a quick up date on our quest for designers to design a range of patterns for a US book bindery. here is a link to rag & bone's blog where there is a full submission guide you can download on how to submit your work.
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As a fellow creative director working for the industry, I believe that the compensation for this project seems surprisingly low...would need to know more about the expected print run/quantities/distribution, etc.
It is a very nice company though, producing beautiful pieces.
This is Jason from Rag & Bone. We are a small company, creating a handmade product in America, and regularly compensate designers as specified in the submission document. We feel the compensation is fair, and have not heard otherwise with our designers.
We're not Crane nor are we Papyrus and though it would be wonderful to be able to provide a living to our designers, similar to the support we provide our employees, this is the first negative comment we've received regarding compensation.
Please reply here with your experience regarding compensation. Again, we're a small bookbinding studio with a presence in the artist community here in Rhode Island and would love to hear more from a veteran of the larger industry.
Cheers!
Jason
i paid £450 for a design from a student at 'new designers'. but for this i got a disc showing the design in 4 different colourways.
not sure if this is expensive or is this the going rate ?
the uk greetings card association give the following quote in their guide, for designs on cards they say : "The fee can be anything from £150-£250 for one design, with a sliding scale coming into play for more than one design."
"The fee can be anything from £150-£250 for one design, with a sliding scale coming into play for more than one design."
That's where we are, close enough with the conversion rate. With a sliding scale for additional color rotations. We've had success with this rate, have not recieved complaints or concerns with the designers we've worked with. In fact, designers have always said the rate was more than fair. We also compensate with product and raw materials (fabric or paper) and though that doesn't pay the rent, it also is part of the compensation package and designers are grateful.
Thanks for the replies!
Jason
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