Contest: Show us how to flaunt it!
Ben
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Several years ago, we made a cafepress store for SmugMug gear. We primarily built it for employees and family, but quickly discovered that a lot of our customers were buying items to wear. (For clarification, we don't make any profit from those. We offer them so everyone can flaunt their love of SmugMug!)
So whats the problem with that?
The problem is that our logos and designs are old and busted. The logos are our old logos (boring and grey), and we don't have any clever designs. You all keep us so busy with feature requests that we haven't been able to create new gear.
We figured the best way to get some really awesome gear is to tap the deep pool of talent here on Dgrin, and we are prepared to reward the efforts handsomely.
Okay, so lets cut to the chase and outline the details. A good place to start is to check out our existing store, full of our existing (boring) merchandise:
http://www.cafepress.com/smugmug
Then you can check out the entire CafePress catalog here:
http://www.cafepress.com/cp/customize/
We are primarily looking for apparel (both kids and adults!), but we are always open to creative ideas.
So whats in it for you?
Phat lewtz of course.
Grand Prize:
A brand spankin' new, sexy Canon EOS 30D with kit lens. (Yes, we are serious)
Second Prize:
1.66Ghz Intel Core Duo Mac Mini (brand new, we didn't let Andy get his grubby hands on it first!)
Third Prize:
Adobe Photoshop CS2 (it's about time your photos got the attention they deserve)
Honorable Mention (choice of one of any of the following):
The brand new, redesigned iPod Shuffle (You know you want one.)
Pantone Huey Colorimeter (to make sure that monitor looks JUST right)
Crumpler 7 Million Dollar Home Photo Bag (to coddle your camera)
How do you submit, and how do we choose?
Simply fire me an email to "ben at smugmug dot com" with your submission. You can send me a link to a SmugMug gallery with the images in it, or you can even create your own CafePress store so you can display them on the product.
We simply choose based on the ones we like the best. The submissions will be passed around the office here, and we will vote for the best.
How many prizes will there be?
There is only one grand prize, one second prize, and one third prize. But don't worry, there is no limit to the number of "Honorable Mentions" we can choose! An Honorable Mention is any design that didn't win one of the top 3 prizes, but that we still think is awesome enough to offer in the store.
The grand prize (and subsequent prizes) is reserved for a design we will actually use. If no designs are submitted that we plan to use, no prizes will be awarded. Based on the talent here on Dgrin, I am sure that won't be an issue!
Who can enter?
If you are reading this (and are not an employee of SmugMug or family member of an employee of SmugMug), you can enter. By entering the contest, you give us permission to use that design (you will be rewarded of course!).
When is the Deadline?
The official deadline is October 30th. Winners will be announced on Halloween. Trick or Treat!
Questions?
ben at smugmug dot com
So whats the problem with that?
The problem is that our logos and designs are old and busted. The logos are our old logos (boring and grey), and we don't have any clever designs. You all keep us so busy with feature requests that we haven't been able to create new gear.
We figured the best way to get some really awesome gear is to tap the deep pool of talent here on Dgrin, and we are prepared to reward the efforts handsomely.
Okay, so lets cut to the chase and outline the details. A good place to start is to check out our existing store, full of our existing (boring) merchandise:
http://www.cafepress.com/smugmug
Then you can check out the entire CafePress catalog here:
http://www.cafepress.com/cp/customize/
We are primarily looking for apparel (both kids and adults!), but we are always open to creative ideas.
So whats in it for you?
Phat lewtz of course.
Grand Prize:
A brand spankin' new, sexy Canon EOS 30D with kit lens. (Yes, we are serious)
Second Prize:
1.66Ghz Intel Core Duo Mac Mini (brand new, we didn't let Andy get his grubby hands on it first!)
Third Prize:
Adobe Photoshop CS2 (it's about time your photos got the attention they deserve)
Honorable Mention (choice of one of any of the following):
The brand new, redesigned iPod Shuffle (You know you want one.)
Pantone Huey Colorimeter (to make sure that monitor looks JUST right)
Crumpler 7 Million Dollar Home Photo Bag (to coddle your camera)
How do you submit, and how do we choose?
