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.
Category Archives: Spec Conversation
Interview Request: Alternatives to Free Pitching
Alternatives to Free Pitching Free pitching has long been an issue with designers. Some designers are for, some against, while others aren’t sure which way to jump. Do you? Below is a request for help from a writer compiling research … Continue reading
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Tagged designers, Free Pitching, Interview, white paper
NO!SPEC’s Quote of the Century…
Paul Rand paraphrased by Steve Jobs I will solve your problem for you. And you will pay me. And you don’t have to use the solution. If you want options, go talk to other people. But I’ll solve the problem … Continue reading
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Tagged clients, Paul Rand, Spec Work, Steve Jobs
YouTube: The Vendor Client Relationship
Are these real world situations? Or what? Please go to YouTube to see the video (they don’t want it embedded). The Vendor Client relationship – in real world situations. A huge thanks goes to Lee Healey from www.freelance-cartoonist.com for sending … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, clients, YouTube
CreativePro: Spec Work and Crowdsourcing
Spec Work and Crowdsourcing, when will they ever learn? Pamela Pfiffner, writer and founding editor of CreativePro.com, recently put together a timely article for designers: Spec Work and Crowdsourcing: Gambles that Don’t Pay Off. The economy’s in the toilet and … Continue reading
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Tagged CreativePro, Crowdsourcing, Spec Work
99designs: Bullshit 2.0 | I’m a Proud Weenie! | Blowing Competitions Up, and Other Acts of Good Citizenship
Spec Conversation Roundup: graphicPUSH: 99designs: Bullshit 2.0 Kevin: “99designs was started by designers for designers”. I am struggling to form the intensely negative, logic-dismantling superlatives I need to accurately convey the sheer depth of absolute bullshit this clump of words … Continue reading
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Tagged 99designs, competitions, designers, spec
Miles on Free Pitching
Miles’ Blog: That monster called Free Pitch No matter what you call it, Spec Work, Free Pitch, etc the concept is the same. I’ll get a handful of designers or studios to come up with a handful of concepts for … Continue reading
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Tagged design, Free Pitching, Spec Work
Open Letter to CL (Craigslist) Administration
This letter was forwarded to NO!SPEC. (Please note: Discussions are open, but inflammatory comments will be deleted) Open Letter to CL Administration Reply to: gigs-412731766@craigslist.org Date: 2007-09-03, 8:34AM To all creative professionals; please read this, and if you agree, please … Continue reading
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Tagged Craigslist, Dear Craigslist, Spec Work
Dear Craigslist
Another interesting anon posting from craigslist There are serious people looking for serious work here. For the most part, you can get very talented, highly skilled developers that can do just about anything, provided you are willing to pay for … Continue reading
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Tagged Dear Craigslist, Spec Work
I Wish I Had Written This
To those who are looking for someone to do work for free… please wake up and join the real world Every day, there are more and more CL posts seeking “artists” for everything from auto graphics to comic books to … Continue reading
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Tagged Craigslist, designers, Spec Work
Roger C Parker on NO!SPEC
Are you giving your designs away for free? … tens of thousands of designers invest hundreds of thousands of hours each year in speculative work that either fails to create a client, or–worse–discourages the designer when their work is appropriated … Continue reading
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Tagged designers, no-spec, Spec Work