2009
by Peter LaMotte
We received a message from one of our community members on a RFB message boards today and we felt while the message board may not be the best place to discuss the matter, it was a very valid point and needed to be considered. With the goal of a quick response, we decided record a quick video response and post it to our blog. We would be interested in your feedback.
This will be an experiment, so feel free to let us know what you think of the idea we are proposing to deal with multiple submissions, as well as the idea of having a video blog addressing community issues, or simple keeping you up to date on the goings on within GeniusRocket.
Peter is an industry expert at GeniusRocket, focused on the dynamics of online media and community driven content. As EVP of Marketing and Operations he oversees day-to-day activities of the company.
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Make it so.
Cool idea. But it would be great if you would restore the basic functions of the site first. It's been month now scince all my PM's got erased without prior notice and never restored. Also my potential collaborators are still not accessible. No clue, who's doing what. Long story short, restore the basic stuff first before you put energy into new features. My opinion.
thats a really good idea peter, i cant wait till this will be realised *gg i often post my entrys at the same time so that they appear behind each other but thats not possible all the time if i for example get a good idea 2 days later there will be a big gap between my entrys because the others have post their entrys.
I love the idea. I know I am one of the ones with multiple submissions.Because we can't get much feedback from the client and aren't able to discuss with them in more detail what it is they actually want, it makes it difficult to limit logo color or choose a style.
Also, I find it very unprofessional,regardless of how any of us feel about a winning entry to post criticism of the winner, (except for copyright infringement), on the post of the RFB. There should be a place to discuss things for the designers, that don't involve the clients.
Points and Pixels I too have not understood some of the winning choices, but I would be more concerned with not copying others. Your True Lemon submission with the zipper looks like you were doing a cheap copy of Infuzions as can be seen on http://dzinebites.blogspot.com/2007/11/infuzions.html. And although not a direct copy when I first saw Christopher Hudson's work on skateboarders on istockphoto.com, I sure thought you got your inspiration for your Blaq City logo by combining parts of his background city design, although this one may just be coincidence as can happen in graphic design.
a) I think the vidcast works to get GenRock's ideas across to the community.
b) I think the concept of each submitting artist having all entries in the same area would be beneficial to all! What, if any, issue would there be with date/time stamping?
c) I agree with Debra - and whomever else has mentioned it - that a place for designer -> designer and designer <-> GenRock discussion [sans client] would be very useful.
Yes, I like that idea very much. It saves me from hunting for my submissions amongst all the others.
I kinda-sorta like the idea of grouping all of one person's idea's/submisssions in one clutch. Maybe date-stamped, too? That way, If I submit, say, a logo, but make variations every other day, they can be group together, so the logo and variations can be seen all at the same time. The date-stamping would still be there, too.
Also, client feedback would be interesting. They could actually indicate that they like a particular element, but want to see another element larger or smaller, or a different color. It would be like the little yellow stars thing we have now, but more input. Hmmm, now that I think about it, though, if a submission is not selected, and the client had asked for a re-work, it seems as if it would be a greater letdown.
nice mac...
do an rfb on it....we'll do it. 10,000 dollar prize tho, we will figure it out.
I dont think its a problem, the dated method works, it focuses on the work and not the creator. I like seeing the progression of the different entries over time. If the client can weed out submissions everyday and save the good ones then that works. This part of the site is for the clients to see the work right? if you click on a creators name then you can see what they have done in portfolio style anyways.
Frankly, I don't believe any submissions should be displayed to the community until the RFB has closed.
Afterwards(regarding logos), creatives could return to the RFB and review the colors, fonts, shapes, and techniques from other submissions that may help better themselves as artists. They can take what they learn to the next opportunity.
Showing submissions from beginning to end only lends itself to varying degrees of idea theft.
Just an opinion.
Its not theft if you make it your own. there's a difference between stealing and inspiration. If you know what you are doing you cn look at other work and from that you create your own based on your likes and dislikes. I think that seeing the submissions helps me to visualize concepts that are working and ones that are not. If you are a designer and you arent looking at other peoples work for inspiration then you need to open yourself up a little. Led Zeppelin didnt get where they were without the blues....
I like the idea very much... i am just not looking forward to deciding which of my top three (or whatever number) that would be visible at a first glance.
putting myself in the client's shoes...i would simply want to see logo's or the product; i would not want to be impacted or affected by names, gender, or who's doing what... so the way it is is good as it keeps entries in chronological order, and also allows us to observe copycatting, etc.
yo.. funny style..
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uh... strange post.