Inkd
Inkd has just launched claiming to be “The World’s First Market for Original Print Design”. It seems an interesting concept, but one which I’m sure will divide purist designers from their pragmatic brothers. Designers can sell their creative to the site, and in turn customers can purchase it to use as they see fit. Perhaps Inkd will fill a niche in the market for affordable, accessible design just as iStockphoto did when they launched as a microstock site. I’ll reserve judgement on it for now, but it’ll be one to follow to see how successful it is.
2 Responses to this post
Ray
March 24th 2009
Services like this hurt all designers (as stock photography has hurt all photographers). Any one contributing to these sites should be ashamed of themselves.
admin
March 24th 2009
Interesting thoughts Ray. I’m quite sure your opinion is shared by many designers. I agree that it could appear to cheapen the design profession, but at the same time, it could encourage young professionals/graduates/students and provide them with income. Also, I take your point over iStockphoto (et al) but how many agencies use it daily? That in turn provides a gateway to higher-end stock websites, so this could open up a whole new client base to the design world.
We’ll watch to see how it develops, but I doubt it will revolutionise the design world; instead it will function as a service used by those who want it.
