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According to Steinberg, "ventures like Kickstarter and Local Motors are compelling, but they only allow generous donors to play patron to the arts or gifted grease monkeys to satisfy their...
This article presents that executives in the design industry say crowdsourcing is one of the best ways to stay on top of consumer trends stating "it's more powerful when the consumer is...
An interesting article and an extensive comment stream challenging the merits of crowdsourcing.
Rather than asking designers to submit an entry for a client competition, in which compensation is only awarded to the “winner” of the contest, designers are asked to submit the best work from...
Be sure to give designers very specific feedback on a regular basis, so they know if they are on the right track. Similarly, if you think a designer is just not getting it or isn’t right for your...
Crowdfunding engines like Kickstarter are based on the concept that many small donations can add up to a lot of money. People pledge what they can, and only if the project meets its entire goal...
Mentions a couple more Agency's crowdsourcing work.
The critical issue for freelancers is to find sites that allow them to earn more for their work than they could on their own. Some crowdsourcing sites are approaching this point, especially sites...
Fiat Brazil has recently announced a project to crowdsource the entire car – including the mechanical components.
Founded by Alec Lynch, DesignCrowd offers logo, website, print and graphic design services to freelance graphic designers and design studios around the world.
12designer is European's marketleader in creative crowdsourcing. It's the perfect meeting point for clients and designers: client publishes a creative project, designers submit proposals,...
Logo Design is an online marketplace for designer and companies. Logo Design is based on the crowdsourcing principle. The idea of Logo Design is to facilitate online design contests. Companies can...
With the help of Kickstarter and all of its project backers, Scott Wilson's product idea, the iPod nano watch kit TikTok+LunaTik, will be made possible. From the day this project was posted on...
Local Motors' weekly car design contests are effective ways to reach out to the crowd. At the same time, it's a great way to entice more people to buy their products. So, this article is...
Josh Bernhard and Bracey Smith's Pioneer One project is incredible because many have backed up its first episodes and many are still doing whatever they can to help these fellows complete the...
Hill's LIFE Edited is not just a mere crowdsourced apartment design contest. The crowd needs to design something that is 420 square feet, must be able to accommodate a sit-down dinner for 12,...
Emphas.is is good because: 1. It is a platform that looks to the crowd to fund photographers’ work in dangerous places around the world. 2. It is not a distribution tool meant to reach media...
From the KickStarter Best of 2010 Collection, Marshall chose three of his most favorite videos, such as: 1. Musical Robots are Ready for the Next OCTANT (Release on Vinyl by Matthew Steinke) 2....
There are a lot of iPod Nano projects out there but the LunaTik/TikTok project made it bigger because: 1. The members of the team "told personal stories that created a connection to the...
Crowdfunding is unique because KickStarter requires a minimum threshold. In other words, users searching for funding from a KickStarter campaign have to meet a minimum goal in order to get the...
Music groups have already seen and realized what their fans can do for them. Bay Area flutist Meerenai Shim is an example. She ran out of interesting music to play with her chamber ensemble, and...
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