Desktop 240: Taking A Speccy

The article I wrote for the current issue of Desktop magazine was more controversial than most. It broaches the topic of design contests — a topic that is very polarizing.

One element that designers who abhor design contests as a concept neglect to factor into their criticism is how many designers use design contests as a lead generation activity.

Basically I use 99designs.com as a stepping-stone to get contacts. And for that it has honestly been just amazing. My income, literally just from winning contests, basically pays all my bills. Add to that all the follow-up work that comes in, and you’re rockin’. It’s as simple as that.

You can read the full transcript of the interview that I did with Richard Scott (complete with arguments in the comments for and against the topic, as expected) which formed the basis of my article in Desktop.

posted: 26.06. 2008, 13:29 (0)