Markus Dochantschi is ticking off the costs of entering a competition. “Say they want a model–that can be anywhere from 5 to 15 thousand dollars. If they want high-res renderings, that could be between 5 and 10 thousand. You're up to $20,000 fast.”
Winning a design competition can mean new work and prestige–and even making the short list can be great publicity–but as anyone who has ever entered one knows, the costs can be staggering. Small and medium-size studios in particular often find themselves conducting a tricky analysis: weighing the possibility of a payoff against significant up-front expenses.
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