• Apr062009

    North Charleston Coliseum Logo Contest is Bunk!

    Posted by Gene in Design, Branding

    I HATE design contests. I hate them because I am a designer and “contests” like this North Charleston Coliseum & Performing Arts Center Logo Contest hurt our profession. It hurts it because it means that they do not value the work we do as designers. They don’t even think what we do deserves compensation outside of 2 tickets and a $50 gift certificate, maybe a grand total of $150 (and that’s probably generous on my part.)

    Ask yourself, would you offer a spec contest for legal advice, tax services, computer services, building repair, or any other professional service? No, you wouldn’t. Because their time has value. The same as ours. (taken directly from the NOSPEC contest protest letter.)

    Below are the details of their contest. Hey, it’s 3 logos by the way, not just one. Holy cow! Does the winner also get kicked in he head too?

    North Charleston Coliseum & Performing Arts Center Logo Contest

    WHO: The North Charleston Coliseum & Performing Arts Center

    WHAT: We need three new logos: one for the Coliseum, one for the Performing Arts Center, and a combined logo for both facilities.

    WHEN: Monday, March 30th-Friday, April 17th (A winner will be announced the week of April 20th.)

    WHERE: Please send all entries to logo@coliseumpac.com

    WHY: We are in need of a fresh, new logo.


    Here’s the link to the full page: http://www.coliseumpac.com/contest.php

    @BlueIon had linked up to a great letter to the North Charleston Coliseum & Performing Arts Center, you can read what they posted here. I am sending one myself, i’m going to use the NOSPEC contest protest template, I encourage anyone of you who is a designer to do the same as soon as you can.

    If you are confused about speculative (SPEC) work, here’s a great explanation.

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