suggestion for contests

Hi,
i own a small company and have used similar services before to find some talented artists to make designs for me. I'm interested to start another contest again, but the problem i have is that i would rather not reveal to the world (or my competition) where i went to find an artist, and how much i paid for a logo, etc. The problem being that if you google search with my company's name you can find some past jobs that i have had done, and i would rather not have that information displayed for the whole world to see. I have raised this exact same point with the webmaster of gaf.com before and since then they have added the option to keep a contest "anonymous" so that only the members of their website can read about this contest, not available on a web search results page. Would it be possible to do something similar here? thanks for your time, looking forward to my next contest.

-helmetcamz-

Hello Helmetcamz,

We do have a Private Contest area that is only viewable to Design Team Members and Contest Holders in place. This helps keep the search engine spiders out, and is meant to keep your contest anonymous.

Thanks,
John

In the Creative Brief can the geographic origin be mentioned (or even required?) as to where this company will be marketing the winning logo?

As most of my creative peers would agree, truly exceptional design should be and can be universal. But in many cases color palettes, cultural icons, religious imagery and number of other visual elements are uniquely embraced and acknowledged by individual cultures around the world. From my thinking, this can only benefit the contest holder. It's gives the designer a starting point to research, with sensitivity, what part of the globe their logo will be seen. Either engaging that specific region/market or being quickly overlooked.

It's these unique cultural differences that makes it both, exciting and challenging, for us designers to create in a easy to comprehend visual manner. And thats exactly why I love what I do.

Thanks for the opportunity to suggest this!

Left Field

Edited by Left Field, 04 February 2010 - 08:27 PM.

I wonder why people bring back such old threads

I wonder why people bring back such old threads

I'm sorry resurepus!
I tried to locate a thread that spoke about this. Being a member for a little over a week now and I'm still trying to familiarize myself with the web site.
Is there a thread that addresses this subject?

Many thanks!
Left Field

In the Creative Brief can the geographic origin be mentioned (or even required?) as to where this company will be marketing the winning logo?

As most of my creative peers would agree, truly exceptional design should be and can be universal. But in many cases color palettes, cultural icons, religious imagery and number of other visual elements are uniquely embraced and acknowledged by individual cultures around the world. From my thinking, this can only benefit the contest holder. It's gives the designer a starting point to research, with sensitivity, what part of the globe their logo will be seen. Either engaging that specific region/market or being quickly overlooked.

It's these unique cultural differences that makes it both, exciting and challenging, for us designers to create in a easy to comprehend visual manner. And thats exactly why I love what I do.

Thanks for the opportunity to suggest this!

Left Field

Man that came out of Left Field.




Sorry just couldn't resist.

I'm sorry resurepus!
I tried to locate a thread that spoke about this. Being a member for a little over a week now and I'm still trying to familiarize myself with the web site.
Is there a thread that addresses this subject?

Many thanks!
Left Field

no need to appologize.
Just start your own topic if you don't see it covered.

Man that came out of Left Field.




Sorry just couldn't resist.



no need to appologize.
Just start your own topic if you don't see it covered.

Thanks Coy! I most definitely will do so.
P.S. - I appreciate your sense of humor too!