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Habib Bajrami is Creative Latitude's Manager of IB.

Habib is also founder and principal of Bytehaus Studio, a graphic design and brand consulting firm located in Mississauga (Toronto), Ontario.

Besides being a graphic designer with over 18 years of experience, Habib is an avid advocate of ethical and business practice standards in the graphic industry.

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www.bytehaus-studio.com

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Why Speculative Work is Unethical
Requests for speculative work are a plague on the industry of graphic design. Spec work is work for free without guarantee of compensation, and it is an extremely harmful practice to both clients and designers alike. Requests for spec work in lieu of RFPs are unprofessional, exploitative...

Professional Conduct
Charging smaller companies less is a standard business practice; as a matter of fact, it's even recommended and documented by Graphic Artists Guild Handbook: Pricing & Ethical Guidelines. But that is not the issue here, which I'll try to explain some other time. The issue at hand is publishing prices of any kind on a web site. It is unethical and sends a wrong message to who we are. When was the last time you came across lawyer's web site or office window and saw the following: Divorce Papers for $399; Last Will and Testament $99; and so on.
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