This is a discussion I have had with clients and one that I can honestly say, form a design standpoint, gets ignored quite often. Lots of clients, once they have contacted a designer, already have a gneral idea of how they want theier site to look and what aspects they want portrayed on it. That being said, the process can turn into a large discussion of “that box is too far to the left” or “that text isn’t elegant enough”. In terms of discussion, let’s say you hire an architect to design your home. The architect listens to the requirements and draws up plans based on those requirements using his knowledge to design somethign as close to those requirements as possible. Lets say the client points out support beams that compromise his requirements just a little. Would a skilled architect replace the position of the beams to suit your liking and compromise the structure, or would it be a preferance that they be placed to best support the structure of the home to withstand time and change? Needless to say, if the structure failed due to moving the beams in the future, who would get the blame? Just somehting to think about. Comments anyone?