DesignNYC
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I get that DesignNYC isn't paying them for the work. It's a collective, and it's volunteer. All I am saying is that the designers on their roster receive nice salaries from their day jobs.
My point is that DesignNYC might be taking jobs away from smaller groups/individuals who need this type of work (where NGO's are their bread and butter).
I don't think that they see it this way but it's creating a (lazy) culture where NGO's may no longer feel it necessary to pay for design work. If there is a good service being given to you... I grew up in the school where I learned that you should pay for it. Not applying for funds to pay for design work (of course their grant writers could focus on something else; which is OK, but it just reminds me of how certain groups don't value design work, or believe that it is not real sweat work).
I've heard some of my friends who work high up within NGOs say that they will work with these start ups just because they don't have the funds, and that's OK too, but ...without even trying to apply for subsidies for ngo orgs for this kind of work.
Just my 2cents.