Comments on: Is There a Place for Design Spec Work? http://www.NotesOnDesign.net/inspiration/design/is-there-a-place-for-design-spec-work/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:14:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Scott Chappell http://www.NotesOnDesign.net/inspiration/design/is-there-a-place-for-design-spec-work/comment-page-1/#comment-197424 Scott Chappell Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:54:05 +0000 http://www.NotesOnDesign.net/?p=2679#comment-197424 Hi Rachel...I agree with you. On a related topic, the USTA could hold a competition each year for designers to win the gig of designing the tournament's theme-based identify. Instead, they *pay* a few designers to submit work and the selected designer then gets the job. Here is this year's winner: http://drawger.com/paulrogers/?article_id=8447 Fair, yes? Hi Rachel…I agree with you. On a related topic, the USTA could hold a competition each year for designers to win the gig of designing the tournament’s theme-based identify. Instead, they *pay* a few designers to submit work and the selected designer then gets the job. Here is this year’s winner: http://drawger.com/paulrogers/?article_id=8447 Fair, yes?

]]> By: Rachel Cary http://www.NotesOnDesign.net/inspiration/design/is-there-a-place-for-design-spec-work/comment-page-1/#comment-197418 Rachel Cary Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:00:36 +0000 http://www.NotesOnDesign.net/?p=2679#comment-197418 Before you do another drop of spec work, you should read this article: http://www.winwithoutpitching.com/16-brief-points-on-free-pitching And no, IMO, there is no place in a anyone's career for spec work. Would you ask a mechanic to do spec work? A bioscientist? A teacher? A secretary? A lawyer? And if you did, do you think they would do it? Before you do another drop of spec work, you should read this article:

http://www.winwithoutpitching.com/16-brief-points-on-free-pitching

And no, IMO, there is no place in a anyone’s career for spec work. Would you ask a mechanic to do spec work? A bioscientist? A teacher? A secretary? A lawyer? And if you did, do you think they would do it?

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