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  1. User
    Tom Walker
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    Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:03:25 +0000
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    Hello, just wondering if you have an update for us.

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    hiegl
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    Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:11:45 +0000
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    @all: Thank you very much for joining in and making this contest such a success!

    My client will decide upon his top 3 candidates soon. I will contact these candidates privately, asking for some further modifications and the availability, to support this project at least till the site-launch.

    Based on the outcome of these contacts, we will then declare our winner.
    I would be happy to see at least some of you join one of our future contests.

    Best wishes,

    Bernhard

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    trigz
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    Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:29:31 +0000
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    Now i see green banners ^^

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    hiegl
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    Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:36:21 +0000
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    @all: Let me give you some info about the final stage of the contest.

    - During the next hours I will comment and eliminate extensively, to keep everyone on track.
    - My client will decide on the top 3 designs soon after the contest ended.
    - I will then contact the 3 top contestants and ask them about their ability to do some additional modifications and other things.
    - If the decision is really close, we possibly will offer the final second to buy his/her design as well.

    Thanks, Bernhard

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    Tom Walker
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    Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:10:21 +0000
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    Any feedback? Thanks.

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    Creative Ideas
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    Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:43:42 +0000
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    Thanks Hiegl,

    The font i am using is Trebuchet MS. It is the default font used for web designing. The difference b/w 76 and 77 is , in teachers and students cornor the heading color is changed. Kindly please check it.
    I will Submit my revised design soon. If any mistake is in the revised design please give the feed back for improve my design.
    Thanks.

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    hiegl
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    Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:32:39 +0000
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    @all: Since we are approaching 1 a.m. here, I apoligize for stopping my comments for now. I will give feedback again after I had some hours of sleep.

    Thanks, Bernhard

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    Ali G
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    Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:30:14 +0000
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    kj359, if a 100% copied design would satisfy the CH I'd have withdraw all my entries... :)

    i might be not the best person (as i am a participant in this contest) to judge your work, but excuse me, CH have used the gentlest words according to your design... :)

    if you think #86 is a copy of the example you have given... dude, obviously something is wrong with you... :D

    peace
    Ali

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    hiegl
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    Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:02:40 +0000
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    @kj359: I am really sorry if I didn´t guide you like a good CH should do. If I were a professional in this business, I would have done this better, but I am not. Anyway, I apologize for not beeing as responsive as a CH should be during the last week.

    Concerning your comment I will not go into details here but if you really see your entry #86 to be a 100% copy of http://www.umass.edu/ I have to accept this, though in my view they are very different.

    Why you did this "test" - as you call it - at all, while you didn´t want to lose your time here is beyond my understanding.

    Thanks for participating,

    Bernhard

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    QS
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    Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:55:53 +0000
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    kj359, although I agree that the CH is a little too critical of designers and extremely demanding he is just after the best possible work.

    I agree that his requirements are a little muddled as he likes the colour scheme of as.miami.edu, but then told designer manilabox for #48 "More light please and no brown." Contradicting remarks aside it is an interesting contest as Bernhard has guaranteed a winner but doesn't seem to like any existing designs.

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    RDDR
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    Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:15:08 +0000
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    Guys, I decided to test what the CH really wants and made my design #86, as close as possible as one of the examples the CH gave. This is what he wrote: "http://www.umass.edu/
    (Remove the black background and replace the dark red with something more youthful and this could be the ideal design for us. Ordering and readability are really great.)"

    Today, my design was eliminated, because:
    "- The dominant orange color is not quite appealing.
    - The image gives the impression of a huge building but not of students life.
    - The four text blocks look to flat and undesigned. Moreover the different lenght produces an empty hole.
    - The idea of different approaches for different groups of visitors is nice, but this thin extra menu bar is too invisible and in my view one menu too much on this page.
    - The large image could possibly contain the tagline or some other text (section name on sunpages?!)."

    So, basically even if you copy a design at 100%, it would still be not good enough for the CH. Clearly there are some creative differences inside the CH's team, that resulting to not even one 3 star rating. Beside, the CH regularly criticizes the images we use, without thinking that we can't afford to buy super quality stock images for every design we make. I regret I lost two week thinking and designing for this project.

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    hiegl
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    Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:47:14 +0000
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    Yes, design only and PSD is the way to go!

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    art2.0
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    Sun, 05 Jul 2009 15:19:55 +0000
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    Is this contents for the design only?
    If so, what format will be accepted? PSD?
    Thanks.

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    99designs
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    Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:44:59 +0000
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    The contest holder has extended this contest to 14 days.

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    galinka
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    Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:22:43 +0000
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    Where is the feel of "studentship"? Students are most funny and active people in any country.

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    vel
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    Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:52:59 +0000
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    let me know your comments for my design

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