About NO!SPEC
Spec work and spec-based design contests are a growing concern. So in an effort to educate those working in the Visual Communication industry as well as the clients who use their services, a group of designers banded together to bring the NO!SPEC Campaign to the public.
Monthly Archives: March 2006
Icograda on NO!SPEC
NO!SPEC would like to take this opportunity to thank Icograda’s Director, Brenda Sanderson for including the NO!SPEC launch in the Icograda Email News that went out to their members spread over the globe. Icograda, the International Council of Graphic Design … Continue reading
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Tagged Communication Designers, designers, Icograda, no-spec
Jeff Fisher on NO!SPEC
Jeff Fisher, Engineer of Creative Identity for Jeff Fisher LogoMotives, commends the The Caravan Project from his blog, bLog-oMotives. I want to compliment Frederick Ost for engaging in a positive dialogue with Cat Wentworth, Project Manager of NO!SPEC, in regards … Continue reading
Posted in NO!SPEC News
Tagged designers, Ethics, no-spec
RGD Working Against Spec Work
Advocacy Update – RGD Working Against Spec Work RGD Ontario (Association of Registered Graphic Designers of Ontario) has recently acted on an alarming number of spec work competitions. The RGD Rules of Professional Conduct prevent members from doing free work … Continue reading
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Tagged Design orgs, designers, RGD
The Zehnkatzen Times on NO!SPEC
Samual John Klein shouts out with The Zehnkatzen Times: [design] Professional Designers Cry NO!SPEC. One of the most egregious ideas of recent time is the “logo design competition”. While there may indeed be times and places for such a thing, … Continue reading
Posted in Spec Conversation
Tagged designers, NO!SPEC Campaign
Jeff Andrews on NO!SPEC
Jeff Andrews jumps in two fisted with Adventures in Blogging and blog.myspace.com. Good for you in using myspace Jeff, as it’s the young population we need to reach. I’d encourage everyone to visit the site and read the articles there, … Continue reading
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Tagged NO!SPEC Campaign, no-spec
Athyrius on NO!SPEC
Athyrius talks about ‘Getting Paid’. I remember very clearly the day a fellow professional looked me in the eye and told me, “I don’t open a program without getting paid.” That day I went home, heated my Ramen and thought … Continue reading
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Tagged designers, no-spec
NO!SPEC Awarded the Three Thumbs Up Award
NO!SPEC has just received the acclaimed Three Thumbs Up Award. The Three Thumbs Up Award is a distinguished and honorable achievement only given to those who possess the utmost creative diligence and consistently pursue a level of craft and creativity … Continue reading
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Tagged Awards, designers, Kudos
Mister Alexander on NO!SPEC
Mister Alexander writing about ‘The dangers of Spec work’ for the Communication Design Studies at Virginia Western Community College. … in the end, my inexperience and eagerness caused the loss of my own creative control and product, and my only … Continue reading
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Tagged designers, Spec Work
Photographers speak out on NO!SPEC
Dear NO!SPEC, I’m hoping you can let visitors to the NO!SPEC site know that graphic designers are not the only ones being plagued by requests for work on spec. On spec or as it’s come to be known in the … Continue reading
Posted in Dear NO!SPEC
Tagged no-spec, Photographers
Susan Kirkland on NO!SPEC
Susan Kirkland: SPECulative at Graphic Design Forum Blogs If you are invited by a big client to do work on spec, react with enthusiasm for the project, then politely suggest current projects prevent you from participating in that way. Suggest … Continue reading
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Tagged designers, no-spec