Banner Design Competition: Winners announced
The winning design was Number 4. The designer is Ann Benoit from annthology, from USA.
Number 4.
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Second prize goes to Number 1. The designer is Heather Cocquio from bearcage productions, Australia.
Number 1.
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And honorable mention to Number 6. Designer Jan at Poppytalk, Canada.
Number 6.
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Thank you so much for everyone who helped or participated with this competition. I know that I have learnt a lot in the whole process. Thank you especially to Princeton Architectural Press for donating the prizes. I know the winners are going to love these books and I will be reviewing some of them over the coming weeks. Also thank you to my tech team of one – my husband Rob who finally got the poll software up and running (the cause of the delay), I see more polls in whipup’s future. Of course to all the fabulous entrants. Most of which I could not feature, I am dreadfully sorry, so many entries and choosing a good selection for the short list was really difficult. And thanks to the readers who voted and who care about the whole thing anyway. This is beginning to sound like a dreadful grammy awards speach so without further ado … another poll.
Cheers and thanks
April 27th, 2007 at 8:10 pm
I am thrilled with the winner….it was my absolute favorite!! I’m even thinking you might be able to change out a few of the pictures in the disks at some point or use them for a contest of some sort (i.e. find the whatever). Also, thanks to your recommendation, I have ordered a few of the prize books for myself. Can’t wait for their arrival! Love your site….it always inspires me….thank you….
April 28th, 2007 at 4:15 am
With no offense to any of the submissions, I didn’t vote because none of them fully said to me the diversity, enthusiasm and creativity that whipup is for me.
April 28th, 2007 at 8:17 am
I did vote but my favorite, which was the best of them all, ;-) did not win.
Kabira, I agree with you. None of the entries really captured the dynamics of Whip Up. Perhaps more entries should be tested?
(For the record, would not be able to make a better banner myself, than any of the entries.)
May 2nd, 2007 at 9:22 am
I was afraid the winner would win. It tries to be all things to all people, but the result is very busy and, well, hectic. The little circles seem to speak more to “design” than “craft.” My favorite was the 2nd place winner because it had more of a handcrafted feel than a designy feel. The current/old banner, though it featured a knitted texture, still seemed to represent all kinds of handicraft.
May 7th, 2007 at 12:42 am
Will we get to see them up soon? (and couldn’t we do a rotating one so that everyone enjoys them all?)