Graphic design prices to surge

Mount Laurel, New Jersey
September 22, 2005

Following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina and the anticipated effect of Hurricane Tina, industry experts are predicting a surge in the cost of graphic design services to an all-time high.

"With so many independent designers and agencies being sidetracked and completely displaced by the series of recent storms, the need to fulfill the thousands of graphic design projects, existing and upcoming, will be hard to meet," says Andrew Turner of Turner Design, an independent design and consultancy located in Mount Laurel, New Jersey.

With landfall of Hurricane Rita expected Saturday, rates are expected to jump twenty to forty percent in the next two weeks.

"The effects can already be seen and experienced," says Turner. "Clients are signing contracts in a frenzy before the rates climb. People are lining up for consulting services."

And don't expect the prices to drop soon. "With the rocketing increase in the cost of living, especially gas," he continued, "something's gotta give. And unfortunately, it's not going to be graphic design costs. My kids need to eat too."