Re: graphics designer needed for logo help

[Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

I'm sure I'd get a similar response from most upper management types
about the idea of paying the "winner" $100,000 for a logo design.

The idea of working with students is that they're supposed to get more
out of the arrangement than you do.  I doubt I'd be able to sell most
upper management types on that idea, either.

But it sometimes does help make really bad ideas go away.

Gene Kim-Eng



On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 12:58 PM, Bill Swallow <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> Even with a "grand prize" you won't get the true professionals
> participating in such a game. All whom I know and have worked with
> openly oppose them.
>
> While engaging students in such activities might seem worthwhile, you
> are only tapping their artistic abilities and not their design
> abilities. Design is not about looks, but about purpose, utility, and
> character. Many artists are ill-equipped to be successful designers,
> and many successful designers couldn't survive as artists.
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