5.59am
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ouch... my old CD used to refer to them as "pairs of hands."

He liked to use the construction worker/architect analogy a lot, too.

But, um, don't most ADs and designers have to work their way up from a purely production position?


am5
8.Jan.2003 7.36am
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>My old boss used to refer to us as "wrists" (trying posting from my >email client for the first time - I hope this works.