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99nonprofits, 99designs’ new initiative to provide free graphic design contests for nonprofit organizations, is off to an excellent start! We’ll be choosing a number of nonprofit organizations each month to participate, and selecting our August group proved to be quite a challenge. We were utterly blown away by the wonderful work being carried out by …

As the 2012 London Olympics draw to a close today, we thought we’d mark the phenomenal performances of participating athletes from around the world by highlighting some inspiring sports related design contests. (While the design of the 2012 London Olympic logo did not receive any medals, these customers certainly did!) #1 – Los Angeles Team Handball Club …

Heather Russell is a remarkably talented singer-songwriter out of Los Angeles. She writes and sings soulful, melodic songs with powerful vocals – and she’s only 12 years old! Heather has been singing since the age of 5 and, with some help from Youtube, has become an internet sensation as of late. Her tunes attract listeners …

Hello 99designs community! Today is a big day for 99designs. We’re excited to announce our first ever acquisition and with it our new European headquarters! Berlin-based 12designer the leading creative design marketplace in Germany, is now part of the 99designs family. The acquisition is an important step forward in our mission to deliver the best platform …

There’s a lot of talk surrounding “lean startups” these days (in fact, we wrote about a lean startup related contest earlier this week). But perhaps the subset “dorm room startup” warrants some buzz of its own. Jeff Steitz, a rising senior at Claremont McKenna College, and his five undergraduate friends-cum-entrepreneurs did not have much in …

Since 99designs is a startup itself and is frequently utilized by other startups around the world as a key step in preparing to launch, we were thrilled when high-profile entrepreneurs and startup gurus Brant Cooper and Patrick Vlaskovits reached out to us a while back to interview 99designs’ executives for their forthcoming book, “The Lean …

The T-shirt design category is beloved by 99designs’ staffers, designers and customers alike, and is one of the most popular categories on our site. After all, just about everyone has at least one t-shirt in their wardrobe…and can make room for one more. Whether you wear ‘em to support a favorite cause or to show …

99designs has supported not-for-profit organizations around the world since our launch in 2008, and we’re thrilled to announce our newest initiative: 99nonprofits. The 99 organizations selected to participate in 99nonprofits in the months ahead will receive free graphic design services such as logo design, web page design, t-shirt design and print design through contests launched …

While the term “infographic” still gets flagged in some spell-check programs (including 99designs’ own blogging platform!), there’s no doubt infographics have gone mainstream. Gone are the days when a mere bar graph or pie chart satisfied our urge to better understand a particular phenomena – graphic designers can now leverage new technology, media platforms and …

With summer in full swing (at least in our U.S. headquarters…so sorry, Aussie colleagues!), now’s the perfect time to get out and enjoy the sunny days and warm nights before they’re a distant memory. This week, we’re highlighting six designs our customers created for summer events and series celebrating music, food, art and more throughout …