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Adland on NO!SPEC
Adland ad-rag.com NO!SPEC crusade on a roll Design organisations are now getting involved – RGD (Association of Registered Graphic Designers of Ontario), GDC (Society of Graphic Designers of Canada), AIGA (the professional association for design), and Icograda (International Council of Graphic Design Associations).
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NO!SPEC on digg
Please digg this –>>NO!SPEC Launches The mission of NO!SPEC is to educate both clients and Visual Communication designers (also known as ‘graphic’ designers) about the nature of speculative, or “spec” work. It also serves as a vehicle to unite designers who support the notion that spec work devalues the potential of design and ultimately does…
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mediabistro.com: UnBeige on NO!SPEC
mediabistro.com: UnBeige: And Then They Never Talked About Spec Work Again… We’re back to eating up every last bit of words with this whole ongoing spec thing. This writer has seen enough to understand that he was wrong in the spec department. He was thinking more along the lines of creating to help your portfolio,…
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Creativebits on NO!SPEC
creativebits: This concerns you guys so check it out! The mission of NO!SPEC is to educate both clients and Visual Communication designers (also known as ‘graphic’ designers) about the nature of speculative, or “spec” work. It also serves as a vehicle to unite designers who support the notion that spec work devalues the potential of…
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Web Design Times and NO!SPEC
Stop by Web Design Times and join in on the Say NO! to Spec discussion (yes, cat had a go). In an effort to educate Visual Communication Designers and those who use their services, on the damaging effects caused by spec work and spec-based design contests, a group of designers from all over the globe…
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Jack Yan on NO!SPEC
Jack Yan speaks out on Spec education. It’s something I have been against for years, especially when AGDA campaigned against it with its members. The idea is that the designer gets zilch in order to ‘pitch’ for a job. Hours are invested, and ideas, more often than you think, are appropriated. It devalues the work…
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Deluxe Lab on NO!SPEC
Deluxe Lab quoting Tom Stephan on Deluxe Lab, Webspotting: Go Spec Yourself! I really wanted a tattoo, but I had no idea what I wanted – I just wanted a tattoo. So I went to four or five different tattoo studios and said: hi guys, I want a tattoo, and it has to be cool…
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TAPP-D on NO!SPEC
TAPP-D with Issues: Just Say NO! Spec work has become a real problem in our industry, as I previously mentioned on Tapp-d, this work undermines much of what designers do to earn a living. I for one am completely against spec work, seeing as I do like to eat and have a roof over my…
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A Little Hut on NO!SPEC
A little Hut says NO to spec work! Hear! Hear! A site that finally puts a voice to why spec work shouldn’t exist. It says everything that I probably couldn’t adequately put into words myself. You should really check it out.
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Netdiver on NO!SPEC
Kudos goes to Carole Guevin from Netdiver Now folks at NO!SPEC are taking this hot issue to a new level. We working the design industry, have long tales of such requests turned bad, and as such, Netdiver supports this initiative wholeheartedly!
