Are you the platypus design competition: win $9,999
99designs is excited to announce the Are You The Platypus Design Competition. Every designer who wins a design contest at 99designs from November 15th to December 15th, 2011 will automatically be entered to win $9,999.
Designs will be judged on: Originality and Uniqueness, Memorability and Functionality.
99,999 contests and counting!
We did it! We recently launched our 99,999th design contest on 99designs! It’s an AMAZING milestone to achieve in just 3 years. In that time we’ve paid out an incredible $25 million to our design community and grown the business to where there are now over 1,000 new design contests launched every week and an …
Typekit: a great resource for web design fonts
Typography is an important part of good web design, but it’s easy to get stuck in a world of Arial, Georgia and Times New Roman. Typekit provides a drop dead simple way to break out of the mold and have easy access to thousands of high quality fonts from the best Font Foundries to use …
Top 9 at 99 results for July
The results are in and we want to send out a BIG CONGRATULATIONS to rgorg – winner of Top Designer honors for the month and the Intuos4 Small Pen Tablet. But that’s not all… We want to send our congratulations to all 9 designers in the Top 9 this month: Rock_Pumpkin Rgorg simeonmarco rumster zanthetzuken …
Important changes: verify your account
As of today we are requiring EVERYONE who requests a payout to have a verified phone number on file with 99designs. Don’t worry – verifying your phone number is easy. The next time you request a payout, you will be asked to verify your phone number. Click Verify Account Choose to verify “Via phone call” …
New 1-to-1 invoicing: direct follow-on work made easier
Introducing 1-to-1 Invoicing – the easiest way to keep a relationship going after the design contest is over. We all know the true power of 99designs is the connection made between designer and client in the design contest. But the contest is only the beginning – from there a host of opportunities for follow-on work …
Design official Startup Weekend bay area collectible T-Shirt
Awesome opportunity to design a KILLER T-shirt for Startup Weekend Bay Area! These T-Shirts are coveted and collectible. If you don’t know Startup Weekend… you should because it’s super cool. Startup Weekends are 54 hour events where developers, designers, marketers, product managers and startup enthusiasts come together to share ideas, form teams, build products and …
Winners announced for June $10,000 giveaway
We want to send out a BIG CONGRATULATIONS to the winners of our June $10,000 Giveaway: katesrobyn for design #8596698 Kseka for design #8239904 phil.lavasoft for design #8341717 khingkhing for design #8255416 Leukothea for design #8390702 Sector Nine for design #8240299 & #8447098 *now that’s double winning ;) McInsquash for design #8625574 pidgin for design …
Improved contest watchlists
We are excited to announce great improvements to our contest watchlist so keeping track of all the design contests that catch your eye is easier than ever! First, you’ll notice we made the “watch contest” button far more prominent and easy to find – we did this because we think watching contests is a GREAT …
Design a logo for Maya Independent Film Series: win a trip to LA
Hey Designers, We have a super cool opportunity from Maya Entertainment to design the logo for the 2012 Maya Independent Film Series and you could win a trip to Los Angeles to attend the July 2011 premiere of ‘Without Men’ starring Eva Longoria. That’s right! In addition to the $495 the winner will receive: Airfare …
