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: Crowdsourcing
Obama Crowdsourcing to Support American Jobs?
A RT from Niki Bivona (@nikibivona) on twitter says it all: RT @nospec http://my.barackobama.com/page/s/artworks-submission Obama is now crowdsourcing a poster, about job creation. Irony Obama, if you aim to support American jobs, the perhaps paying designers to create your campaign … Continue reading
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Tagged Crowdsourcing, designers, Obama
US Department of Interior is Crowdsourcing their Logo?
Jeff Fisher tweeted a petition that you just might be interested in. @LogoMotives Petition: Stop the US Department of @Interior from Crowdsourcing a Logo | @nospec #nospec | http://bit.ly/NOSPEC-DOI OVERVIEW The U.S. Department of the Interior currently has posted a … Continue reading
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Tagged competitions, Crowdsourcing, designers, logo design, US Government
SXSW: Spec Work Is Evil, How Creatives Fight Back
If you followed SXSW 2009 Is Spec Work Evil?, then you are sure to be interested in Andrew Hyde’s proposed panel for 2010: Spec Work Is Evil, How Creatives Fight Back. Description: The rise of community has also been met … Continue reading
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Tagged Spec Work Is Evil, SXSW 2010
Crowdsink on Twitter: CrowdSpring, Do What’s Right!
CrowdSpring sinks to even lower lows… This weekend, while Jay and I were busy updating no-spec.com, twitter continued to be all aflutter over the latest from CrowdSpring: CrowdSpring, Do What’s Right! Background: Seems a CrowdSpring designer ripped off the work … Continue reading
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Tagged crowdsink, Crowdsourcing, CrowdSpring, Design Contests, Twitter
Translators Against Crowdsourcing
LinkedIn annoys professional translators Seems designers are not the only ones upset over being asked to work for free. LinkedIn – the professional networking site with 41 million members where ‘relationships matter‘ – has today managed to mightily annoy professional … Continue reading
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Tagged Crowdsourcing, translators
Comments on Spec Work and Crowdsourcing
From the previous post, CreativePro: Spec Work and Crowdsourcing, I thought I’d grab a few of the opinions from the comments. Shale Grant said: Thanks for your constant and steadfast guard over working on spec. I’ve done both (have my … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, clients, CreativePro, Crowdsourcing, Spec Work
The Logo Factor: Why you should crowdsource your logo
If you’ve been keeping up with the comments on David Airey’s post, Forbes calls designers snooty, you couldn’t possibly have missed the excellent points made by Steve Douglas from The Logo Factory. Steve has long been on top of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Crowdsourcing, design, Forbes, Logos, The Logo Factor
Forbes Says Designers are Snooty
Two weeks ago, Christopher Steiner, a senior reporter with Forbes Magazine, sent me an email with FORBES MAGAZINE QUERY!!! in the subject line. After a back and forth with Christopher, interviews were set up with top designers in the industry. … Continue reading
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Tagged Crowdsourcing, designers, Ethics, Forbes, spec
Aquent, 99Designs and the Design Industry
Mark Rushworth just contacted us about a post he’s written, Aquent Vs the Design Industry. Seems Aquent thought it was a good idea to post a contest at 99Designs. Hmmm… How could a company such as Aquent (connected to the … Continue reading
Positive Space: 99Designs Stoops to a New Low
Tony of Positive Space has a decent conversation going in his post: 99Designs Stoops to a New Low and Attempts Propaganda. If you have been following Positive Space for a while, then you undoubtedly know that I have a problem … Continue reading
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Tagged 99designs, contests, Spec Work