Conversations
The conversations below are packed with valuable insights. Read what others are saying about spec work.
Note: the links below take you out of the NO!SPEC site.
adland: Who needs ad creatives?
adland: BADG: Spec Sucks For Everyone
This week’s 4-letter word: SPEC
If the entire business community understood the value of good design, and saw the effect we can actually have on their bottom line, there wouldn’t be nearly enough design firms to handle all of the business. But when any creative firm reiterates to a business client that it’s okay to give away what we do on a gamble of a big payoff, it’s a huge setback. So I’m raising the horn again and sounding the rallying cry- if we all band together and tell the business community that, like any other professional service, we provide something of great value that is worth paying for, only then can we win the war. Fellow designers, please join me in saying no to spec work.
ideasonideas: The value of Canadian design
Speak Up: Opportunity or Opportunistic?
Recently, the United Nations launched a contest to solicit a logo design for its “2006, the International Year of Deserts and Desertification (IYDD)” campaign. The winner would receive $5,000 US. The contest rules and regulations were sent to colleges and design programs across the country, positioning itself as an opportunity for students to create an international logo for one of the world’s most well-known humanitarian organization.
AIGA: Scenario One
A survey of AIGA Design Forum members by Judy Kirpich, Sam Shelton, and Ann Willoughby on whether a specific situation involving an RFP including spec work is worth your time and effort. Scenarios developed for the 2002 AIGA National Design Conference “VOICE.”
Michael Surtee’s “cattle call” for Canadian designers
Michael Surtees posts a “cattle call” for Canadian designers from the design-oriented Lululemon Athletica to create designs for new clothing products to be manufactured by the company. He updates this post here members of the GDC listserv and the company. Read the original letter to Lululemon Athletica.
Spec work: probably a bad idea
“Spec work: probably a bad idea” One Freelancer’s situation concerning a potential client requiring spec work before landing the commission.
Where we can link directly to the forums (some will not take you directly to the discussion), etc, we will share below to show you the open conversations going on about the NO!SPEC crusade
Threadless: Important issue that faces all designers
Typophile: The Caravan Project
