Quiksilver - Design a Difference Winners Announced!
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Let’s hear it for the 3 winners of the Quiksilver – Design a Difference contest!
1st Place
Finger Food by mathiasrapp
2nd Place
Mountain Attack by SteveOramA
3rd Place
Carl and the Lizard by csj89
Comments
I dunno if its just me…i dont see the essence of Design a Difference tso tso or the Tony Hawk FOundation in some of the designs. Well…Its Quiksilver who probably picked these. COngrats again. Congrats Christian!
and yeah look at the votes the first two had garnered…its just 14 and 26 VOTES…Great…Amidst the low votes…they still won the contest. CONGRATULATIONS!!!
interesting picks. Not the style I would have expected them to pick. Bloody Fingers? I dig the 3rd place one.
sooo now are we able to modify and re-use(if there’s a such word) our designs?!?
i was sure that one of these 2 will win the competition. Both awesome submissions but got nothing, what a shame!
http://www.designbyhumans.com/vote/detail/48989
http://www.designbyhumans.com/vote/detail/48044
MEKAZOO said: i was sure that one of these 2 will win the competition. Both awesome submissions but got nothing, what a shame!
http://www.designbyhumans.com/vote/detail/48989
http://www.designbyhumans.com/vote/detail/48044
Same here :) but choosen one also got smth in them :) I guess we don’t know what is in quiksilver people’s heads ;)
Soggy_Waffle said: aha, thats great. 14 votes and 3 comments. congrats
DBH is going to pick up some of the ones that didn’t get picked up by QS as DBH branded. They will require some revisions, but who wouldnt want $500?
jimiyo said:
DBH is going to pick up some of the ones that didn’t get picked up by QS as DBH branded. They will require some revisions, but who wouldnt want $500?
I wouldn’t say no.
@jimio, Great play on…go ahead, but please first reject mine as i feel they are more worht the $500 :)
hahahahahaha!! I told you guys! who remembers Von Zipper!
Glad to know some of the tee will still be picked up…they’re too bad ass not to
congrats to the winner though…Jimiyo my tee is available if’n yers interested!
shame, im not buying a tee of the winners.. hopefully dbh prints some of the other submissions
i have known that 3 rd place i dont know why but i feel it funny.but i dont see the essence of Design a Difference or the Tony Hawk FOundation in them.
IT IS MY FIRST CONTEST… AND NOW KNOW HOW IS THE VOTING
FELICIDADES A LOS GANADORES…. MUY BUENOS DISEÑOS
YO VI MUCHOS TRABAJOS QUE PARA MI ERAN GANADORES!…. PERO CIERTAMENTE SE ESTABA BUSCANDO ALGO EN PARTICULAR…. Y LOS GANADORES ENCONTRARON JUSTO LO QUE BUSCABAN!
NOS VEREMOS EN EL PROXIMO CONCURSO
" KINGS OF LEON "
REGARDS
def not the winners I was thinking. not really diggin the style but obviously that is what Quicksilver was looking for/ congrats to the winners for being creative and thinking outside the box.
Good to hear DBH will be printing some of the other designs .. Hopefully one of these 2 will be printed….
http://www.designbyhumans.com/vote/detail/48989
http://www.designbyhumans.com/vote/detail/48044
Guess Vad_ns might have to come up with something to replace the quicksilver heart.. maybe a DBH heart perhaps?? ..ha ha
I really don`t understand wich are the criteria for the election of the winning designs. To tell you the truth, I love the Quiksilver brand, but I wouldn`t put on any of the winnig tees, the people in charge of the election should leave their comments why they where choosen. I dont detract the winning artist`s work, but I don`t see any creative requirement`s of the contest on any of the winning tees…It`s a shame. :s
i 2nd “Janouzi”, i love the brand and have ton of QS stuff, but ask me if i would wear one of the selected TEEs…NO (except #3), even in case they are given free away…kind of frustrating to come against your own guidelines LOL. Not sure Tony Hawk will be able to build a new skatepark this year.
@ Janouzi: good suggestion… QS must explain why they chose the winners…=)
id like to post this
just so you guys can see what won – http://vnrpdesign.blogspot.com/
If QS was going to choose the winners, why they put this competition on a design comunity for ppl vote on?
it’s cleary that the votes here doesn’t mean anything, with in my opinion, it’s kinda disrespectfull with DBH users…
i like the winners, specialy the second, but i would be very frustrated if my design gets 200 votes and loose for a design that gets 14 votes
thank you to all of the people that posted positive comments!
there were definitely some highly awesome designs in this competition.
i’m completely surprised and honored to win 2nd place.
