It was partially planned. Some girls asked me to photograph them in the same position but they were scared of the waves and avoiding them. After that I asked them to take one of me and just went for it. Glad they did a good job catching the moment
For those that have no idea what we're talking about:
Orange County - Laguna Beach. The entire area was started as an artist colony and still has schools of art, multiple large art festivals and lots of galleries
Lateral, you were suspended for one day after we had already sent you a warning to step back from that discussion. The answer received a dozen flags on various comments all around. If you feel others were Rude first then do not engage, flag it and walk away. That was stated in the first mod message we sent (with no suspension), its also been discussed at length in meta. graphicdesign.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2844/…
(I would not be talking about this in here but you brought it up)
@LateralTerminal I'm perfectly ok, the fact that you were out of line digging beyond the scope of the site and dismissing the cultural relation on an Iranian's question was out of line.
@Ovaryraptor I think the cultural aspect is what everyone is missing from this question. We don't import many Iranian products. The products we do import are not sold on the same shelf as American products.
We manufacture a lot of stuff in Iran. But that's not an import. Imported products typically are not sold next to domestic products. Therefore commonsense marketing doesn't apply in this case.
Why should OP care about how his product looks like next to an American product if it will never be next to an American product?
Someone needs to say that "In America most imports from Iran are not in the same section"
Instead OP needs to consider how his product looks next to other foreign products.
I'm not thick headed @Ovaryraptor I'm willing to discuss this with you. You can convince me otherwise if you believe what I'm saying is false.
@LateralTerminal I somewhat disagree to that comment. Some grocery items are catered to that authenticity because of its classification, for example, international foods are best sold together to meet that culture.
@DᴀʀᴛʜVᴀᴅᴇʀ You can't have all the above. An import is when it's designed in Iran and imported here. If it's a picture of mickey mouse on a shirt and it's manufactured in Iran is it an Iranian product? No, it's an american product manufactured in Iran.
If I know a product is going to be sold in Japan, I'll take in to consideration Japanese customs, regardless of whether it'll be next to other Japanese products or not
The question specifically asked about marketing placement of an Iranian import next to American merchandise. That's why it matters. It matters because typically in America we place foreign products in a different section of the store.
@LateralTerminal nowhere does the question say anything about a product being physically next to an American product. It just says it will be sold "in the USA"
What are some things I can do to better understand the design space in a foreign country to feel more confident my designs will be equal or better than ones created by native designers?
The fact that something is on a different shelf, isle, section, room, whatever is of course important to take in to consideration, but just saying "don't care" is crazy. You should absolutely care how your product/design/whatever is perceived and who is viewing it and where that is happening is very important to that
@LateralTerminal Not sure why you didn't receive the first warning. All signs indicate it did go through
@LateralTerminal Neither one. Model releases aren't needed for it. I don't use it in any advertisements or marketing collateral. Its street photography in a public place. The only time that requires a model release is if I then sell the piece which I am not doing.
@LateralTerminal The core-aspect of product design is to know and adapt to your market.
@La
@LateralTerminal Another thing to take into consideration is large chains like Kroger or Wegmans will mostly strictly adhere to product placement guidelines based on the pay-to-place model but smaller retailers won't. So the likelihood of products being shifted around is higher.
