LicensArt.com Logo Design Competition
Author of this post: Anjula Duggal | About Blog Authors »
LicensArt.com needs a new logo, and they want you to design it! They’re looking for a graphic symbol or icon that elegantly captures and communicates the essence of their unique business model, connecting creativity with commerce. The contest is open to all artists and designers (both professional and non-professional), as well as art students from anywhere in the world. The logo should be vector graphics, not a bitmap image, should be usable in monochrome and color media, including limited colors (say 2 or 3 colors). The logo must be the original work of the submitter. $1,000 (USD) will be awarded to the submitter of the winning design.
Deadline: November 30, 2007
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October 2nd, 2007 at 2:13 am
Hi Anjula, I’m rather surprised to see all these posts for design competitions here at Notes On Design. I’m not saying that all design competitions are bad, but if you are unfamiliar with NO!SPEC you might want to read the website, learn about their mission and pass that along to your readers as well. http://www.no-spec.com
October 2nd, 2007 at 3:19 am
(shaking head)
Total spec.
And sessions.edu is supposed to be showing designers the ropes of the industry? Amazing.
October 2nd, 2007 at 3:53 pm
I used to have a TON of respect for Notes on Design. However, the fact that you’re posting this exploitation “contest” on this site is seriously undermining your credibility.
I thought this site was made up of professionals and educators? Why is this spec work being advertised?
Please remove this post immediately!
October 12th, 2007 at 3:53 pm
I agree with the consensus here. This is not a legitimate competition, this is a call for free work. In this scenario, the “client” gets to review a large volume of designs (conceivably tens of thousands of dollars worth of work) for free. The “winner” gets $1000. What do the “losers” get?
This does not encourage good business practice for design students and cheapens the work that is produced by the design community as a whole. It builds the perception among employers that the salaries and fees for graphic designers can remain low because “they do this for fun anyway”.
One way for designers to earn respect is to stop doing work for free. Let these “competitions” be for amateurs only. When the “client” receives only amateur submissions, hopefully they will see their need to hire a professional to get the real job done.
November 2nd, 2007 at 10:22 am
I must agree, this is not a legitimate competition. But could not agree with remark that all design contests are bad for business. It looks that some designers are afraid from tough competition.
December 19th, 2007 at 1:02 am
[...] Even Frisky has a little “make my day” kind of attitude about this issue…It seems that certain design competitions are ‘on spec.’ In other words, competitions sometimes try to get something for nothing as they appeal for competitors in hopes of finding ‘free’ artwork. Of course, I can’t filter through all the competitions here and you know this. But, some poor souls at Notes on Design had their butts handed to them on a platter after they posted the LicensArt.com logo design contest. [...]
January 29th, 2008 at 5:31 pm
Hi everybody. 15th Feb is the deadline for submitting your logo for Semi-Annual American Logo design awards. Hope you all participate and best of luck :-)
http://www.01interactive.com
March 29th, 2008 at 6:27 pm
Such competitions are really encouraging for designers like us. Thank you again. Go on!
August 5th, 2008 at 7:48 am
I just want to clearify one thing .. Is the winning logo remain the property of the designer or it becomes the property of the contest owner?
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