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.
Tag 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
Relaunching NO!SPEC with 28 Talking Points
Welcome to the relaunch of the NO!SPEC site. And who do we have to thank for this revamp? My good friends David Airey (designer) and Jay Wickham (programmer). From day one, Jay and David have been tireless contributors. Behind the … Continue reading
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Tagged Crowdsourcing, David Airey, Jay Wickham, spec, Steve Douglas
iStock + Logos = ?
Worms, lawyers and style-whores iStock opens can of nasty worms | Logo Design Love: I’ve learned a lot during my years as a designer. One of those things is that a logo in isolation is like lipstick on a pig. … Continue reading
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Tagged AIGA, Crowdsourcing, designers, Ethics, iStock, Logos
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
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
Posted in Spec Conversation
Tagged 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