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Old 07-12-2010, 10:06 AM  
Amputate Your Head
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What?s a Designer?s Time Worth Anyway?

The main argument against design contests is that it trivialises the time, effort and client-designer interaction, needed to go into a design. By asking for designer submissions, the client is effectively saying that people should work for the hope of getting paid, that a designer?s time is only worthwhile if their work is actually used.

A few times I?ve had clients say things like "If I don?t like the design, do I have to pay for it?" This sort of question makes me run for the hills, and a design contest is essentially answering that question with a big ?no?.

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