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http://99designs.com/ http://99designs.com/ I have seen quite a lot of quality work done on these sites.

by qhoxie 18y ago

SwellJoe 18y ago
We used 99designs (formerly SitePoint Contests) for two logos with good results. I wrote an article about the process here: http://inthebox.webmin.com/getting-a-great-logo-reducing-the-field http://inthebox.webmin.com/getting-a-great-logo-reducing-the... Though I just noticed all of the images are dead (I guess because of the domain change)...gotta fix that. I definitely found it a good way to get good work. I've been told by several designers that contests are offensive...but I've found it really hard to hire a designer that I work with regularly, at any price. Designers, I suppose, being creative types, aren't often strong on on-time delivery, responding in a reasonable time to queries and requests, etc. I've never yet found a designer that I could count on, who also does good work, despite many attempts. (And I'm not cheap. When I have run contests, the prizes we offer are always the highest on the site at the time--and I've regularly paid "going rates" for icon work and other bits of design. Nonetheless, keeping a designer focused on our projects has been extremely difficult.) Anyway, I think design contests provide large corporation style design workflow for small companies. Design firms often work on spec for large companies, at least for the initial pitch. I don't think it's a bad thing to bring that kind of process to small businesses.
thorax 18y ago
We also used it for one of our upcoming sites and were quite pleased. I spent an incredible amount of time providing feedback to the nearly 40 designers who took a shot (over 136 revisions). Still, it totally paid off and we came away with 4-5 we would have been happy to use. Just keep in mind that you get even better results if you work with your designers to nudge them in different directions of your preference. We also did a trick of offering to pay for two logos. This made the grand prize lower (because of our budget), but it created some great competition.

http://99designs.com/ http://99designs.com/ I have seen quite a lot of quality work done on these sites.

by qhoxie 18y ago

http://99designs.com/ http://99designs.com/ I have seen quite a lot of quality work done on these sites.

We used 99designs (formerly SitePoint Contests) for two logos with good results. I wrote an article about the process here: http://inthebox.webmin.com/getting-a-great-logo-reducing-the-field http://inthebox.webmin.com/getting-a-great-logo-reducing-the... Though I just noticed all of the images are dead (I guess because of the domain change)...gotta fix that. I definitely found it a good way to get good work. I've been told by several designers that contests are offensive...but I've found it really hard to hire a designer that I work with regularly, at any price. Designers, I suppose, being creative types, aren't often strong on on-time delivery, responding in a reasonable time to queries and requests, etc. I've never yet found a designer that I could count on, who also does good work, despite many attempts. (And I'm not cheap. When I have run contests, the prizes we offer are always the highest on the site at the time--and I've regularly paid "going rates" for icon work and other bits of design. Nonetheless, keeping a designer focused on our projects has been extremely difficult.) Anyway, I think design contests provide large corporation style design workflow for small companies. Design firms often work on spec for large companies, at least for the initial pitch. I don't think it's a bad thing to bring that kind of process to small businesses.

thorax 18y ago

We also used it for one of our upcoming sites and were quite pleased. I spent an incredible amount of time providing feedback to the nearly 40 designers who took a shot (over 136 revisions). Still, it totally paid off and we came away with 4-5 we would have been happy to use. Just keep in mind that you get even better results if you work with your designers to nudge them in different directions of your preference. We also did a trick of offering to pay for two logos. This made the grand prize lower (because of our budget), but it created some great competition.