I'm not sure why this (and crowdspring) is voted down. For the initial phase of design or designing small parts (logo's icons, home page) a global marketplace o

I'm not sure why this (and crowdspring) is voted down. For the initial phase of design or designing small parts (logo's icons, home page) a global marketplace of competing designers works very well. When you have the design you can run with it - and if you actually want to develop a working relationship with the winner you can always do that.