How often are you forced to start a significant project, brand and site, without a proper client brief?

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Define “proper"

‘Proper’ by whose standards? Often the fundamental principle of the undertaking is undefined.

Ah interesting. I mean: problem stated. Objectives and asks defined. So do go on. Do you mean they often don’t know what they need, but they just need something?

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