Over at Design Observer, there's an excellent post about the ethical problems doing spec work; the subjects of unpaid internships and competitions are touched upon by several commentators.
el jeffe- that's a great link - it's interesting how the AIA code of ethics is different from the AIGA code of ethics in terms of fee... maybe the AIA doesn't want to get into the same anti-trust issues it did in the past? but even saying "members of the AIA agree to work only for some form of compensation" might be hard for the controlling forces (representitives of large firms or independently wealthy starchitects) to accept. I guess there is greater potential benifit from spec work in architecture, but still, it's mostly a handful of firms who can afford to do this.
one could say this is the same with pro-bono work - which could actually fall under the catagory of bribery (when done solely for the purpose of gaining favor with polititians and neighborhood groups for more work).
maybe that design observer link this needs a new thread...
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Over at Design Observer, there's an excellent post about the ethical problems doing spec work; the subjects of unpaid internships and competitions are touched upon by several commentators.
http://www.designobserver.com/archives/014697.html
el jeffe- that's a great link - it's interesting how the AIA code of ethics is different from the AIGA code of ethics in terms of fee... maybe the AIA doesn't want to get into the same anti-trust issues it did in the past? but even saying "members of the AIA agree to work only for some form of compensation" might be hard for the controlling forces (representitives of large firms or independently wealthy starchitects) to accept. I guess there is greater potential benifit from spec work in architecture, but still, it's mostly a handful of firms who can afford to do this.
one could say this is the same with pro-bono work - which could actually fall under the catagory of bribery (when done solely for the purpose of gaining favor with polititians and neighborhood groups for more work).
maybe that design observer link this needs a new thread...
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