NO!SPEC Posters: Posters by Matt Clarke

Check out the fun NO!SPEC posters from Matt Clarke of Design Intellect.
Thanks Matt :-)

Matt’s posters can be downloaded here.

As before, check out posters by Jeremy Yamaguchi, Dagmar Jeffrey, Jerett [...] Continue Reading…

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Logo Design Love: SpecWatch on Design Contests

Do you twitter?
If you don’t have a twitter account, then you are missing out on the latest spec happening in the design industry.
Logo Design Love: It’s interesting to see [...] Continue Reading…

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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, [...] Continue Reading…

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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 [...] Continue Reading…

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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 [...] Continue Reading…

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AIGA & NO!SPEC: It’s all About Education

The spec watch is finally over
Back in February we had the Forbes Says Designers are Snooty fiasco.

During it all, we received this good news:
Debbie Millman has now been asked [...] Continue Reading…

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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.

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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 [...] Continue Reading…

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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 [...] Continue Reading…

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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 [...] Continue Reading…

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