that was a great interview!
you are so well spoken.
i linked it on my blog.
http://modmom.blogspot.com

:)

hey grace, great interview…i agree with modmom…you ARE truly well-spoken!

That was a great interview to listen to. I wanted to make a comment on the section where you talked about bringing good design to the mass market.

I agree that I think good design can make it to everyone. And that a lot of designers sometimes lose the big picture when finishing a project. However, working with mass merchants can be very, very stressful and demanding. For example, (hope this doesn’t get me in trouble) I have worked a lot with Target. They can be very set on their price for the products they are looking at. A lot of times you end up taking a lower margin on the product because the pricing is so demanding. It really puts a strain on us to do business, and it puts a strain on the factory.

This is why sometimes you see lower quality items in those stores. You have to hit a certain price but they still want it to look good. You just can’t hit that demand unless you make a cut somewhere, and a lot of times that results in cutting quality.