If you’re reading this, you’ve obviously heard of 99designs – but do you know how we got our start in Australia back in 2008, or how we’ve been able to secure our spot as the #1 online global marketplace for graphic design services? Who is the fearless leader helming the international 99designs ship (and what did he and the gang used to get up to on Friday nights after 99designs opened its first office in the United States?)
We invite you to sit back and spend a few minutes getting an inside glimpse at 99designs through the two videos below produced as part of Digital Dreamers, a compelling series from Sydney Morning Herald tech reporter Asher Moses‘ exploring how Aussie startups are making their way in the Silicon Valley. (You can view the complete Digital Dreamers series here.)
The first video is a clip of the 99designs segment from Episode 4 of the series:
And the second is a separate, extended interview with 99designs CEO Patrick Llewellyn.
(Many thanks to cameraman Tim Mummery of Yeah Right Productions, who shot the films for Fairfax Media.)
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But what about the designers? How do they feel? – possibly pumping out a multitude of designs and never winning a contest – not through lack of talent but through the wim of the customer. This seems a VERY degrading and worrying new movement to undermine the value of designers. I don’t understand how it can be good for designers?
Do most of the designers use one specific program to design, do some draw them and is there a minimum quality you accept?