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Announcement - DesignBay launches prepaid design contests

DesignBay, 5/06/2009 2:12:23 PM
Dear Customers and Designers, DesignBay now requires that customers prepay design contests.  This means, for all new design contests, customers must now deposit their full budget with De ... Read more

Photos (and shout outs) from CeBIT Webciety Australia 2009

DesignBay, 26/05/2009 2:40:26 PM
Firstly, thanks to everybody who came down to CeBIT Webciety to visit us at the DesignBay stall. We met so many great people, including other web start-ups, entrepreneurs, programmers, designers ... Read more

How to find freelance flyer, brochure, website, poster and t-shirt design work and contests!

DesignBay, 26/05/2009 1:39:25 PM
Hi all! Non-Logo Contests (Website, Flyer, T-shirt, Brochure etc... Contests) Check them out! Some astute designers may have noticed that recently we have been getting more non-logo contest ... Read more

The $1 Crowdsourcing Experiment - Tagline for Australia's 2018 Soccer World Cup Bid

DesignBay, 10/05/2009 8:41:47 PM
DesignBay is proud to announce we will be running a crowdsourcing experiment as part of Webciety 2009 Sydney and we want you (designers, our customers and the public) t ... Read more

CeBIT Webciety 2009 and Arnold Schwarzenegger

DesignBay, 30/04/2009 12:54:36 PM
Yo, we have news! DesignBay is exhibiting at CeBIT Webciety Australia 2009 (which is a  part of the broader CeBIT 2009 ICT tradeshow - a down-under, spin-off of CeBIT's massive European trade ... Read more

Private Design Contests Now Available!

DesignBay, 29/04/2009 2:32:28 PM
DesignBay users needing design work done can now run private contests through DesignBay! Private cont ... Read more

HI-TEC Icon Design Contest Winners

DesignBay, 4/04/2009 6:30:19 PM
Well done to the winners of the HI-TEC shoes icon design contests!  HI-TEC is a major international brand.  This is great for your portfolio and should help you win over future clie ... Read more

New designer rankings and portfolio pages

DesignBay, 2/04/2009 5:10:49 PM
Yo! You have been regular in submitting great designs, so you deserve this regular, metamucil-like blog!  You might be interested in the new designer rankings just out for March 09 (published ... Read more

HI-TEC posts 3rd project on DesignBay

DesignBay, 12/03/2009 5:08:08 PM
HI-TEC have just posted their 3rd contest for icon design on DesignBay after getting an amazing number and quality of icon designs on their 1st contest submitted to their first project from a truly in ... Read more

Congratulations to HI-TEC Phase 1 Winners

DesignBay, 9/03/2009 4:34:38 PM
Hola! It has been a long time since I last blogged and it has been a long time since Michael Jackson toured.  Fortunately (and unlike MJ) this will not be 'our last time' - I promise to make b ... Read more

And we're back!

DesignBay, 22/01/2009 7:47:54 PM
Dear Designers, You may have noticed DesignBay has had some technical problems in the last 5 days. On Sunday 18th January our server experienced a problem and our system was dramatically affe ... Read more

Interview with NiteOwl Designs: Work-from-home Freelance Graphic Designer

DesignBay, 20/12/2008 12:30:43 PM
DesignBay, 20/12/2008 Hi everyone, Jenny Witte or 'NiteOwl Designs' is a work-from-home mother and a great graphic designer wh ... Read more

Grow your own virtual agency: bring new designers to DesignBay!

DesignBay, 15/12/2008 1:49:53 PM
DesignBay, 15/12/2008 You might have seen our new offer to refer designers and get 1% of their earnings.  This post is an explanation of what it's al ... Read more

Hot new features and November designer rankings!

DesignBay, 8/12/2008 1:44:30 PM
Designers & DesignBay aficionado, We have added 6 hot new features to DesignBay and you guys have added over 1000 designs in the last month. Our customers love it! We have set the table and som ... Read more

Customer feedback on designs

DesignBay, 20/11/2008 3:44:38 PM
DesignBay, 20/11/2008 Designers, friends & anonymous blog observers You can now communicate better with customers and get expe ... Read more

My Profile updates to help designers

DesignBay, 29/10/2008 12:20:59 AM
DesignBay, 29/10/2008 Designe ... Read more

Are web design contests good for designers?

