Graphic design by Forbes mag
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- spendogg0
* hands over file.
Now go make some shit letterhead, biz cards, and signage that show how cheap you really are. fuckstick
- Not_Ghey0
templatemonster.com got their pricing beat
- tommyo0
I love it. It's kind of comical actually. I mean think about it. Joe G. Client is looking for a solution to his image problem, so he logs into gangbangdesign.com or circlejerkdesignallovermyface.co... .. same concept, same design exploitation, different url.
Boom, you get 93.5 different solutions to your image problem! 93.5 solutions after only 1.35 days based on a brief he wrote himself with zero questions from any of his design 'professionals.' BOOM! Because, you all know, and Joe Client surely knows that the more solutions provided means the better the outcome! 'It's a fuckin numbers game baby...that's why I'm an entrepreneur, I'm good with numbahs. Gimme five!,' says Joe when he gets notification that his logos have just come out of the oven.
93.5 solutions from designers who A: Don't have time to read your brief or understand your business. B: Rush through your project because they know they probably won't get paid, and even if they do win and get paid it's still just a numbers game and they know that 'if I spend 2 hours on each logo and don't win then I'm out 2 hours. If I spend 30 min on each logo and I don't win, then I'm out 30 min. Just like Joe, they're working a pure numbers game here. C: Know, just like we know, that 9 out of 10 times, a client will pick the worst logo out of the bunch. You show 6, because that's what your agreement says, and they pick the throwaway 6th logo that you spent 2 minutes on.
So in the end, what does Joe G Client end up with by saving himself $500? Joe gets to take home his (uneducated) choice of identity out of a whopping 93.5 (uninspired)(unpolished)(just-do... choices. Joe made out like a bandit! Go Joe! He's now got enough money to hire an ex-McDonalds cashier to do his part-time accounting.
- Humanhand0
Any good client knows the usefulness of a designer is more than a logo or a business card. Our problem solving skills extend far past the literal representations of our craft. And our effectiveness is far greater when employed over time. These kinds of sites will never cater to a savvy business owner, as such I say who cares. Let them charge 95 cents for a logo.
- ornj0
Seems to me that even a great logo is worth 300 bucks if someone just threw together one comp, kicked it out the door and that was that. The real bucks comes from having people who actually know how to help implement your brand and get your shit in order.
- DesignKeyboard0
The difference is that as in architecture, it is hard to replicate. Graphic design, everything can be replicated easily.
- johndiggity0
the kicker quote:
"The beauty of our site is that it doesn't matter if you have a degree from the Rhode Island School of Design or if you're a grandma in Tennessee with a bunch of free time and Adobe (nasdaq: ADBE - news - people ) Illustrator," says Samson. "If the client likes the grandma's work better, then she's going to get the job."
- ukit0
They are working to democratize a snooty business.
- fourthgen0
that's bullshit. a huge spec work slave shop. Only difference is these designers don't get paid for 99% of the work they do.
great way to devalue our industry even more.
- ukit0
"CrowdSpring eats its own cooking. CrowdSpring's logo, a clever silhouette of a man's torso leaping with the force of a spring below, came from a janitor in Toronto with no formal design training."
- SHAMAN0
I feel sorry for the designers participating and getting taken advantage of and the designers that are losing projects because of this. And this guy who makes a lot of money wants two logos for $300...
Creative brief
LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT US:
I am a very high priced consultant. $38,000 a day fees.
I show successful businesses how to better sell their products and services to other businesses.
My clients are vendors , manufacturers, and service providers.- he actually wants 3 logos for $300, lolMilan
- I am a very high priced designer. $38,000 a logo feesMilan
- It must be a joke?Ranger
- If that's true. What a cunt. Anyone who hires him is a mugbabaganush
- Jaline0
- that logo looks like a person flying in a tornado.bulletfactory
- monNom0
if I know highly successful business people (and I think I do), there's absolutely nothing they'd rather do than wade through page upon page of trite generic design attempts.
- uberdesigner0
I hope this fails miserably.
- plash0
nice find.
is this scary to anyone here?
placing your designs to the auction block?
- NotByHand0
I want sprinkles.
- harlequino0
It seems like they are targeting start ups and would-be entrepeneurs, who never have money anyway. So fuck em.
I really doubt that real brands and companies who have put the time and money into their identities will be going this way anytime soon.
But I still hope those tools who started this get permenant crabs.
- boobs0
That's funny: their business is predicated on one of the most infamous design competitions in history. The Tribune Building competition is notable for having selected the worst entry from much more deserving designs by Saarinen, etc., etc. The Tribune Building stands as the second left foot of Chicago architecture.