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Squarespace announces new logo builder(blog.squarespace.com)

9 years ago from Seth Kasky, Designer at Deskpass

  • Mathieu MayerMathieu Mayer, 9 years ago

    I don't see what's wrong about this. People who don't want to spend any penny in their brand identity have finally a way of doing their crap without spamming our inbox with cheap requests like "I need a logo for next week-end. My budget is very tight; I can't probably spend more than $300 but I give you complete freedom so that could look very good in your portfolio!".

    Win-win situation. Thank you Squarespace.

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    • John FlynnJohn Flynn, 9 years ago

      $300 seems like a princely sum compared to some of these requests.

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    • Nick WNick W, 9 years ago

      I'm curious: did you come from a design background/education or a development education/background?

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      • Mathieu MayerMathieu Mayer, 9 years ago

        I don't see what my background has to do with my opinion? I just don't understand people saying that Squarespace is helping to depreciate the work of professional designers by providing the masses with free and not so ugly logos.

        Everyone can read and write. There're millions of blog out there, I still pay to read Murakami Haruki or Stephen King. Tools (especially when automated) don't make you a designer. And I genuinely think that people get it! People who don't would have been shitty clients anyways.

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        • Nick WNick W, 9 years ago

          I didn't mean to come off hasty or anything.

          I've just noticed that as the design and development domains have become more intertwined, people with design backgrounds often have a similar opinion and dev backgrounds have similar opinions as well. I've noticed this usually when sensitive issues around plagiarism and the value of design [yes. I'm aware that I may be overgeneralizing]

          Just thought your opinion was a somewhat interesting datapoint in that observation.

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          • Mathieu MayerMathieu Mayer, 9 years ago

            Got you. I'm usually on the defensive when it comes to this "background" thingy. FYI, I have a masters in BA. Digging my hole in this industry the hard way.

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