Designer Blog

We ran across TinBacicDesign during March’s Top 9 at 99 and instantly noticed the pride he puts into his work. He not only creates designs of high quality but pairs those designs with eye-catching presentations. Tin Bačić – Croatia 99designs handle: TinBacicDesign. Projects won: 24 How did you get started in design? When I was young, I used to draw on wallpaper …

Peper Pascual is favorably known by all staff members at 99designs, which is no surprise as he is one of the most engaged and passionate 99designers on our site. Peper didn’t go to school for graphic design but his skills have strengthened in the few short years he has been a member. We love Peper and it’s …

Roi Himan – Haifa, Israel 99designs handle: roihim Contests won: 23 Roi Himan is a 4th year design student the at the Neri Bloomfield School of Design and Education in Haifa, Israel. He is a talented logo designer and also has experience in print, interaction and flash website design. As a 99designs Student Delegate, Roi …

Meet gegenism – a fine arts major who decided to pursue graphic design after graduation. He stumbled upon 99designs over a year ago and has been successfully designing with us since. Rangga Atmanegara – Indonesia 99designs handle: gegenism Projects won: 52 How did you get started in design? I really liked action heroes when I was child and I …

Igor Lale is a 21 year old, 2nd year student at Slobomir P Univesity, Academy of Arts. Igor is enthusiastic, driven and highly motivated. His professionalism and commitment to customer satisfaction has allowed him pay his college tuition through 99designs and even earned him a spot on local television. It has been a real pleasure …

Branko Loncar – Novi Sad, Serbia 99designs handle: ludibes™ Projects won: 79 What is your background in design? How did you first get started? For me, it all started as a hobby. Drawing isn’t on my list of talents… I’m more of a “technical” person and even in school I had higher grades for Technical Drawing than for …

Over two years ago in November 2009, we featured designer Terry Bogard – a designer who was achieving some great success on our site. You can view our first post about him here. Since joining in 2008, Terry has won 114 contests to date — and even ran a contest of his own!  We thought it …

We talk a lot about what type of design work we value on our site — functional, memorable and above all, original. A few months ago we decided to put our money where our mouth is and began a $9,999 contest in search of the prized Platypus, a designer whose work exemplifies the qualities we …

Fahmi Fadly – Jabar, Indonesia 99designs handle: Simolio Projects won: 58 The industries of music and art are often intertwined and music is, in fact, how designer Fahmi Fadly (aka Simolio) got his foot in the door of graphic design. Fahmi played in a punk rock band throughout high school and designed the logo for his group, …

Arnesia Yada – Perth, Australia 99designs handle: Meadow Contests Won: 13 What Arnesia Yada cherishes most about being a freelance graphic designer is being able to enjoying the simple moments in life (such as having an early cup of Joe before prepping her young son for school). As a full-time designer with her husband, who is simolio on 99designs, …