A reader alerted me to this posting on Fast Company's website in regards to Boulder-hotshot agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky.
The hot/not hot agency has been busy ruffling feathes in the design world by asking for designers (e.g. client Brammo Motorcycles) to work for free (in web 2.0 parlance, "crowdsourcing" may be used instead of free).
Is this the straw that will break the cammel's back? Probably not. Crispin has a track record of controversey generating mostly positive buzz for their clients in the core demographic targets.