DesignCrowd launches in the Philippines, aimed at crowdsourcing design works

Crowdsourcing is the in thing in just about any industry today. Popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia is crowd-sourced. Open source projects are likewise crowd-sourced, to some extent. Meanwhile, even start-up projects can get funding from the public through crowdsourcing. These include portals like Kickstarter, Indiegogo, and the like.

What’s great with crowdsourcing is that you get the synergy from the crowd, especially if contributions add up to quite a significant collection. In the design industry, the concept of crowdsourcing has been extended to contests and design submissions, including competitions for themes, logo design, web design and the like. The benefit here is that designers get an incentive to work on their chosen projects, while a client can choose from among the best submissions.

Australia-based startup DesignCrowd has launched in he Asia Pacific, and is starting with the Philippine, Singapore and India. The company says it already has 90,000 designers registered on its service, and estimates a million potential designers from the region.

The setup benefits both designers and owners of web properties. For one, designers get the chance to win prizes and bounty from potential clients if their designs are chosen. Clients, meanwhile, will not be stuck with only a single designer for their design needs, but can choose from hundreds.

Are you a designer or website owner looking for design work? Do check out DesignCrowd.