Spec Work
As is usual with any high-profile spec work or crowdsourcing ‘event,’ Guy Kawasaki’s recent contest for the cover design of his upcoming book Enchanted raised an internet firestorm with graphic designers claiming that he was “selling out” the design profession. Kawasaki pushed back, claiming that Crowsourcing was the route to go for creativity and choice, [...]
Crowdsourcing ad agency Victors & Spoils‘ spec work design platform is called Squirrel Fight. Small, hungry rodents fighting over peanuts. That’s nice.
Continue reading about They’re not even trying to hide it anymore
As evidenced by features on NPR and in Forbes, spec work, crowdsourcing and design contests remain the darlings of the business media. Sadly, many of the inflated claims made are left unchallenged and become the accepted truth, when often times, they’re not really true at all. Conversations about spec work and crowdsourcing have turned up [...]
Continue reading about The Crowdsourcing Dilemma. Spec work, crowdsourcing and Crowdspring on NPR
It’s not often that I snark on an individual blog post but will this time, partially to illustrate the lengths some companies will go to promote their design contest sites, but mostly ’cause Charlie asked. Charlie B. Johnson (uh-huh) over at Graphic Design Blog is at it again, publishing a blog post entitled Do famous [...]
Continue reading about Famous corporate logos & design contests?
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 [...]
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