La SDGQ dénonce le travail spéculatif

The article is in French. Below is the babelfish translation into English.

The Company of the graphic designers of Quebec (SDGQ) officially gave an opinion against speculative work, not remunerated. According to it, the companies should not need to see creative proposals to choose a studio; or they should, if necessary, remunerate them for carried out work.

The SDGQ rather recommends to the customers to select a designer according to its portfolio and its experiment. It recalls that it is always possible to interview various candidates to check their comprehension of the project.

(a big thanks goes to nomad2224, who sounded the alert)

Watch Out for the Fall Out By Robert Wurth of Freshly Squeezed Design.

The Island Def Jam Music Group (under the sponsorship of The Universal Music Group) is holding a contest for the design of “pre-order” artwork for the impending iTunes release of a new Fall Out Boys album.

… they get a pretty good deal. They don’t have to shell out any prizes whatsoever, and they get free design work from anyone willing to spend time designing for free. Not only that, but according to the specifications of their rules, they retain the right to financial exploit ALL entries, including non-winning entries, as much as they want.

Read the rest at Freshly Squeezed Droplets: Watch Out for the Fall Out.

Thanks Robert