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Design a Advertisement for Techvibes

Posted by Rob Lewis on Mon, July 21, 2008 11:33 AM · Filed under · 8 Comments

Techvibes needs a print ad designed for Business in Vancouver's 2008 BC TECH Magazine, so we're giving crowdsourcing a shot and supporting a local Vancouver start-up in the process. Through James Sherrett's AdHack we've commissioned the design of a 7 1/8" x 1" banner ad that will appear on one of the magazine 'Lists' pages.

We're looking for something fun & simple that will get readers of this popular annual publication to visit Techvibes.com. We're particularily interested in this issue as it comes out on August 26th which will be two short weeks after we launch the new & improved Techvibes site. If you're interested in making $150 and getting some great exposure though the Techvibes blog, be sure to check out the requirements and submit your design by Thursday, July 24th at 11:59pm.

8 Comments

James said on Mon, July 21, 2008 at 1:03 PM

Hey Rob, thanks for the mention of the Techvibes banner ad commission. We've already had some great inquiries.

Submissions will be showing up on AdHack beta soon: http://beta.adhack.com

We also have commissions to create ringtones and a fun contest to create the ad Rogers should use for the iPhone advertising.

iPhone, iPromise, iResult said on Mon, July 21, 2008 at 4:09 PM

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Say hello to iDebt | Techvibes Blog said on Fri, July 25, 2008 at 12:11 AM

[...] deadline for our print ad commission over at AdHackis fast approaching (11:59pm tonight) but it looks like we should have a couple great concepts to [...]

Feedback needed for Techvibes Print Ad | Techvibes Blog said on Fri, July 25, 2008 at 1:55 PM

[...] received some great submissions for our upcoming BIV High Tech BC magazine advertisement that we commissioned over at AdHack. Check out the final three and head over to AdHack to let us [...]

David B. said on Fri, July 25, 2008 at 5:08 PM

These kinds of 'contests' are just plain wrong!

Spec work is universally condemned by design organizations around the world as harmful to both clients and designers alike.

See:

www.no-spec.com

www.gdc.net/for_business/ethics.ph

www.aiga.org/content.cfm/position-spec-work

www.allgraphicdesign.com/graphicdesign-workingonspec.html

DjC4 said on Sat, July 26, 2008 at 2:13 PM

Actually David B, those artists retained all their rights to their submitted work. Only the winning banner had the choice to sign over the rights for tech vibes to use it.

AdHack Helps us get our Vibe Back | Techvibes Blog said on Sat, July 26, 2008 at 5:18 PM

[...] to everyone that submitted a design - look out for our advertisement in the 2008 BC TECH magazine. Related PostsFeedback needed for Techvibes Print [...]

James Sherrett said on Mon, July 28, 2008 at 5:48 PM

Hi David B.

Thanks for your input on contests, 'spec' work and the various positions of professional design organizations.

At AdHack we're trying to strike a fair balance between ad creators and ad buyers. To help both win in a scalable, mutually rewarding way. Many hundred ad creators have found our approach compelling, rewarding and fun.

If you have specific input into how we're running our Commissions, I'd love to hear it. The process is evolving and needs to fit both ad creators and ad buyers. Your input, as a potential ad creator, is very valuable to us.

So please check out our Commissions and let me know how you would change them:

http://dev.adhack.com/marketplace/commissio

Best,

James Sherrett

Founder & CEO

AdHack

james@adhack.com