Why try to find the exactly the right designer for your logo, letterhead, or web design, when a mob of designers are waiting at your beck and call to design a concept for you.  Crowdspring.com makes the design process easy and painless.  How does it work?

1.  Post your creative project – simply submit the concept for your new company, brand, event, or organization.  Upload images and documents to give the designers more info about your needs.  Finally, choose an award amount and deadline.

2.  Watch the world submit ideas –  Once posted, creatives will submit actual designs to your project, not just proposals or bids. In fact, projects average 70 entries per project. 

3. Choose the one you like – As the entries come in, you’ll be able to review, sort, rate, give feedback and collaborate with creatives until you find ‘the one’.

Helpful tips – From my experience, make sure you browse other projects before posting your own so that you know what kind of info to present the designers.  It is also helpful to post links to logos or designs on other sites that you fancy.  Finally, make sure to invite crowdsource designers you like to submit ideas for your project.  Take a look at projects that were recently awarded and use the messaging tool in the system to invite them to your contest. 

Best Feature:

The ranking and comment system is very powerful and allows you to guide the designers through the process.  Comment frequently to make sure you provide the artist with feedback that will allow them to tweak their designs to come up with the perfect concept for your project.

Ranking: 8/10

Coolest feature : It’s all about the tees.  This site displays why crowdsourcing always wins, as many of the tshirt designs beat anything you can buy in stores from Christian clothing labels.

Rating : 9/10  They would be 10/10 if they were the first to think of this concept, but the overall useability of the site and the clean design makes it a delightful visit.

Here are the most recent contest winners…