Yesterday I posted an entry about Derek Powazek’s newest idea, Pixish.com. Over the course of today, I’ve revisited the site a few times and I’ve gathered what it’s truly all about.
Let me say right now, Pixish is going to be huge.
As Pixish is in beta, Derek’s main focus is user feedback. The feedback, all in all, has been pretty positive; with a few people bringing up the question of spec work. And with that, he’s rapidly produced a response that, in my opinion, was dead on.
The purpose of Pixish in its core is to connect visual artists, designers and photographers with people, organizations and businesses requiring their skills.
Just that in itself has a lot of potential.
Until now, we as designers haven’t really found an true outlet to prospect for work with such influence coming from our industry. The primary concern at Pixish is the designer, and making sure that the work that we do is appraised, and compensated for, at a price that is widely accepted by the Pixish community at large.
If Pixish becomes widely used by those outside of the design world, in that big companies begin using it for requesting major projects, the creative community at large will prosper significantly. We will not only have a specific place to prospect for new clientele but we can rest assured we will receive the compensation that our peers and ourselves think is right.
Over the course of Spring 2008, I think a weekly, if not daily, visit over to Pixish for work will begin to be added to every designer’s checklist across the nation.
Hats off to you, Mr. Powazek.