Make licensing your friend: resource guide for finding legal fonts
You may remember a month or so ago when we went over the basics of 3rd party imagery. Now it’s time for the counterpart, typography! Fonts and typefaces are similar to 3rd party imagery in that they are subject to licensing. Proper usage can be confusing, so we’re here to help clarify what is and …
Let’s celebrate! 99designs hits 200,000 contests [video included]
It’s time to celebrate! Remember a couple of months ago when we reached 200,000 designers? Today, 99designs has reached another MAJOR milestone: we’ve hit 200,000 contests! That means we’ve paid out almost $50 million dollars to our designers, and we’re so excited to be able to share this success with our community. Without your help, …
Read all about it! Designer news from February 2013
Expand your horizons with design news from around the world — this is the February 2013 edition: Get a piece of this letterpress legend image via Kickstarter You have to be intrigued by a company called “Yee-Haw Industries,” particularly when it’s a letterpress company — the hipster print format of our dreams. But times are …
Make licensing your friend: resource guide for 3rd party imagery
Ok — so we’re constantly telling you what you can’t do with licensed imagery on 99designs: You can’t use any licensed imagery without permission. You can’t use stock imagery in logo, illustration, icon or button contests. You can’t use stock in any other contests without declaring it. You can’t trace your “own” version of stock …
Help 99designs celebrate our birthday (submit your designs)
It’s our fifth birthday! And we want to celebrate it with all of you — our amazing community. You’ve helped us get here and we’re loving every minute of it. We need entries for a MASSIVE slideshow which is going to play all night long at our birthday party in March. So whether you joined 5 …
Happy Year of the Snake!
Sunday marks the first day of the Year of the Snake! In case you’re wondering exactly what that refers to, it’s the Lunar Calendar, based on the phases of the moon and an alternative option to the Gregorian calendar that we’re all so used to. The Shēngxiào, or Chinese Zodiac, associates each of these phases with an …
Read all about it! Designer news from January 2013
Creativity is coming in strong! The worldwide design community is chock-full of creative projects and future potential, so take a look at some of our picks from the designer news from January: Omote 3D takes photo booths to a whole new dimension — that’s right, 3D via Feel Desain Japanese company Omote 3D blew all …
Read all about it! Design news from December 2012
It’s 2013 – and we’re excited about it! In honor of the new year we’re bringing you a special design news update this month. We’re looking back in particular at December 2012, but also considering the whole year in review while looking forward to the upcoming one. Get inspired by events passed, and excited for what’s …
Presenting the winners of the “Brand Yourself” contest!
In the “Brand Yourself” Contest, we asked 99designs users to create their own personal logos. The response was epic! Over 500 designers participated in the contest and submitted drafts of their self-made branding. I got the chance to work with most of these designers on their logos — so I want to give a huge hand …
Read all about it! Design news from November 2012
We’ve flipped our calendars to a brand new page for the month. That means, it’s time for us to reflect on the different innovations that have moved us forward towards December! Here is the design news from November 2012: Pantone names color of the year 2013: Emerald via How Design blog Pantone is long practiced in …
