Comments on: LicensArt.com Logo Design Competition

By: martha

martha — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:48:15 +0000

I just want to clearify one thing .. Is the winning logo remain the property of the designer or it becomes the property of the contest owner?

———————
http://www.educationalwriting.net/

By: Som

Som — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:27:43 +0000

Such competitions are really encouraging for designers like us. Thank you again. Go on!

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:31:21 +0000

Hi everybody. 15th Feb is the deadline for submitting your logo for Semi-Annual American Logo design awards. Hope you all participate and best of luck :-)

http://www.01interactive.com

By: Go Ahead - Make My Day » graphic:DESIGN:basics

Go Ahead - Make My Day » graphic:DESIGN:basics — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:02:06 +0000

[...] Even Frisky has a little “make my day” kind of attitude about this issue…It seems that certain design competitions are ‘on spec.’ In other words, competitions sometimes try to get something for nothing as they appeal for competitors in hopes of finding ‘free’ artwork. Of course, I can’t filter through all the competitions here and you know this. But, some poor souls at Notes on Design had their butts handed to them on a platter after they posted the LicensArt.com logo design contest. [...]

By: Design Awards

Design Awards — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 10:22:27 +0000

I must agree, this is not a legitimate competition. But could not agree with remark that all design contests are bad for business. It looks that some designers are afraid from tough competition.

By: Chris Costello

Chris Costello — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:53:43 +0000

I agree with the consensus here. This is not a legitimate competition, this is a call for free work. In this scenario, the “client” gets to review a large volume of designs (conceivably tens of thousands of dollars worth of work) for free. The “winner” gets $1000. What do the “losers” get?

This does not encourage good business practice for design students and cheapens the work that is produced by the design community as a whole. It builds the perception among employers that the salaries and fees for graphic designers can remain low because “they do this for fun anyway”.

One way for designers to earn respect is to stop doing work for free. Let these “competitions” be for amateurs only. When the “client” receives only amateur submissions, hopefully they will see their need to hire a professional to get the real job done.

By: Jesse Nivens

Jesse Nivens — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:53:26 +0000

I used to have a TON of respect for Notes on Design. However, the fact that you’re posting this exploitation “contest” on this site is seriously undermining your credibility.

I thought this site was made up of professionals and educators? Why is this spec work being advertised?

Please remove this post immediately!

By: Catherine

Catherine — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 03:19:13 +0000

(shaking head)

Total spec.

And sessions.edu is supposed to be showing designers the ropes of the industry? Amazing.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 02:13:34 +0000

Hi Anjula, I’m rather surprised to see all these posts for design competitions here at Notes On Design. I’m not saying that all design competitions are bad, but if you are unfamiliar with NO!SPEC you might want to read the website, learn about their mission and pass that along to your readers as well. http://www.no-spec.com