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Tailoring to everyone’s needs
April 9, 2010… just about launch – intends to change the way in which consumers and fans of fashion relate to designers in much the same way as the internet has changed the way fans can interact with and support their favorite musicians.
At Fashion Stake you can finally put your two cents in – both literally and figuratively. Visitors to the site will be able to critique and rank designer collections, and even proffer ideas for new items or lines. This essentially amounts to crowdsourcing for ideas, …
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crowdsourcing, designers, Fashion Stake, participatory clothing design | 1 CommentFlop Idol: another crowdsourcing contest site gets Minted
December 5, 2011… decided to turn its business into a design-contest site. Instead of having a team of in-house designers, it crowdsourced them, pitching hopeful designers against each other in a kind of talent contest, with winners chosen by vote.
For Minted, crowdsourcing meant more originality in the designs and (more importantly) plenty of exposure. Oh, and $5.5m worth of investment and sales upwards of $11m.
Of course, as readers of this blog know, Minted is by no means the first contest …
Games at the museum: Mia Ridge interview
October 12, 2011… reason why I started the website Lift your (museum) game.
And what advice would you give game-designers interested in working with museums?
Gosh, worlds collide! Museums are pretty slow – they think in years, rather than months or weeks. Patience and understanding is required but, when it goes well, working with museums is a really rewarding experience. You can change a kid’s life or spark a totally new interest for someone. You also get to work with people who are passionate about …
Heather Chaplin: gamification’s worst nightmare?
August 4, 2011… Digitalkoot.
While the views of Heather Chaplin go hand in hand with the complaints of graphic designers, they don’t take into account that gamification works on many levels and for many different products and platforms. So where should we draw the line? Is gamification just another “stunted adolescent” or is the concept capable of growing-up? We hope to hear your thoughts in the comments below.
Crowdconvention 2011: a designer’s tale
June 27, 2011… for me, Crowdconvention (held June 15th in Berlin) was a fantastic and rare chance to meet other designers, size-up the competition and generally mingle with the cream of Europe’s crowdsourcing crop.
Conventional wisdom
The atmosphere at this year’s Crowdconvention – proudly co-sponsored by Microtask – was open and friendly. Companies were surprisingly willing to share information on topics ranging from worker-accuracy and ethical concerns, to privacy and security issues. The …
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