Re: Looking for discussion - Design contest websites

Could you tell us about the business model for the designers?

Is this a site where someone, say, wanting a trademark would put out  
some sort of information and people would design something and then  
the client would choose one and pay a fee for it?

Would the fee paid be much higher than a customary fee for such a job?  
If ten designers do a job on spec then the "winner" would have to get  
ten times the normal fee for the 1:10 bet to be worthwhile.

Or would someone put out a request and designers would compete based  
on price? How would this not drive prices way down for any designer  
involved?

Or is there some other plan?

Gunnar

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On Feb 21, 2010, at 3:53 PM, [email protected] wrote:

> that does sound interesting
> i actually would like to read more on that and other related  
> discussions on making money as a designer, from such contests.
>
>
> Louis Abbatepaolo
> Photography/Graphic Design
> 631-864-2494
> [email protected]
> http://www.louisabbatepaolo.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Hardy <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Thu, Feb 18, 2010 6:04 pm
> Subject: [AIGAExperienceDesign] Looking for discussion - Design  
> contest websites
>
>
>
> I'd like to start a pragmatic discussion on what might be done to  
> bridge the
> gap between design contest sites and the concerns raised against them.
>
> I am a web developer who was recently laid off and I’m considering  
> creating
> a site like crowdspring.com or 99designs.com (actually I think
> logotournament.com is the most impressive). I like the idea of a  
> “design
> contest” site from a consumer standpoint, and it’s a good choice for  
> an
> income-generating web app due to its simple revenue model. However, it
> didn’t take much research to  discover the controversy over the idea  
> of
> “crowdsourced design” or “spec work”.  I’ve spent a lot of time  
> reading all
> the perspectives on this issue, and I’m left with the following  
> conclusions,
> among others:
>
> * The design contest sites are thriving and growing - evidence of a  
> huge
> consumer demand
> * There’s a lot of room for improvement as far as raising the  
> experience for
> the designers and the design profession in these sites
>
> Perhaps I’m naive to think that a site built around the idea of design
> contests could make significant progress towards raising the  
> experience for
> both the designer and the design profession, but that’s exactly what  
> I’d
> like to discuss with you.  I believe that there has to be a way to  
> create a
> “bridge” between the growing consumer driven demand for these sites  
> and the
> defense of a high quality standard for the design profession.
>
> If anyone would like to begin such a dialogue, I would appreciate the
> opportunity.  I have several ideas, but I welcome any and all of  
> yours as
> I’m at the very beginning of this project.  All I ask is that the  
> discussion
> be open-minded, respectful, and with an eye towards pragmatism.  At  
> the very
> least, I see this discussion as surfacing some areas that could  
> perhaps
> "reform" the existing design contest sites to some degree.  I'm also  
> open to
> being swayed to the point that I don't want to be involved in  
> creating such
> a site, but I'm hoping that a design contest site driven by your  
> ideas can
> at least push the others to follow suit in a positive direction  
> (which would
> be a good thing).  I can't think of any better way to vette ideas  
> than to
> jump into a forum such as this one.
>
> Thank you for your time and your opinions.
>
> Tim
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