Design Outpost Rocks!
November 27th, 2005
Here at UIE, none of us have any artistic skills whatsoever. In fact, the only thing I can draw is blood.
So, when we need something graphical, we’ve been turning to our friends at Design Outpost.
Most recently, they designed the logo for our new roadshow tour:
They’ve also designed the UIE Brain Sparks logo:
The way Design Outpost works is quite clever. You create a contest with a cash prize. Designers, who have all auditioned to participate in the site, submit entries. As they submit them, you critique them, saying what you like and don’t like, allowing the designers to make changes with new entries. Finally, you pick one you like (which, because so many are good, can be difficult). The winner gets the prize.
I highly recommend Design Outpost if you need high quality graphics done on a shoestring budget.
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November 28th, 2005 at 9:31 am
You know I had to chime in on this one…
Design Outpost (DO) also created my logo and website and I couldn’t be happier with their work. The designers are all very talented and amazingly good at taking direction from your creative brief and feedback.
I had an overwhelming number of entries for my logo contest. I can’t tell you how nice it is to not only have a lot of designs to choose from (dozens actually), but to also have a handful of different designers working on your project.
Thank you again, Jared, for recommending DO to me a few months back!
January 10th, 2006 at 1:03 am
Does UIE need graphics on a shoestring budget??
January 10th, 2006 at 7:48 am
Zephyr asked:
Absolutely! Any money we don’t spend on graphics goes straight into producing more research.