See the video for how I found out I won and something I wrote about the contest:
http://steveoramadbhdesigns.blogspot.com/
2nd place one is the best… not too sure what they were thinking with the other 2
mathiole said: If QS was going to choose the winners, why they put this competition on a design comunity for ppl vote on?
it’s cleary that the votes here doesn’t mean anything, with in my opinion, it’s kinda disrespectfull with DBH users…
i like the winners, specialy the second, but i would be very frustrated if my design gets 200 votes and loose for a design that gets 14 votes
i feel that way
Agree with you mathiole!!
Hope DBh print more designs of this contest.
There are some greats!
Congrats for the lucky winners!
I’m extremely happy about winning this! And I can see that we have a great community here, bagging out the winning designs just because they had less votes. If you had read the info about the competition, it did state that Quicksilver would pick the winners, and besides there is no point in them picking designs that already exist in their line.
The designs that were posted in the countdown thread were all awesome and I hope they get a chance to be printed.
Lets not get too angry about this please, its not a popularity contest, and yes alot of other designs had better linework, more details etc. but I cant help that they picked mine, no hating! lol
cheers
Congrats mathiasrapp! It truly is an epic win. One for the books. This is your first win @ dbh, so that makes it even cooler.
Those are the winning tees?
NO WAY
THERE WERE MUCH MUCH BETTER THan this stuff
mathiasrapp said: I’m extremely happy about winning this! And I can see that we have a great community here, bagging out the winning designs just because they had less votes. If you had read the info about the competition, it did state that Quicksilver would pick the winners, and besides there is no point in them picking designs that already exist in their line.
The designs that were posted in the countdown thread were all awesome and I hope they get a chance to be printed.
Lets not get too angry about this please, its not a popularity contest, and yes alot of other designs had better linework, more details etc. but I cant help that they picked mine, no hating! lol
cheers
First of all let me congratulate you on your win for the QS contest. You dont need to “clarify” your self at the forum, it is not you or your design that gets the negative comments, it is only the people in charge of the election. They schould not specify such guidlines from the begining if they was expecting stuff as recently choosen for winners. All this, charity foundation-Tony Hawk-great cause blah-blah is now “pushed to a side”…this is what we complain about, that they come against their own quidelines while choosing the winners. If they was about just any quiksilver design, they schould not mantion the Foundation of Tony Hawk for the contest…they needed to say “any crazy style is wellcome”. If this contest was run under such quidelines, today everyone would support their decision!! The recent selected winners simply doesnt fit into the cause specified by QS Executives for this contest…thats all we complain about.
Oposite to what you say, this is extremely popularity contest, its all about reputation…not the 1500 bucks! So dont feel that people are negative about your art and i hope this contest can open a new future for you, so use it an a good way as such chances doesnt come every day…good luck
i agree with graphex, its not really you or your work. just how they chose the designs to win
Well done mathiasrapp, I am definately buying this t-shirt. I really like the way the hand at the top symbolises a quiksilver logo. Way outta the box. And it looks so amazing on white. Also a huge congratz to all winners. Alot of effort all across the board.
Well done.
So,…. congrats Winners!!!
Griff81 said: def not the winners I was thinking. not really diggin the style but obviously that is what Quicksilver was looking for/ congrats to the winners for being creative and thinking outside the box.
Good to hear DBH will be printing some of the other designs .. Hopefully one of these 2 will be printed….
http://www.designbyhumans.com/vote/detail/48989
http://www.designbyhumans.com/vote/detail/48044
Guess Vad_ns might have to come up with something to replace the quicksilver heart.. maybe a DBH heart perhaps?? ..ha ha
Tnx, dude…..
“DBH heart”….yep, i hope so…….will see!
thank you Patrycja, MEKAZOO, fouad666, Griff8…tnx to all humans for your support and votes, it’s mean a lot for me, and i really appreciate it!!!
Peace!!!
i’m very glad to see this is an opinionated and objective community..
indeed, i’m slightly disappointed by quiksilver’s picks.
guys, congrats on the win, even if i have to agree with most of the users in here..i’ve seen far more sick designs on dbh, and i don’t get why they indicated a “design a difference” guideline to finally keep a low profile by digging a “zombie&dinosaur” thing. no offense, i’m just trying to catch this brand way of thinking. in my humble opinion, however, 3rd place by csj89 deserves a lot. it really has that weird “je ne sais quoi” that would make me buy a shirt :)
in the meanwhile, good luck for the next contest to all we “losers” out there :))
DUde!!! THEse are great and unexpected! I mean 14 votes for the first place winner! (not a spammer)…DONT HATE on the artists… you are just JEALOUS!!! You should be freaking congratulating them and throwin them a party! These are kinda Old school skate style which fits perfectly for this contest… Well done!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Congrats to the artists!!!!!
