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2013 Philippine Logo Design Awards Are Open!

2013 Philippine Logo Design Awards Are Open!

DesignCrowd - Friday, May 10, 2013

Dear Philippine designers,We're excited to announce the launch of the inaugral 2013 Philippine Logo Design Awards! Is your portfolio chock full of awesome logo designs?! Are you looking to gain national and global exposure for your supreme design skills? This contest is you!We're on the hunt to find the best logo designer in the Philippines.How to Enter:To be part of Read more

How To Win More Design Contests

How To Win More Design Contests

Jo Sabin - Tuesday, May 7, 2013

If you've just joined DesignCrowd or actively participate in design contests, you'll be helping thousands of clients crowdsource a range of design services. From company logos to t-shirt design, to brochure design, our designers specialise in over 40 different types of graphic design services, available 24/7, all year round. DesignCrowd designers have earned nearly $10M in contest wins. For new designers on the platform you're probably thinking, 'what do I need to do to win?' This blog post will outline five tips to increase your chance of winning contests on DesignCrowd.  Read more

Best Logo Designs from the Kapiti Coast Contest

Best Logo Designs from the Kapiti Coast Contest

Jo Sabin - Tuesday, April 30, 2013

New Zealand March 2013: The new Kapiti Coast Council logo was expensive and not universally loved by locals. So we launched the Kapiti Coast logo design contest to promote our design community's awesome creativity without the big guy budget. Check out these stunning unofficial alternative tourism logos for Kapiti Coast. Read more

Top 40 Crowdsourced Kevin Rudd T-Shirt Designs

Top 40 Crowdsourced Kevin Rudd T-Shirt Designs

Jo Sabin - Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Crowdsourcing is quickly growing in popularity among big companies and organizations for almost anything from updating a brand look to a new campaign design. The latest big brand crowdsourcing example on DesignCrowd was a t-shirt design contest to help none other than Australia's former Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd aka 'KRudd'. The brief first appeared on Mr Rudd's website and DesignCrowd hosted the contest. The winning design was from DesignCrowd and Mr Rudd used it in his election campaign. Check out the designs in this post! Read more

Virgin T-shirt Design Showcase

Virgin T-shirt Design Showcase

Jo Sabin - Thursday, February 21, 2013

Companies large and small are using DesignCrowd.com to crowdsource brand and marketing designs. In fact, a recent highly popular design contest on DesignCrowd was hosted by the US-based branch of Virgin - Virgin Healthmiles - who stumped up $3,500 in prize money! 355 designers competed submitting over 1,500 designs. See the results. Read more

$10,000 Logo Design Contest Winners Announced

$10,000 Logo Design Contest Winners Announced

DesignCrowd - Thursday, December 20, 2012

On 12-12-12, the finalists and winners of the TimesSquare.com $10,000 logo design contest were announced on TimesSquare.com. A colorful, typographic-driven design by Serbian graphic designer Jovan took out the top place and the $5,000 cash prize. Describing his design, Jovan said, "The lines presents moving (people, vehicles, energy...). [The] colors are lights". The logo de Read more

Designer Profile: Interview with Art Samurai from the Philippines

Designer Profile: Interview with Art Samurai from the Philippines

Jo Sabin - Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Art Samurai is ranked second in DesignCrowd's global designer rankings and widely respected by our designer community. So how did this super-star designer rise to become a top earner within two years of joining DesignCrowd? The answer is partly hard work but mainly an intense focus to learn everything about graphic design.Samurai (yes, he prefers to be known by his DesignCrowd moniker). Find out more about the designer.  Read more

48 Creative Examples of Typography in Design

48 Creative Examples of Typography in Design

DesignCrowd - Friday, November 2, 2012

When designing with type, it can be challenging to figure out which direction to take your design. This round up features 48 straight and quirky typefaces that will inspire your next design project. Typography is getting very experimental with designers taking inspiration from food, nature, textures and more to create new typefaces. Enjoy! Read more

10 Awesome Crowdsourced Book Covers on DesignCrowd

10 Awesome Crowdsourced Book Covers on DesignCrowd

Jo Sabin - Thursday, October 11, 2012

The perfect book cover relies on a few principles to be able to grab the attention of a would-be reader, keep these ideas in mind and you'll be on you way to marketing your book. The first tip to focus on is  typography. Choosing the right typeface - be it a serif or sans serif font - will set the tone and convey a strong impression to the reader. Make sure it's a positive one!Secondly Read more

The Grammar of Typography Part 1 - Letterform

The Grammar of Typography Part 1 - Letterform

DesignCrowd - Thursday, September 27, 2012

What's typography in relation to graphic design? Our working definition is taken from "Typography refers to the visual design of language through the selection of type font, size, line, and spacing" - from Multimodal Glossary. Typography is the easiest way of communicating an idea and message and this article will outline 3 key ways designers can communicate through type to ensure their message hits home. Read more

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