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Loss Of Label Control

Time and again the curatorial text is shortened by designers into bland labels that undercut my argument. I’m tired of…

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Time and again the curatorial text is shortened by designers into bland labels that undercut my argument. I’m tired of rearguing wording at proofs. Show the pattern in how text is edited during design rounds and recommend one tactic that secures interpretive integrity without inflaming designers—who to involve earlier, what change to the draft style, and the simple compromise sentence I should add to the brief for designers.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed.

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I keep losing interpretive control of labels to design edits and want a better negotiation stance

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