Above, is the poster that was produced for this year's IFFLA. We are not quite sure why a silhouette of a woman is lying down and vomiting jewelery and textile patterns. Maybe it's some kind of experience that they are trying to convey?Today, we were burnt by a non-profit organization called the, Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles or the IFFLA.
We are occasionally approached by various organizations to help them with a t-shirt design. This was our second time with the IFFLA. In the previous year, they had no budget for tshirts and wanted someone to pay for them. This year, they suggested that they had funding. We proceeded with designing and searching for the best prices, at zero profit on our part, to assist them. We were even considering a possible subsidize of the overall cost to them. After submitting our designs and research, we received an email that they are going to go with a sponsor. Can't wait to see this cheesy corporate design, that will end up being used to rub the wax on someones automobile.
The sad part is that these events are made to support the arts, but there is clearly a disconnect between business and art. The negligence of the IFFLA to ask for support and then throw it out at their own whim is unacceptable. It takes advantage of small companies like ours. We most certainly are not a giant like Citibank or Air India, but we want to offer what ever we can at the price of our hard work and time. If only, they had the courtesy to inform us that they are going to go with someone else so that we wouldn't have to write this post.
If anyone that reads this post and works for a similar organization, please be courteous and professional with the small companies that want to assist you. If you are soliciting for help and are not getting positive responses, it might have something to do with your ethics?
Above, is option #1 for our now useless design for the IFFLA 2008
Above, is option #2 for our now useless design for the IFFLA 2008
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