Going forward, we believe the crowd sourcing methodology is the next wave for the custom design industry. Custom design can range from website design, illustrations or anything to do with creative works. However, there is one major shortcoming currently, which is time despite its advantages of:
(a) not having to provide detailed specifications (besides showcasing other similar examples of what the buyer wants)
(b) access to a global base of designers
(c) far more selections to choose from than a traditional designer
(d) much lower costs
(e) not time consuming since you are outsourcing this out
(f) not getting stuck with a designer that eventually isn’t as good as what you think he or she is
Time is required to let the designers submit their designs and these design submissions require feedback in-order to really make full use of this methodology effectively. If you do not provide feedback, your submissions will be greatly lessen and you will probably see a deterioration of design submission because designers do not KNOW what you want since you are not directing them to the right direction.
Below are some of the results we got by using Design Bay for our business card design, which we are quite happy with. Costs? US$50.
Please let us know about your experience with it by leaving your comments below.