Simply fire me an email to "ben at smugmug dot com" with your submission. You can send me a link to a SmugMug gallery with the images in it, or you can even create your own CafePress store so you can display them on the product.
We simply choose based on the ones we like the best. The submissions will be passed around the office here, and we will vote for the best.
How many prizes will there be?
There is only one grand prize, one second prize, and one third prize. But don't worry, there is no limit to the number of "Honorable Mentions" we can choose! An Honorable Mention is any design that didn't win one of the top 3 prizes, but that we still think is awesome enough to offer in the store.
The grand prize (and subsequent prizes) is reserved for a design we will actually use. If no designs are submitted that we plan to use, no prizes will be awarded. Based on the talent here on Dgrin, I am sure that won't be an issue!
Who can enter?
If you are reading this (and are not an employee of SmugMug or family member of an employee of SmugMug), you can enter. By entering the contest, you give us permission to use that design (you will be rewarded of course!).
When is the Deadline?
The official deadline is October 30th. Winners will be announced on Halloween. Trick or Treat!
Questions?
ben at smugmug dot com
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Can employees enter?
-Anne
good point. I edited to make it clear employees can't enter.
Executive override: We'll be buying the 1.83GHz Core Duo for the Second Prize winner, not the gimpy 1.66GHz box.
Don
IMHO you should be going through Zazzle, but that's besides the point
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Sooooo looking at the above 2 lines ben............is that a new logo for your procucts or do you want or a new line of apparel (clothes) thought of & suggested
This is a competition to submit a new logo design for smugmug?
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Not that this is likely to be an issue for me, just askin':):
I am in also!!!!!!
but like the question above is this contest for a new smugmug logo?
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I had a question via email about proper use of the logo, and I think Themes are a good example. We don't mind if you get creative with the logo, as long as it still is undeniably our logo... and looks awesome.
That clear it up?
Something like that can probably be arranged.
Let me put my thinking cap on!
Can you clue us all in and tell us exactly what is being bought by smugmuggers who are not employees?
That would help in directing our design efforts.
No use designing underwear if no one's buying any, for example... :-)
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I will see if I can get actual numbers from Don, who I believe set up the store initially.
Shirts and Sweatshirts are obvious targets, as those are pretty popular. As a lot of you know, our "red hats" are very popular as well. We don't get those through CafePress (we don't particularly like their hats), but hat designs are definitely welcome as well. We will probably just get them made somewhere else.
Here is a shot of the red hat so you know what I am talking about:
It has the smugmug logo (with smuggy) on front, and www.smugmug.com on the back. Pretty straightforward currently.
for the clarification -- and I love the photo too!
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Clear as mud mate. Sorry i cant design apparel
Ok i am confused what logo it should be photo or something else it should be a jpg file or something else
i want to edit my photo
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Hi Awais,
It can indeed be a photo, or it can be something else. We had wildly popular mugs a while back that had a really amazing shot (contributed by Dgrinners), a quote about photography, and our logo. We gave those out at some conferences, etc... and people loved them. So a shot that highlights that we are a photo site could work if done right.
Also, for everyone else... just to be clear, you can enter as many times as you want. So you can go for the shotgun approach if you are having trouble coming up with that perfect design.
-Ben
Just for further clarification, are you looking for submissions that are one product at a time, or would you rather see a complete product line up (such as a complete CP store) as one submission?
Thanks, and you guys rawk!
My wife and I will be setting up a smugmug pro account soon. We are but children in the photography-as-a-business world but we are learning fast. Saving the coin for a pro account is going slowly but going none-the-less.
Thats a good question. I don't think we prefer one over the other, if for no other reason than the winning product design might ONLY work for a t-shirt, or only for a hat. But if it is a truly stellar design, then we would prefer it over a lesser design that can work on every type of product. Make sense?
I am having ideas that would work for specific products. More like different layouts of your current logo than anything else. I think I'll submit individually then.....
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it's comic sans font and the smuggy face is colon-D turned 90degs clockwise
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So much for that expensive graphic designer!
That's hilarious!
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i am also doing everything to get that .....
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whatcha think so far, i know a few are weird / young styled but i mean, im 18 and i love random placement of designs on shirts
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