DesignContest.com
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| ISIN | 🆔 |
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| Industry | Graphic design crowdsourcing |
| Founded 📆 | 2003 |
| Founder 👔 | Sergey Nekipelov |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | , Los Angeles, CA , USA |
Area served 🗺️ | |
| Products 📟 | crowdsourcing platform |
| Owner | Designcontest Ltd. |
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| 🌐 Website | www |
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DesignContest is an social media online graphic design contest platform where designers compete for the contest holder’s prize. The platform employs the principles of crowdsourcing to provide graphic design services, including logo design, business card design, website design, T-shirt design, illustrations etc. to small businesses around the world on a contest basis.[1] Originating from online community of designers, DesignContest was one of the first platforms that has pioneered the concept of commercial design crowdsourcing. It was founded in 2003 by the businessman and investor Sergey Nekipelov.[2]
Philosophy[edit]
As a social media contest platform, DesignContest operates based on the basic ideas outlined in James Surowiecki’s The Wisdom of Crowds. The book proposes a hypothesis which states that a diverse collection of people is likely to make certain decisions better than independently operating individuals.[3] To his surprise the average of the crowd's guesses was more accurate than that of any given individual.
Another side of the platform's philosophy is not only to give the designers an opportunity to develop their skill by creating graphic design for the clients, but also to exchange within the community by giving something for free.[4]
History[edit]
The company was founded in 2003 as an online forum for designers. The company's original domain was DesignContest.net. Like many other innovative businesses founded upon similar principles, DesignContest did not get an immediately positive reception.[5] Instead, the company entered the market gradually, gaining reputation and popularity with designers and contest holders. By 2010 DesignContest changed its domain name to DesignContest.com and became one of the largest graphic design crowdsourcing platforms on the Web.[6] Starting 2011, DesignContest created a full Russian version of the website, entering the post-Soviet market.[7] Since 2012 DesignContest offers official copyright transfer documents granting the contest holders exclusive rights to all winning designs. Clients can now download design's copyright document in pdf format after choosing the winner of their design contest.[8] The next major update of the website is planned for spring of 2014.
Community[edit]
DesignContest is primarily a community of designers with its own forum, where members discuss their work,[9] a news blog covering trends in design and crowdsourcing, and an extensive knowledge base. Constant staff assistance DesignContest helps novice designers to quickly enhance their skills.[10][11] By the beginning of 2014 the number of registered designers exceeded 500,000. DesignContest consistently receives positive response from its clients. [12] [13] [14] [15]
Contests[edit]
DesignContest approach to content creation is based on the principles of crowdsourcing and competition. The client, called 'Contest Holder', starts a design contest where designers compete for a prize in a certain category. In some cases, the prize is split between three winning designers. The categories include: logo design, T-shirt design, website design, print design, WordPress theme design, mobile application design and other design.[16]
Throughout its history, DesignContest created graphic for a number of major clients, including Sport 360,[17] University of California,[18] Leadership Couples,[19] Fisher House Foundation.[20]
The Contest aimed at helping the Moscow Metro with a logo redesign caused a resonance in media. As it turned out, the subway had no official logo, so thousands of designers were offered to come up with their options.[21][22]
References[edit]
- ↑ "DesignContest.com Launches Anti-Bullying T-Shirt Contest". Benzinga. 2012.
- ↑ "BBB Business Review of DesignContest.Com". Better Business Bureau. 2011.
- ↑ Surowiecki, James. The Wisdom of Crowds. Doubleday. ISBN 978-0-385-50386-0. Search this book on
- ↑ 50 Free Vintage Design Icons. GraphicDesignJunction (GDJ). 2011. Search this book on
- ↑ "Design Contests: The Pros and Cons". By Speider Schneider. Noupe. 2013.
- ↑ "DesignContest.com sells for $40,000 at GreatDomains". Fusible.com. 2010.
- ↑ [https:/www.designcontest.ru/ "Разработка Дизайна на конкурсной основе"] Check
|url=value (help). The Russian version of the site. 2014. - ↑ "DesignContest.com Now Offers Copyright Documents with All Winning Designs". PRWeb. 2012.
- ↑ "Giveaway: 5 Amazon Kindle 3G from DesignContest.com". Six Revisions. 2011.
- ↑ "Case Study: Crowdsourcing for a New Starbucks Logo". Inspirationfeed. 2011.
- ↑ "Профессия: digital-стратег". Slon. 2013.
- ↑ "DesignContest.com Review". TopLogo Companies. 2012.
- ↑ "Put Crowdsourcing to Work for You, at DesignContest.com". Logo Designer. 2012.
- ↑ "Designcontest reviews". UK Logo Design. 2011.
- ↑ "DesignContest.com Not Your Typical Crowdsourcing Site". Inspirationfeed. 2011.
- ↑ "15+ Great Ways to Find Web Design and Development Work". Amy-Mae Elliott. Mashable. 2010.
- ↑ "Logo design contest for 360 Elite Sports, Inc". 2013.
- ↑ "Designcontest.com Invites Designers to Create New UC Logo". Logo Designer. 2012.
- ↑ "And we have a Winner!". Leadership Couples. 2012.
- ↑ "Fisher House Foundation Launches Recovery Patient T-Shirt Design Contest". Virtual-Strategy Magazine (VSM). 2014.
- ↑ "Почему дизайн-конкурс может быть эффективнее дизайн-студии?". Анна Савина. Look At Me. 2013. Retrieved 2014-02-12.
- ↑ "Проект DesignContest проводит конкурс на новый логотип столичного метро". Алиса По. The Vilarge. 2013. Retrieved 2014-02-12.
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