Found this article on Digg. Great article on Fruda about some effective steps to improve the client designer relationship. To sum it up .. Clients, don’t be afraid to be specific in your critique, your designers most likely just want to create you a quality product as quickly as possible so they can move onto the next project aka make more money. Beating around the bush because you are afraid to ruffle feathers means either you are stretching out the development period/going to get something you aren’t happy with. Designers, don’t be afraid to explain to clients why you think you should go a certain way. If your arguments are logical, most likely the client will go with it.