Pillar

Rates, Contracts, Scope

Pieces in the Rates, Contracts, Scope pillar are in progress at no-spec.

What this pillar covers

Pieces here focus on how to charge, contract, and scope so the work you deliver reflects what you are paid to do. While the opening essays are being finalised, related material is already live on the rest of the site:

• Spec Work - why unpaid pitches are still a bad deal.
• AI and the Designer - where generative tools earn a place, and where they do not.
• Rates, Contracts, Scope - practical guidance on charging and contracting.
• The Professional Record - the profession arguments, decisions, and history.
• About no-spec - what we publish, how we frame the debate, and why this site exists.

When the Rates, Contracts, Scope pieces will publish

Each piece is being written by editors with hands-on experience of the working design profession, not generated en masse. If you would like to be notified when a specific piece publishes, the contact page has our address.

How this connects to Proof of Work

Two clauses belong in every contract this pillar discusses and neither existed five years ago. The AI disclosure clause settles what may be generated and what is warranted; the retention clause in version history as the design record settles who keeps the native file and for how long. The rest of the evidence stack is in Proof of Work.