{"id":994,"date":"2009-08-19T11:50:13","date_gmt":"2009-08-19T18:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/?p=994"},"modified":"2014-04-21T00:10:36","modified_gmt":"2014-04-21T07:10:36","slug":"the-creative-collective-is-here-join-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blogarchive\/blog\/2009\/08\/19\/the-creative-collective-is-here-join-us\/","title":{"rendered":"The Creative Collective is Here! Join Us."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-527\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;\" title=\"Fastest Firefox\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3657\/3390611102_a91d6d612e_o.png\" alt=\"MCC Logo\" width=\"240\" height=\"217\" \/> I&#8217;m excited to announce the initial beta release of the <a href=\"http:\/\/creative.mozilla.org\/\">Mozilla Creative Collective<\/a>, the official new home and hub of activity for our visual design community.  The goal of the Creative Collective is to use art as a means for spreading Firefox and sharing the Mozilla story in new ways.<\/p>\n<p>Building communities is a big part of what Mozilla is all about, and key to our success as an organization.\u00a0 We have dedicated communities that contribute to nearly every aspect of Mozilla &#8211; from software development, to extensions, to localization, to marketing, and more &#8211; but an area that&#8217;s traditionally lacked an organized community is visual design.  And because art is such a powerful form of communication, we&#8217;re harnessing that with the Creative Collective. <\/p>\n<p>Mozilla actually has a long history with community design. Successful past projects such as the <a href=\"http:\/\/musingt.com\/?p=19\">Firefox 3 t-shirt,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/mozilla-mexico.sourceforge.net\/?page_id=6\">Mozilla Mexico logo design contest<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.getpersonas.com\/gallery\/All\/Popular\">Personas<\/a> are just a sampling of our community&#8217;s creative energy &#8211; and demonstrate the growing level of interest among people who are eager to contribute.<\/p>\n<p>On the Creative Collective site, artists can create personal profiles, share their work in a public gallery, connect and collaborate with others from around the world, and much more. There&#8217;s also a variety of social features, such as a system of <a href=\"http:\/\/musingt.com\/?p=79\">achievement badges<\/a>, to make the experience more fun for everyone.<\/p>\n<p>An important feature that&#8217;s not yet available (but will be added soon) is the Design Challenge, which will prompt members to submit design solutions based around a particular theme.\u00a0 Although the feature hasn&#8217;t been formally introduced to the site, we&#8217;re already reaching out to artists to help <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blog\/2009\/08\/19\/creativity-service-awesome\/\">support Mozilla Service Week with creative designs<\/a> that inspire action. If you&#8217;re looking for an initial way to get involved, be sure to check that out.<\/p>\n<p>As noted earlier, the site is still in beta so we&#8217;re eager to hear your feedback. If you have suggestions on how to improve the site, please don&#8217;t hesitate to <a href=\"http:\/\/creative.mozilla.org\/contact\">share them with us<\/a>. We&#8217;ll be making tweaks and adding new features over time, and are counting on the community to help guide the project&#8217;s future direction. So, make sure to check back often, or <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/MozCreative\">follow our tweets<\/a>, for updates.\u00a0 Looking forward to seeing you on the Creative Collective!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m excited to announce the initial beta release of the Mozilla Creative Collective, the official new home and hub of activity for our visual design community. 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