Don’t want to get labeled as a snooty designer (again), or an elitist gatekeeper (again) so rather than turn this into another “some designers on 99designs swiped our stuff” whiny baby screed (again), perhaps we should use this example of spec work ‘inspiration’ to demonstrate how to enter a logo contest on 99designs in ten [...]
Remember how graphic designers were told that spec work is the “new reality” and that in order to continue working in the graphic design industry, they’d have to “evolve or die“? That translated loosely to “be prepared to work for free, cause other people are“. True, most of this hyperbole came from web-based platforms that [...]
This isn’t your typical “best logo design ever” Hall of Fame. Far from it. These logos haven’t been selected because they’re they’re the best, or even because they’re any good. Nope. These graphic elements and logos were hand-picked as being the most popular of all time. Not popular as in “I like that“. Popular as [...]
From the “Here We Go Again” Department. No point in rehashing the dangers of logo design contests, save this simple “spec work is bad” equation:
A whole bunch anonymous people who may, or may not, be actual designers +
A very small chance of getting paid for their design work +
A web-based logo design contest on ANY [...]
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