If you are a designer, you just shouldn''t work for established companies for free, period.If you need to build up your portfolio, there are other ways.Design for a local charity, or your friend''s new business, or just spend the time creating your own projects.
SPEC Work would seem absurd in most other professional industries. Could you ask several chefs to prepare your next meal for free, and then only pay for the best one? Could you hold a contest and get hundreds of lawyers to write your will, and then only pick and reward one? Didn''t think SO!
Perhaps it''s time we start to treat designers, you know...just like everyone else.Think about it!
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比稿到底是什么?
在设计的世界里,SPEC Work是比稿的缩写。而那意味着……它有点像是当你……基本上意思是指免费工作。它通常有两种形式。
一、客户要求几位设计师或设计公司完成新计划的一个部分。客户挑出一位赢家,给他们这份工作。然后其他人虽然也付出了辛苦的劳动,但是仍然得空着手回家。
二、客户办一场竞赛,从即使没有数干也有数百位的设计师中,收集作品。他们选出一位赢家,付不多的费用,而其他人毫无收获地回家。
所以这有什么问题?
如果你是客户,最棒的设计工作应该从和设计师良好的关系中产生,你的需求都被理解,而构想是你们一起从基础中发展出来的。只因为你得到了很多免费设计不代表它们就是好设计,而事实上,可能有很多设计是公然的剽窃。