Comments for Steven Piper http://pippiper.com Business, education, design & Southsea Fri, 04 Nov 2011 22:18:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Ten Degrees South – Photography Exhibition by Chris http://pippiper.com/university-of-portsmouth-photographic-exhibition/#comment-11 Chris Fri, 04 Nov 2011 22:18:06 +0000 http://pippiper.com/?p=263#comment-11 Thanks for mentioning our show Steven Thanks for mentioning our show Steven

]]> Comment on Spec Work Will Destroy The Creative Industry by Steven Piper http://pippiper.com/spec-work-will-destroy-the-creative-industry/#comment-8 Steven Piper Wed, 26 Oct 2011 19:31:42 +0000 http://pippiper.com/?p=186#comment-8 Thanks Maxine. Crowd Sourcing is another worry for designers, where a lot of companies are just competing on lowest possible price, rather than on what they should be focusing on - the quality of the design. Just a quick note, I'm not promoting the above link but I'm happy to leave it here (because its not that spammy) and leave you to make up your own minds as to whether you want to use it. Thanks Maxine.

Crowd Sourcing is another worry for designers, where a lot of companies are just competing on lowest possible price, rather than on what they should be focusing on – the quality of the design.

Just a quick note, I’m not promoting the above link but I’m happy to leave it here (because its not that spammy) and leave you to make up your own minds as to whether you want to use it.

]]> Comment on Spec Work Will Destroy The Creative Industry by Maxine Horn http://pippiper.com/spec-work-will-destroy-the-creative-industry/#comment-7 Maxine Horn Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:59:21 +0000 http://pippiper.com/?p=186#comment-7 Excellent Steven - well said and to Andy Rutledge for his visual response - very apt. You are right - this is getting to epidemic proportions that only serves to exploit the world's creative industries that in the end will serve no-one well - least of all the brand owners. Also see the growth of exploitative Crowd Sourcing web sites like CrowdSpring popping up everywhere in the USA - not only are they giving designers work for virtually nothing but also their design rights worldwide Take a look at www.creativebarcode.com - it's a great way to protect your work and uphold the value of creativity worldwide in a fair, ethical and balanced way of mutual benefit Excellent Steven – well said and to Andy Rutledge for his visual response – very apt.
You are right – this is getting to epidemic proportions that only serves to exploit the world’s creative industries that in the end will serve no-one well – least of all the brand owners.

Also see the growth of exploitative Crowd Sourcing web sites like CrowdSpring popping up everywhere in the USA – not only are they giving designers work for virtually nothing but also their design rights worldwide

Take a look at http://www.creativebarcode.com – it’s a great way to protect your work and uphold the value of creativity worldwide in a fair, ethical and balanced way of mutual benefit

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