rlcreate

Why only apply the "croudsourcing" to design? Why not have sign companies do the same? Competing sign companies would build signs on spec and let the client buy the one they like best. I'm sure lots of sign companies would love to participate. As you put it, "Sign Companies can compete in Sign Design Community's fabrication contests for a chance not only to win cash prizes but to have their sign chosen and installed.

This appears to be a simple case of a sign company, in this case Poblacki, trying to get free ideas from fools. Although I'e never worked with them, I always thought they were a decent firm. Strange that a company that tries to differential itself by touting quality and craftsmanship and being "far apart from the impersonal, volume-driven firms that are common in the market" (from Poblacki's website) would not know the difference between professional signage designers and the amateurs who will be the only ones to respond to the this type of gimmick. Good luck with that Marcus. As for us, we'll continue to partner design/build projects with fabrication companies that understand and deliver quality design, fabrication and value to their clients.