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Show HN: Folyo helps you find a great designer

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For those who don't know, Folyo's creator Sacha Greif is a talented graphic designer who's worked for Hipmunk, and did the design work for an OSS Rails CMS called Locomotive.

He's got a discerning eye for quality, so I trust his judgement in curating a list of great designers. Looking forward to a version for programming jobs!

As a designer, the prospect of a service like this is exciting. Crowd sourcing sites like 99designs (as well as sites that focus on spec work) often turn out to be a waste of time where people want more designer hours than is ever reasonable for the amount of money on the table.

Don't get my wrong, 99designs is a great way for new designers to cut their teeth, but something like this seems better for those designers who are already more established.

I'm the guy behind Folyo, feel free to ask if you have any questions.

Oh and I set up a 20% discount just for HN readers :) It should get applied automatically, but don't hesitate to contact me if it doesn't work for some reason.

Your "about" page has a spelling error on the right column "About Me" block.

"I slowly thought myself how to" should be "I slowly taught myself how to"

Thanks!

I'm not sure I get this: you are saying that I basically have to pay 100$ to have my job offer sent to the designers you have on your site?

Yes, that's a pretty good description. Or if you don't feel like paying, you can also browse designer profiles for free and just contact them directly.

I don't want to sound negative, but you USP seems... light.

I mean, other than being a directory and filtering good designers I'm sure you could add more to the USP to make paying 100$ seem like a no-brainer.

The USP is that you reach good designers straight in their inbox. Good designers get offers all the time, and have no need to browse traditional job offers sites.

Without Folyo, you'd either have to spend hours browsing a site like Dribbble and contacting each designer individually (keeping in mind that most of them will be unavailable or not interested), or you can post on a normal job board and filter through tons of sub-par applicants.

So I think the service can be pretty useful for companies that are serious about finding a good designer.

is this basically the same as https://tinyproj.com/ ? it was on HN the other day.

Seems like the biggest difference is that this a curated list of designers, rather than just anyone who has signed up.

Yes, that's basically the main difference. Also, unlike TinyProj you can browse profiles on Folyo, and contact designers directly if you want.

I know both concepts are very similar, but I can't help it if me and Kyle both had the same idea at the same time. Great minds…

But seriously, I think both services are different enough that they can coexist.

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