# no-spec (no-spec.com)

> Practical advocacy for the working design profession: against spec work, against generative tools as a shortcut to designer thinking, for fair rates, clear contracts and proof of work. Independent editorial site; not affiliated with the original No!Spec organization.

## Pillars

- [Spec Work](https://no-spec.com/spec-work/): unpaid pitches, design contests and the rhetoric clients use to normalise them
- [AI and the Designer](https://no-spec.com/ai-and-the-designer/): pricing, scoping and disclosing generated work
- [Rates, Contracts, Scope](https://no-spec.com/rates-contracts-scope/): charging fairly and contracting clearly
- [The Professional Record](https://no-spec.com/the-record/): the profession's arguments, decisions and history
- [Proof of Work](https://no-spec.com/proof-of-work/): provenance and authorship for designers; process files, version history, Content Credentials, disclosure clauses, portfolio records

## Key pages

- [What spec work actually is](https://no-spec.com/articles/what-is-spec/)
- [Spec Work in the AI Era: The Free Pitch, Now AI-Generated](https://no-spec.com/proof-of-work/spec-work-in-the-ai-era/)
- [How to Prove a Design Is Yours](https://no-spec.com/proof-of-work/how-to-prove-a-design-is-yours/)
- [Content Credentials for Designers: What C2PA Records and What It Does Not](https://no-spec.com/proof-of-work/content-credentials-for-designers/)
- [The AI Disclosure Clause: What a Design Contract Should Say](https://no-spec.com/proof-of-work/ai-disclosure-clause-in-design-contracts/)
- [AI-Generated Logos: Copyright, Trademark and Who Owns the File](https://no-spec.com/proof-of-work/ai-generated-logo-copyright/)
- [About](https://no-spec.com/about/) and [FAQ](https://no-spec.com/faq/)

## Method

Editorial pieces written by working designers, with named sources linked in the text (standards bodies, government guidance, tool documentation). Nothing here is legal advice. We do not sell or recommend detection or generation tools.

## Contact

https://no-spec.com/contact/