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3 Compelling Reasons a Bid on Logo Design is a Smarter Choice for Business

3 Compelling Reasons a Bid on Logo Design is a Smarter Choice for Business

Clancy Clarke - Monday, May 26, 2014

Logo design is hard for small business - but not when you utilise crowdsourcing. Checkout these 3 compelling reasons why a bid on logo design works for small business.  Read more

5 Questions To Ask Before Designing Your Own Logo

5 Questions To Ask Before Designing Your Own Logo

Clancy Clarke - Monday, May 19, 2014

Many small businesses try to save money by designing their own logo - this sets them up for failure! Ask these 5 questions before attempting to design a logo yourself.  Read more

35 Famous Circle Logos

35 Famous Circle Logos

Jo Sabin - Thursday, February 20, 2014

Circles are a common theme in logo design. This eye-catching shape is everywhere in nature, art and the built environment. From architecture to crafts like textiles, jewellery and industrial design, we find circles at every turn. Major brands like Firefox, LG, Burger King, the Olympics sport (pun not intended) a circular shape within their logo. Checkout these 35 famous logos that use circles. Read More! Read more

Why Vector Files Are Better For Your Clients

Why Vector Files Are Better For Your Clients

DesignCrowd - Monday, December 23, 2013

Have you ever wondered why sometimes your logo looks pixelated when enlarged? Have you ever tried to edit your logo colors and shape to fit brochures, business cards or website unsuccessfully? Well, looks like you've been working with raster images rather than vectors.Although at first sight bo Read more

4 Tips To Create Original Graphic Design Artwork

4 Tips To Create Original Graphic Design Artwork

Jo Sabin - Monday, December 23, 2013

As a designer working on a design crowdsourcing platform, it's normal to seek design inspiration from different places: Pinterest, Behance, Dribble, hard copy books, magazines, music and even nature. An idea can be found where you least expect it! However, it is sometimes easy to confuse being inspired by a design versus copying a design and simply changing some of the elements. This article will explain the key difference between copying and inspiration in graphic design. Read more

DesignCrowd Raises $3 Million To Expand Worldwide!

DesignCrowd Raises $3 Million To Expand Worldwide!

Jo Sabin - Friday, November 15, 2013

In 2013, DesignCrowd has grown its designer community to 250,000; paid designers over $10 million in crowdsourced design projects and raised a second $3 million round of investment from Starfish Ventures.  Read more

Australian Flag Crowdsourced in 1901

Australian Flag Crowdsourced in 1901

Jo Sabin - Thursday, August 1, 2013

Did you know that Australia's flag was crowdsourced? Back in 1901, Australia officially farewelled the British (who had colonised Australia in 1788) and began governing itself. What does any new state need? A flag to unite the people! Australia announced an international contest to design a new Australian flag. We believe this is one of the world's earliest examples of design crowdsourcing. Read more

Crowdsourcing in Australia ... from the Australian Flag to Australia's Global Crowdsourcing Hub

Crowdsourcing in Australia ... from the Australian Flag to Australia's Global Crowdsourcing Hub

Jo Sabin - Thursday, August 1, 2013

Australians have been crowdsourcing since 1901.  Fact. From the national flag to the Sydney Opera House, Australians have embraced the idea that a good idea can come from anyone, anywhere. Perhaps its our geographic isolation, our outward export-focused economy, small population or our cultural tendency towards egalitarianism and meritocracy. Read more about crowdsourcing national icons! Read more

Guideline To Design Quality Standards on DesignCrowd

Guideline To Design Quality Standards on DesignCrowd

Jo Sabin - Friday, June 28, 2013

Over 120,000 designers are part of DesignCrowd's designer community. When you sign up as a designer, you are committing to producing quality work in a professional manner - just like inside a traditional agency. To make it easier to submit high quality designs, we recently updated DesignCrowd’s Quality Standards to make them easy to understand.  Read more

Web Basics: Static Versus Dynamic Websites

Web Basics: Static Versus Dynamic Websites

DesignCrowd - Wednesday, May 29, 2013

If you're getting started on creating your first ever website or you've started a website design contest, it is important to identify whether the type of site you require is static or dynamic. A static website (sometimes called brochureware) is entirely made in HTML and doesn't automatically update or change page layout or content. In contrast, dynamic sites use programmi Read more

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