There have been a handful of concerned emails (from individuals, and also a large, governing design association that we love) that the grand prize contest we’re running could be perceived as a “logo design competition”.
We wanted to say a few things about this to dispel any worry.
1) The Veer logo was designed by Sheldon Popiel (one of Veer’s founders) in 2002. We still like it and have no intention of ever changing it or asking anyone to redesign it.
2) The grand prize contest is an offline art and creativity challenge. We’ve asked participants to reproduce the Veer logo in an interesting way and snap a photo.
3) When the contest concludes, we’ll be showcasing the entries online for the creative community to enjoy. That’s the only way the entries will be used.
4) The contest abides by and respects the regulations and best practices of both the AIGA and GDC. Those are, in fact, two of our favorite acronyms.
And lastly…
5) Veer Ideas, The Skinny, and all of the contests of late are conceived and hosted by members of our in-house studio. We're career creatives just like you, with the same principles and pride that go along with that. We would never ask a creative to do something we wouldn’t do ourselves, and we are wholeheartedly against both spec work and logo design competitions. And cannibalism.
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I'm very disappointed that you don't support cannibalism. My fellow humanitarians (that's the P.C. term these days, thanks) and I are constantly facing discrimination at the hands of cow- and grass-eaters.
Now if I don't win, I'll know why.
Racists!
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If you don’t condone cannibalism, the least you can do is eat your own logo.
http://www.veer.com/ideas/cake/
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By the way, Sheldon put together a great portfolio on constructing the Veer brand — sexy logo development pr0n.
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I do not support cannibalism in any way, but I definitely ate my logo creation
Here's what it looked like beforehand:
http://www.jasonmarkjones.com/blog/veer-grand-prize-contest-entry/
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I'm really relieved Veer doesn't support canibalism. I was seriously considering boycotting you because you were eating people. Thanks for only eating animals and plants.
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