Understanding how professional designers work will help your organization achieve planned goals. To help you with just that, we’ve compiled resources to read.
Cameron from Creative Business wrote this one for NO!SPEC: Why we don’t make speculative presentations. And below are some others online.
boagworld.com: Why speculative design is wrong
davidairey.com: Responding to spec work requests
8164.org: Pay the designer
markboulton.co.uk: The personal cost of designing on spec
lisamikulski.com: The client’s bill of rights
adage.com: Why spec creative doesn’t pay
logodesignlove.com: Logo warehouses, crowdsourcing, and a lack of understanding
nancyfriedman.com: How to be a good client
thelogofactory.com: Why logo contests don’t work
thelogofactory.com: Are logo design contest sites even legal?
winwithoutpitching.com: 16 brief points of free pitching
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