Hipnhopeful

If you haven’t been on Springleap.com and you’re a South African creative and love graphic T-shirts as much as we do, where have you been? It rocks!

The process is real simple, you download the T-shirt design template here, then you design something awe-inspiring, an submit it here, but only after you have registered here. Then you promote your T-shirt design like crazy and if you get lots of votes you could win a whopping R7482,18 and more prizes you can check out here!

As a designer you can receive loads of exposure and positive feedback on your designs, even if you don’t win. So get over there!

Even if you’re not a designer you can benefit from joining! You can vote and comment on the T-shirt designs and then buy the winning designs!

We love this design form MonsieurEureka, because we believe it show fantastic design and conceptualisation skills.  Pre-buy the T-shirt here.

We are also digging a lot of other designs, go check it out for yourself at Springleap.com!

If you see yourself as the designerati of international creatives. If the lights in your left brain is switched off
most of the time. If you think about everything in terms of perfect lines and colour palettes.

Then Art Vespa is the design competition for you.

The annual Art Vespa Competition is a South African design competition in which you get to dress the world’s most fashionable two-wheeler according to your idea of style. There is no theme. You have the freedom to let the creative juices flow without restrictions.

And if you prove yourself to be the designerista of designers, you can win a Vespa LX150 wrapped in
your own original design.

Last year’s winner Rory Allan from Ripe Design scooted away with his design of a delicious ice cream
melting down his sexy Vespa.

For some inspiration visit www.vespa.co.za/ArtVespa2009 to see images of all the past winners.

To enter Art Vespa follow the following steps.

• Visit www.vespa.co.za/ArtVespa2009
• Select one of the six different canvasses
• Download onto your hard-drive
• Digitally create your unique Art Vespa
• Convert into a 144 dpi PDF
• Give your Art Vespa a name
• Submit to artvespa@vespa.co.za before 15 January 2009
• Also send your name, surname, mobile, agency and your position

Some design tips:

The judging
The entries will be judged by an international team from Piaggio in Italy. The panel will be emailed the entries and will select three of the best Art Vespas according to these criteria,

• Design simplicity
• Design impact
• Conceptual sophistication
• Practicality of production.

Design tips
Remember, when designing your Art Vespa it’s like designing a new package. Apply the same design rules. Keep it simple, clever and bold. And make sure it stands out amongst the clutter and can be appreciated from a distance.

Important
Only 2 dimensional colour can be placed on the painted areas of the Vespa. Entries with designs that cover seats, lights or any area that does not have a paint finish will be eliminated.

Three Vespa LX150’s will be wrapped in the best designs and displayed at the Design Indaba Expo in Cape Town from 27 February to 1 March 2009. The winner will also be announced during the expo.

Are you a fresh, young, edgy, photographer? Then you could be Levi’s® next photographer. They are looking for a photographer to shoot local seasonal campaigns.

Got what it takes? Then email them at photographersearch@kingjames.co.za

The competition opens for entries on 1 December 2008 and the final deadline for submissions is 31 January 2009. Check the  Onesmallseed group for updates and work-in-progress submissions over the next 2 months. You can also read the Terms and Conditions of the competition here.

Will post the more about the brief here soon.

Idea Bounty is a real simple concept – “Get money for your ideas!”
They post a brief and you answer the call by submitting your idea(s).
If your idea is chosen you get the cash!

Their current bounty is for FNB Premier Banking and the reward is a wopping $2500 (R26,479.90).
Not bad… The deadline is 2008/11/28 – that’s next Friday – hurry, hurry….

Between 10 and 5 is “The showcase for the South African creative industry” as they state on their website. It’s a website where any South African creative can submit work they’ve created for clients or personal projects. So go submit your work on their website and then when HipnHopeful.me is up-and-running create your portfolio here and you get double exposure!