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San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick may be gearing up for his first Super Bowl appearance this weekend, but behind the scenes another new venture of his is taking place here at 99designs. Colin will soon have a new design for his website Kaepernick7.com courtesy of the winning designer in a contest run on his behalf by custom web development …

Since our launch in 2008, 99designs has been a go-to resource for Christian-oriented organizations seeking graphic design work. From creative logos for churches and Christian schools to mobile icons, book covers, t-shirts  and more, our designers have created work that is – we must say – nothing short of spirited. Here are ten of our …

Announcing the participants in 99designs ♥ French Startups (Retrouvez ce post en version française un peu plus bas!) In November (51 days ago, to be precise!), we launched 99designs.fr for our French-speaking customers and designers. To mark this milestone and celebrate the entrepreneurial spirit sweeping France, we invited French startups to apply for one of nine free design …

99designs is starting out 2013 with a bang – or should we say 99designs sta cominciando 2013 con il botto!? Today we launched 99designs.it, our Italian-language site. Italian customers and designers can now participate in design contests and communicate with our support teams in Italian. Siamo molto eccitati! 99designs’ focus on international expansion will be …

As we enter 2013, the 99nonprofits Team has been reflecting on all of the wonderful people and organizations we’ve connected with since our launch this past July. In 2012, we had the opportunity to connect with 36 organizations to help them source amazing design work through 99designs, and this year, we’re ready to connect even …

As 2012 winds to a close, we’d like to take time to reflect on the amazing organizations we’ve had the privilege of working with this year through 99nonprofits. Since the program’s July 2012 launch, 99designs has connected with 24 not-for-profit groups, learned about their missions and witnessed the wonderful work they do for the communities …

With the New Year just around the corner, we know a lot of not-for-profit organizations are thinking of priorities – and budgets – for 2013. If a new logo, website  or graphic design work for an upcoming event or campaign is on the to-do list, “free” likely sounds pretty good! Which is why we’re so excited …

  Today marks another milestone for 99designs: the launch of 99designs.fr, our French-language site. You may recall that in September we launched a German version of 99designs at 99designs.de. We’ve since seen great momentum in the German-language market, underscoring how important it is for us to offer truly localized experiences as we continue to expand …

Those of us in our San Francisco office are still recovering from our Thanksgiving festivities – and we’re still thinking about all the things we’re thankful for this year, too. We can’t express enough gratitude to our wonderful customers, our vast and talented community of graphic designers, and the many supporters who have helped us continue …

Here at 99designs, we know the designer-client relationship can be fraught with challenges — after all, with 175,000 graphic design projects completed on our site and more than 190,000 graphic designers working in our community, we’ve seen first-hand the trials and tribulations both sides deal with in this delicate working relationship. Often times these communication challenges can be traced …