Hello all.
I think this is an interesting topic and would like to know what you as fellow forum members think. We all know about the sites where designers are either selling their design services at an underprice or spending their time on competitions where chances are slim that they will succeed.
I believe that this depreciate the value of design and make design customers less willing to spend money on design. They will for example think "why pay £699 to the local designer for a logotype when I can get it for £5". We who are active in the design industry, all know that a good design can play a big part in how a business, organization, charity etc is perceived by people.
I'm not saying that all designers on crowdsourcing or competition sites are bad or less skilled, but anyone can sign up and label himself/herself as a logotype expert. That's a problem. I have heard of examples where people have got logotypes which have infringed on others copyrights. But maybe these problems are good, not for the buyer of course, because people will understand the value of professional designers who spend their creativity and time creating great designs.
Let me know what you think
AlexC
I think this is an interesting topic and would like to know what you as fellow forum members think. We all know about the sites where designers are either selling their design services at an underprice or spending their time on competitions where chances are slim that they will succeed.
I believe that this depreciate the value of design and make design customers less willing to spend money on design. They will for example think "why pay £699 to the local designer for a logotype when I can get it for £5". We who are active in the design industry, all know that a good design can play a big part in how a business, organization, charity etc is perceived by people.
I'm not saying that all designers on crowdsourcing or competition sites are bad or less skilled, but anyone can sign up and label himself/herself as a logotype expert. That's a problem. I have heard of examples where people have got logotypes which have infringed on others copyrights. But maybe these problems are good, not for the buyer of course, because people will understand the value of professional designers who spend their creativity and time creating great designs.
Let me know what you think
AlexC