What we can learn from the new Gap logo debacle
Now that Gap has announced they’re abandoning their new logo, as well as passing on crowdsourcing for further development, perhaps we should take a look for lessons learned After an Internet backlash...
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Gap unveils their new logo to an internet firestorm, Twitter battles between the new and old and a lot of griping amongst the design community. Take our poll after the jump. Visitors to the Gap...
View ArticleThey’re not even trying to hide it anymore
Crowdsourcing ad agency Victors & Spoils‘ spec work design platform is called Squirrel Fight. Small, hungry rodents fighting over peanuts. That’s nice. Related posts:Snippets: Crowdsourcing advice...
View ArticleDo you know who’s designing your logo?
When it comes to marketing stuff on the internet, many logo design companies have developed split personalities, pretending they’re someone else, located somewhere they’re not, and offering the exact...
View ArticleTrademark, copyright & logo design
Plagiarism Today’s Jonathan Bailey takes a look at trademark, copyright and how it applies to logos and logo design. Part of a series on understanding intellectual property rights and how to protect...
View ArticleThe Crowdsourcing Dilemma. Spec work, crowdsourcing and Crowdspring on NPR
As evidenced by features on NPR and in Forbes, spec work, crowdsourcing and design contests remain the darlings of the business media. Sadly, many of the inflated claims made are left unchallenged and...
View ArticleWe’re all in this together. SEO and logo designers
Want to rank on Google for ‘logo design’ or related keywords? Due to shady tactics of some of the front runners, your odds are long. That doesn’t mean you’re completely out of luck. How using a...
View ArticleLogo Raiding
In the cut-throat game of online logo design marketing, some companies are using logo raiding, a tactic that creeps closer and closer to the boundaries of ethics, and perhaps treads over copyright...
View ArticleSnippets: The wondrously wacky world of online logo design, legal threats and...
When web designer Zach Hornsby decided to write a blog post entitled 99designs is Effectively Ruining Client, Designer Relations he used a picture of 99designs staff to illustrate the piece. That’s...
View ArticleSnippets: Spring Tip o’ the Pint edition
The bitter-free, Spring Tip o’ the Pint, weekend edition of our regular snippets feature. Throwing a little link love to blogs, websites, logos and logo design articles we kinda dug. To Upstack. In...
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