Prizes

Here it is, the overall prize bounty is worth over $19k (€15k).

The 1st prize

A MacBook Pro - 15inch, 2.4ghz, 2gb memory, 160gb hd, jealous friends + €3,000 cash ($4000). Plus promotion for you as a designer in Computer Arts, Computerlove and of course on Spreadshirt (more about these prizes at the bottom)

The 2nd Prize

Epson 3800N Duplex Laser Printer Or Adobe Creative 3 Web Premium + €1,000 cash ($1300).

Additional winner prizes
But its not about the things money can buy, we want to promote you as a designer. So lets begin with things the winner can’t buy with their Mastercard:

a) An interview in Computer Arts The contest will be covered in three issues of Computer Arts. As a winner you’ll have your winning design, your photo and an interview with you in a half-page wrap-up of the November issue!

b) An interview on Computerlove

Be interviewed about your winning logo and your design portfolio for an interview to be published on Computerlove the networking site for creatives.

c) Promotion on the Spreadshirt platform We’ll create a special page promoting you as our logo’s creator in a special “the logo” page in the About Us section of the Spreadshirt site. A link to this area is on the footer of all of our webpages.

The Panel Prizes

All our 5 panelists get to award a prize based on their interest area. Any design or individual can win these awards even if they don’t make one of the top 3 designs. We will uncover the panel prizes week by week in our little schwag friday blog posts.

la Fraise - Europe’s largest t-shirt design contest and part of the Spreadshirt family. They are offering a years supply of t-shirts! Yep, one of every contest winning shirt they print for the next year! Read more about it here.

The winner of this prize was Pascalphilly for his profilic contributions, genius ideas and help and advice offered to other members. Mootsie & T-shirt Talk received a special merit for Moustache Man the la Frasians favourite design and T-shirt talk for external promotion and fantastic weekly entry collages.”

The Computer Love Collaboration award - with this prize we want to honor collaboration and award design teams. Yep to win this you need to get together and design with others. The design team that wins will get a ton of Nintendo DS schwag. If its two of you you’ll win a DS each plus lots of games and accessories. The more, the better: If you form a super alliance of 5 people, we’ll give away a DS each but slightly less in the way of add ons. Read more about the award here

Computerlove prize will be revealed soon.

As internationally renowned Branding experts, Branded aren’t impressed easily. To win this award your job involves wowing them in the following three areas:

a) a fresh idea,
b) a simple, clear & bold design
c) a little wit.

What will you get for your trouble………..? Only the new 16gb Ipod Touch. Music, movies and wifi on the sexiest kit around.

The winner of this award is Nelson. Nelsons Superhero series has entertained us with its originality and tongue in cheek humour for weeks.

Internationally renowned Graphic designer, musician and all round creative genius Scott Hansen aka ISO50 will offer his input to the contest. With his experience working with international brands like Adobe, Computer Arts, Finlandia, Southwest Airlines he’ll be looking for a strong concept and flawless execution to win his award. Your prize will be a collection of some of the finest artwork and clothing in the ISO50 vaults.

The ISO50 award winner will be revealed soon.

The winner of the innovativeness award will win something totally unique, the entire prize is the chance to design unique items: You get to design your own trainers from RBK Custom, clothing naturally from Spreadshirt, a watch from 121 Time and a bag from Timbuk2. Oh and overshadowing all those great prizes of course - Muesli, food of the gods. Yep custom Muesli from MyMuesli. Read more about the Frank Piller Innovativeness award.

The winner of the Frank Piller Innovativeness prize is Legofish with the brilliant and hugely popular Labelheads.