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About 12designer7 crowdsourcing websites to keep an eye on in 2011
2010 has been a big year for online crowdsourcing.
The concept has gained momentum, clever people are finding more innovative and creative ways to utilise the crowd and the result has been the development of a host of genuinely brilliant crowdsourcing websites.
Included below are 7 crowdsourcing websites, all of them based in Europe, that will be worth keeping a close watch on 2011.
6 brilliant online graphic design resources that inspire and educate
It is no secret that one of the most common ways a modern graphic designer learns is through information found online.
By seeking out inspiration from the online world around them designers are able to trigger new perspectives and therefore new ideas and concepts to help improve the quality of their work.
However, with every man and his dog now capable of creating their own blog or website, it can be quite difficult to distinguish between which graphic design resources are worth your time and which ones simply waste it. In truth, nothing is a complete waste of time if you find inspiration from it, but on the other hand there are clearly better places than others to find productive inspiration.
Listed below is a collection of what I consider to be some of the best graphic design resources available online. Chosen for the quality and variety of their content and their ability to educate and inspire, I personally follow each and every one of them and strongly recommend them.
Submitted by Andrew on 29.11.10, 11:37The 7-step guide to writing a fast, effective design brief
Utilising a crowdsourcing website like 12designer for your design requirements has many advantages.
It saves time, it saves money and because of the diversity of ideas and concepts that are presented you almost always get a great outcome.
As a client, the best way to ensure you get the best possible outcome for your design is to include a descriptive and detailed design brief. It makes life easier for the designers and the more detailed the brief, the better the design will be.
But just how do you write a fast, effective design brief? What should you say to get your message across to the designers and how can you make sure that it doesn't take up too much of your time?
Here's our 7-step guide to writing a fast, effective design brief, with a couple of additional nuggets of advice added on at the end.
Submitted by Andrew on 17.11.10, 09:53Introducing Twelve's new blogger extraordinaire
It's official: 12designer have gone crazy.
They have done something that they never, ever, not in a million years thought that they would.
That's right, they've hired an Australian.
Submitted by Andrew on 12.11.10, 17:235 simple ways to improve your logo design
Coming up with a great idea for a logo design is one thing, executing it is another.
So often designers conceive a brilliant concept for a company's logo, something that incoporates their personality, history and uniqueness, but are unable to communicate it effectively.
A fatal flaw that many designers make when trying to turn a clever concept into an effective design is to overcomplicate things. Trying to stuff too many concepts, colours or even words into a design is rarely a good idea.
Get back to basics
One of the best ways to turn a great concept into a great logo is to keep it simple. To break the design down into its most basic form.
Today on Twelve we have included five simple ways to improve your logo design. In addition each suggestion features two examples of logos - one from the 12designer design community and one iconic public logo - to act as a benchmark.
As well as providing you with some simple suggestions that will improve your design we also hope to raise some awareness of the great work that is being done by 12designer users.
Submitted by Andrew on 11.11.10, 16:21Milestone reached: 10000 creatives!
"...No matter what the future brings
As time goes by..."
...said the old tune, and for good.
When we started in March 2009, we always thought: step by step, keep calm, don't try to eat the whole world at once. So, we started just with a version in German; now look at us, we've got five language versions and we're European market leaders. Yeah!
Today is a day we've been expecting for: the day in which we break the 4-number figure.
Isn't it nice to see?
Submitted by Your12designerTeam on 29.10.10, 17:41
