LogoWorks backs out of Friday podcast
This afternoon, “LogoGate” takes a strange turn. After boasting that “my mind is now prepared” and stating on many boards and blogs that he was looking forward to speaking with me during our previously scheduled podcast tomorrow, Jeff Kearl, LogoWorks’ Chief Marketing Officer, abruptly cancelled.
Here is what he had to say:
Chris:
I’m so sorry to do this to you and your listeners, but I am going to cancel our interview. I really wanted to do it when I accepted for the sole purpose of trying to clear the air and settle some of these matters. I figured that even if people disagreed they might get to know us and at least think we were people who really did value honesty and good business practices. Hopefully, I have answered the vast majority of the questions in my posts. Our position on the theft has been stated and reiterated. We apologize to the design community for letting it happen on our watch. It was unacceptable and we are taking steps to try to prevent it in the future. As for all the other issues around designer compensation (or lack thereof), quality of LW design work, LW marketing/positioning in the marketplace vs. other designers/design solutions and the how the Internet is changing the GD industry I’m going to refrain from commenting further. I don’t want to offend people in the posts that I don’t even know and it is clear I already have. I can see that many people in that thread have fundamentally different opinions on the issues and at some point it becomes futile to debate the issues because people aren’t going to change their views and it is just causing people to behave badly (including myself). I want to be respectful of others’ views and our competitors and debating on a chat forum allows for things to be taken out of context and meanings to be confused. It has already created enough ill will. Many of the points and counterpoints are overdone now. I just don’t see how rehashing them in an interview is going to help people feel better. I’m not going to be involved in something that might make someone feel worse and there is a risk that will happen.
Best wishes to you and your podcast.
Jeff