DesignBay, 13/10/2008 1:36:37 AM
DesignBay, 13/10/2008 Designers now have the opportunity to enter open brief design conte ... Read more

September Update!

DesignBay, 29/09/2008 7:21:51 PM
DesignBay, 29/09/2008 Creative peoples and DesignBay contributors! During September we've had over $4000 of projects on Design ... Read more

Small jobs, big jobs and fun jobs

DesignBay, 8/09/2008 10:00:44 PM
DesignBay, 8/09/2008 Hey all! We've had lots of new projects lately!  We're keen to hear what you think.   There's currently o ... Read more

DesignBay website updates August

DesignBay, 19/08/2008 9:12:49 PM
DesignBay, 19/08/2008 We have been churning out improvements on DesignBay (and finding new projects) during August. Recent Des ... Read more

The Success of Rush Comic & Studio Q

DesignBay, 13/08/2008 9:18:40 AM
DesignBay, 13/08/2008 Congratulations to the success of one of our clients Rush (an online comic that is doing very well) and our designer Studio Q B ... Read more

7 Logo Design Trends that have

DesignBay, 20/07/2008 4:33:27 PM
Authorities on design publish articles on logo design trends every year but a closer look shows a common vein of 7 logo design styles that have been with us for at least 5 years. , These 'trends ... Read more

Quote what it's worth!

DesignBay, 14/07/2008 1:23:07 PM
Our customers are clamoring for more quotes and (incredibly) some projects are going without any quotes. , If customers are not offering enough money for a logo design or a web design - le ... Read more

Quoting - getting a customer the old school way

DesignBay, 25/06/2008 7:05:03 PM
DesignBay, 25/06/2008 We've got some new customers who are requesting quotes on DesignBay.  To clear up confusion there are two types of briefs on De ... Read more

Split decision

DesignBay, 25/06/2008 5:42:22 PM
DesignBay, 25/06/2008 We have a number of customers taking a very long time in deciding which design they want and sometimes not replying to emails.  ... Read more

Lincoln Hotels logo brief closed early

DesignBay, 25/06/2008 5:22:14 PM
DesignBay, 25/06/2008 Lincoln Hotels & Suites have decided to close their brief 1 week early as they have already selected the logo they ... Read more

DesignBay General Update April

DesignBay, 25/06/2008 5:21:50 PM
DesignBay, 25/06/2008 April has been a good month for DesignBay - we've had some fantastic submissions, new briefs and have added some ne ... Read more

How to make a Web 2.0 logo

DesignBay, 25/06/2008 5:20:10 PM
DesignBay, 25/06/2008 ... Read more

The Open Brief vs Quoting + Tips

DesignBay, 25/06/2008 5:18:29 PM
DesignBay, 8/09/2008 Hey all! We've had lots of new projects lately!  We're keen to hear what you think.   There's currently o ... Read more

DesignBay logo brief results

DesignBay, 25/06/2008 5:17:54 PM
DesignBay, 25/06/2008 The winners of the DesignBay logo brief have been released! We've selected joint winners (and the result ... Read more

Collectively we decide

DesignBay, 25/06/2008 5:17:26 PM
DesignBay, 25/06/2008 56 logo submissions, 25 designers, 5 place payments and 1 winner to choose.  We have a tough decision to make in se ... Read more

What would you like next?

DesignBay, 25/06/2008 5:17:04 PM
DesignBay, 25/06/2008 The DesignBay website is not finished yet - it is ... yes, beta.  However, rather than being a 'beta release' I lik ... Read more

Better than a Push-pop

DesignBay, 25/06/2008 5:16:38 PM
DesignBay, 25/06/2008 A (completed) connect-the-dots flyer Today we marketed DesignBay to creative talent at leadi ... Read more

Our first winner

DesignBay, 25/06/2008 5:16:08 PM
DesignBay, 25/06/2008 Congratulations to Fiona Johnston for being our first designer to win a brief!   Fiona earned US$300 for ... Read more

Fire Up and Disrupt the Market

DesignBay, 25/06/2008 5:15:25 PM
In 2007, the London Olympic Games Committee paid the Wolff Olins brand agency £400,000 for a logo that sparked a public backlash and was famously condemned as "a puerile mess, an artistic flop and a c ... Read more


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