There is a heated discussion in the HOW Forum about HP's new marketing campaign that features Paula Scher and offers a couple of free letterhead templates. The main argument is that offering design templates devalues the work of designers and is disloyal to the industry.

But after looking at the templates, which aren't particularly interesting, there's not much there for designers to be afraid of. Any business-owner who would choose a free template to create their identity isn't someone you'd want to work with anyway.

That said, it's still a bit surprising that Scher agreed to provide the templates in the first place.

Posted by Megan