Came across this print piece and thought the quote brings up an interesting comment. Since I’m a designer fresh out of school, I’ve been wondering about this. Should I do work for free to get exposure/experience? Similarly, there’s an interview in the current issue of PRINT with Joe Duffy that talks about how designers must find a balance between business and art.

He mentions, “When we’re young, we say, I love what I do so much I’d do it for free, and that’s where the trouble starts. It’s one thing to trek off to a garret somewhere and become a starving artst for the sake of artistic freedom, yet it’s quite another to open a business and create design for peanuts. It not only hurts you as a business person, it also has a negative effect on the overall business of graphic design, and that’s why we practice our trade in a cottage industry-the definition of which is a business that can be run from someone’s home, usually a craft. It’s essential that designers strike the balance between craft and business principles that earns them the respect commensurate with the contribution they make to the success of their client’s business.”