$25,000 Logo Contest
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- SigDesign0
Although I'm against crowd-sourcing design in general, I might make an exception for this one.
There are so many designers out there who might not normally get the opportunity to create a logo for the NEA, possibly for their entire career. I agree with fiver about comparing this to Maya Lin... it's a good opportunity for someone unknown and unconnected to get their work out there.
- I second this, plus is 25Gs, its not like its 500 bucks you know? I don't think this aims to devalue designers, but to offer a challengeMeeklo
- a challenge and motivationMeeklo
- yeah... it's quite a substantial amountSigDesign
- the issue isn't the amt. of the reward for the winner - it's the lack of compensation for the 999 losersbigtrickagain
- with that mentality, you should not watch the olympic games..
(not that you were going to... :)Meeklo
- Meeklo0
everything you said, can be applied to the NEA logo contest..
Except when you said that AIGA does not profit from this, since in order to participate you need to be a member, (and memberships run per year on average for $235 for professionals, $90 for students, and I think they can run up to $300)And please understand, I'm not against AIGA making these "banner contests" "poster contests" or any other form of "spec work" (in my view at least, they are giving designers the incentive of recognition, and that is just as valuable as a money price), what I don't agree is that they promote themselves on being so against these sort of things...
Is like someone from Peta saying that they wore a fur coat, because they were cold, not because it was fashionable...
- kld0
art works... for free
- Lifeinvector0
I'm a little confused. Where else does it say, besides in JohnDiggity's post (above), that a 3-page narrative be submitted alongside the logo? I've been hopping around different site that talk about the contest, and no one else has mentioned it. Anyone?
- bigtrickagain0
@Lifeinvector: here:
- Thank you. 3-page narrative, really?? I hope they like big type.Lifeinvector
- whatsup0
I wonder what the NEA's reaction to the AIGA letter will be. I think there needs to be some sort of applause here at the expense that I could have been a winner of the $25,000 to sell out our design practice.
There are many companies to my experience who treat their designers like people who flip burgers. When designers seek to be higher up on the food chain with business. It's from a designer's mergence with businesses that a company can prosper and continuously create ideas for the future.
The "designer as nobody" speculative is slowly diminishing and designers are getting the respect and understanding that they deserve. This contest represents NEA's position on their lack of knowledge on how to work with design. And teaches other companies to deal with design the same way.
- Lifeinvector0
Confused again. How is it open to "students, designers, artists, companies, private citizens, and pretty much anyone who agrees that 'art works'" when you are required to enroll in the Central Contractor Registration (which requires something called a DUN, which is basically a number to identify your business) ... ?