The old man and the V( T )Jonathan Munk

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An 86-year-old graphic designer recently filed case against Volkswagon saying he is the designer of the first, almost 60-year-old VW brand. Nikolai Borg doesnt need financial settlement. He's suing Volkswagon for not knowing his turn in the design website .

I am perhaps not after income, Borg said in an article on FreelanceUK.com. I simply want to live to see my work accepted. I'll not settle for something less than historic approval.

Borg promises a Nazi commissioned him to design the now renowned logo prior to WW II. After being told the project was on hold, he was amazed to see his very own design appear on military vehicles a few years later. He has been hoping to get acceptance ever since.

Credit-taking within the graphic design world is packed with dull area. A company may hire an artist to come up with a, and then hire a different company to upgrade their logo a couple of years later. The changes in design might be small, and could even go unnoticed by many people visit our site . But that has the credit for coming up with the look?

Which designers have the best to record them as the originator of a specific search? Certainly the first designer deserves credit for discovering a strong design, but doesnt a future designer deserve credit for improving a design, particularly if the logo the organization uses is a of the work of a second and sometimes even third designer?

For many we know, Mr. Borg presented an excellent style, which was then tweaked, possibly even several times, and then brought into use.

And think about organizations that employ a designer ahead up with logo concepts, then take those concepts and have an designer work with them until they have the logo they were searching for all along? This is not illegal, because the ideas are bought by the company in essence from the designer. The organization can perform whatever they desire with them once that exchange is complete official link .

But getting credit where it is earned can be a complicated, sometimes frustrating game, as Im certain Nikolai Borg can admit.