Summary
- Status
- won
- Status Comment
- Congratulations to the winner, design president!
- Entries
- 44
- Prize
- $360
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A closer look at this contest
- Created:
- Tue, 20 May 2008 02:51:59 +0000
- Ends:
- Tue, 27 May 2008 02:51:59 +0000
- Modified:
- Wed, 21 May 2008 22:10:43 +0000
- Last Feedback:
- Tue, 27 May 2008 11:46:15 +0000
- Comments:
- 12
- Designers:
- 13
- Feedback:
- 99%
- Brief Summary
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This is a startup social network to gather men together to discuss and explore what it means to be men. This site needs a logo and a good designer to rise to the challenge of establishing a "feel"... a visual "brand" that can later be translated to the site design, printed materials, etc.
The site will explore a broad range of topics related to "being men": sports, sexuality, wife's/partners/children/family, toys, fashion, societal expectations of men, resources and reviews of stuff of interest to men, commentary on how men are represented in contemporary media and discourse, men's stories, humourous stuff, etc.
The site will evolve into a place where men feel safe and excited to come to "talk man stuff", let it all hang out, etc.
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#20 Winning Design
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- #44
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- By ella_z
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- #28
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- By ella_z
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- #43
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- By ella_z
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- #42
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- By ella_z
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- #41
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- By ella_z
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- #38
- Entrant:
- By matthiasak
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- #37
- Entrant:
- By arpad
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- #33
- Entrant:
- By nejikun
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- #29
- Entrant:
- By arpad
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- #15
- Entrant:
- By melissa
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- #14
- Entrant:
- By logojoy
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- #13
- Entrant:
- By logojoy
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- #11
- Entrant:
- By logojoy
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- #8
- Entrant:
- By palmateer™
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- #5
- Entrant:
- By logojoy
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- #4
- Entrant:
- By logojoy
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- #3
- Entrant:
- By Jaxstarz
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- #2
- Entrant:
- By cubeMEDIA
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- #32
- Entrant:
- By fiona and thea
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- #26
- Entrant:
- By nejikun
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- #19
- Entrant:
- By design president
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- #12
- Entrant:
- By Jaxstarz
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- #10
- Entrant:
- By rboehm361
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- #9
- Entrant:
- By drunken_guy
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- #7
- Entrant:
- By palmateer™
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- #6
- Entrant:
- By Jaxstarz
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The following designers have withdrawn all of their submitted designs: (why?)
Discussion
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- User
- Terry Bogard
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- Thu, 29 May 2008 18:32:52 +0000
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Congrats design president. Well deserved!!
I think there were less designers as the idea was very unique and hard to grasp.
Goodluck with your business. -
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- Thu, 29 May 2008 11:11:41 +0000
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I have awarded the contest to #20 for it's simplicity and elegance, although I was torn because I think #40 is a VERY close second, so my special thanks to pegatinas too.
All of you have done very well!
I was overall disappointed with the number of designers who contributed and am not sure what to make of that. Can designers suggest why they think there were such few people in the comp? was the timing bad (over Memorial Day weekend)? Did I write too tight a brief?
All advice appreciate.
Thanks again, everyone.
-Alister
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- matthiasak
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- Tue, 27 May 2008 00:40:40 +0000
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thoughts on #38 ?
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- Mon, 26 May 2008 05:03:54 +0000
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- Mon, 26 May 2008 04:41:23 +0000
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Sorry Terry. My weekend is a bit out of sync with North America... so I'm back from the weekend and you guys are not yet, etc.
See my comments on your entries
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- Terry Bogard
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- Sun, 25 May 2008 16:52:46 +0000
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Any sign of the CH??
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- Thu, 22 May 2008 09:47:07 +0000
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Folks, #20 is my favourite so far. But keep the creativity flowing :)
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- Thu, 22 May 2008 00:27:43 +0000
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Just saw this... and I kinda like it. Simple but evocative. Too "metallic" for our purposes, but just wanted to show you all :)
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- Wed, 21 May 2008 22:11:48 +0000
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So as not to be confusing I will add the summary points from my comments above into the creative brief :)
Sorry I may have been misleading about the "fist" by mentioning how much I liked that first image (above).
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- Wed, 21 May 2008 22:02:38 +0000
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Folks, a thought about fists! In reference to designs that include a fist, up to and including #15... I think the first is too small compared to the wings. I also have to raise a caution that my client is not 100% delighted with a fist, in general. He is afraid it will be too "militant" in feel, and would prefer something that says "strength" but doesn't have an adversarial feel about it. Fists tend to represent an adversarial stance. This site is about men's lives and issues, yes, but not really about "men's rights", i.e. not an advocacy site, for which a fist would make sense.
I'm thinking more about eagles or lions or some other visual representation of strength or "covering"... the sense that men are called to lead and to be a protection for others (in the family or whatever). The fist doesn't make me feel that.
Hope this helps :)
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