Over 200 Entries To Fix Nsw Logo Flood In

Over 200 entries to fix NSW logo flood in

10 Aug 2009, Sydney Australia crowdsourcing website DesignBay has received over 200 entries in response to their unsanctioned NSW logo contest which still has 5 days left to run.

DesignBay (www.DesignBay.com) - who launched a $1000 unsanctioned contest in July to fix the NSW Government's botched 'lotus' logo - have received 203 logo design concepts from designers in 17 different countries. So far, entries have been received from designers in Australia, the US and the UK as well as Mexico, Russia and Indonesia. The two most popular designs have come from Australian designers.

The contest still has 5 days left to run and DesignBay expects to receive over 300 designs by contest close on 15 August 2009. DesignBay is offering to donate the best design to the NSW Government and will be approaching Nathan Rees with the results in the next fortnight.

The contest and the logo designs submitted can be view here: http://www.designbay.com/nsw-logo-contest

Facts
* The contest will cost 20% ($1000) of the cost of NSW's current logo ($5000)
* The contest has received 203 entries in its first 20 days
* Entries have been received from the following countries:
- Australia, Mexico, Sweden, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, United States and the United Kingdom, Canada, Macedonia, the Phillipines, Colombia, India, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates.

About DesignBay

DesignBay (www.DesignBay.com) is a leading crowdsourcing marketplace for creative services, logo, web and graphic design that helps businesses get 25 to 100+ designs and ideas from around the world. DesignBay clients include Shell Oil and HI-TEC shoes and over 1,000 graphic designers and design studios from the US, UK, India and Australia.

DesignBay's founder Alec Lynch is former Booz Allen Hamilton consultant and a graduate of the University of Technology Sydney.

Crowdsourcing is the process of outsourcing a task via an open call. Crowdsourcing gets the world working on your project, generates a better result, eliminates quoting from the value chain, reduces costs and gets an instantaneous response.

Contact
Alec Lynch
DesignBay
http://www.DesignBay.com
+61 2 8006 2550 or +61 412 370 537

SOURCE: DesignBay