YOU WINS
Yeah, congrats. You won, it’s that simple. You filled the desire of the client and here you are, a winner. Forget the negative spiel. It’s a fickle world, and anyone in the design feild knows, client are usually the most fickle of the world.
Congrats again, enjoy the spoils.
First of all congrats to the winners!!
They’re not really my stlye but I think QS knows what they’re doing for picking these. They know their market best. My only worry is that if these are DBH exclusive and noone buys them here then I’m not sure where they’re going to get the proceeds to donate to the Tony Hawk foundation. Anyway, I could be wrong because you’ll never know if the shirts will sell or not.
wow.
Thats all I can say. Like everyone else, I expected things to go WAY the other way on this contest. Nonetheless, a huge congrats to the winners!!
Janouzi said: I really don`t understand wich are the criteria for the election of the winning designs. To tell you the truth, I love the Quiksilver brand, but I wouldn`t put on any of the winnig tees, the people in charge of the election should leave their comments why they where choosen. I dont detract the winning artist`s work, but I don`t see any creative requirement`s of the contest on any of the winning tees…It`s a shame. :s
Yeah..good suggestion Jan. Please…
jimiyo said:Soggy_Waffle said: aha, thats great. 14 votes and 3 comments. congratsDBH is going to pick up some of the ones that didn’t get picked up by QS as DBH branded. They will require some revisions, but who wouldnt want $500?
I vote for Quiksilver Heart by vad_ns
im shocked!
no hate to the winners, you guys are super lucky and i wish you all the best, but this was certainly not what was expecting… not even close!
please print the hearts one dbh!
ok. my 2 cents. if its not a popularity contest then whats the point. the fewer the votes then the fewer the bucks for the foundation. If ppl dont like the designs that were chosen for the winning tee’s then its pointless to print them. We want quicksilver heart and It begins with me. That shit I will buy, the winning tees i will not. I like the 3rd place winners design but i still would not wear it. Maybe DBH will be the biggest winner of all since they will more than likely print the tees we like the most.
I still offer my congrats to the winners and would like to say we dont hate the player, we just hate that someone changes the rules to the game.
2 cents out…
Carl and the Lizard by csj89
inspired by Ed “Big Daddy Roth” wich i Liiiiikkkkeeee….
congrats man..
It might have to do with a) the number of colours, b) size of the print, c) how easy it is to screen print the design, d) inks required. and the fact that it was always about the TONY HAWK foundation, so i doubt them would have picked Surf related designs anyway. Cheer up guys I’m sure DBH will print the other designs, which are amazing.
I like #2 the best, congrats winning dudes!, and yup the QS design brief was misleading
Soggy_Waffle said:jimiyo said:Soggy_Waffle said: aha, thats great. 14 votes and 3 comments. congratsDBH is going to pick up some of the ones that didn’t get picked up by QS as DBH branded. They will require some revisions, but who wouldnt want $500?
I vote for Quiksilver Heart by vad_ns
vad_ns is on my Radar. ;) wink.
The #1 winner is unhumanism…horrible and wild…
why Quiksilver chose it?
rayhansj said: ok. my 2 cents. if its not a popularity contest then whats the point. the fewer the votes then the fewer the bucks for the foundation. If ppl dont like the designs that were chosen for the winning tee’s then its pointless to print them. We want quicksilver heart and It begins with me. That shit I will buy, the winning tees i will not. I like the 3rd place winners design but i still would not wear it. Maybe DBH will be the biggest winner of all since they will more than likely print the tees we like the most.
I still offer my congrats to the winners and would like to say we dont hate the player, we just hate that someone changes the rules to the game.
2 cents out…
tnx Rayhansj!!!!
jimiyo said:Soggy_Waffle said:jimiyo said:Soggy_Waffle said: aha, thats great. 14 votes and 3 comments. congratsDBH is going to pick up some of the ones that didn’t get picked up by QS as DBH branded. They will require some revisions, but who wouldnt want $500?
I vote for Quiksilver Heart by vad_ns
vad_ns is on my Radar. ;) wink.
:D tnx Jimiyo……tnx Soggy_Waffle and Asher2789!!!!!!!
vad_ns said:jimiyo said:Soggy_Waffle said:jimiyo said:Soggy_Waffle said: aha, thats great. 14 votes and 3 comments. congratsDBH is going to pick up some of the ones that didn’t get picked up by QS as DBH branded. They will require some revisions, but who wouldnt want $500?
I vote for Quiksilver Heart by vad_ns
vad_ns is on my Radar. ;) wink.
:D tnx Jimiyo……tnx Soggy_Waffle and Asher2789!!!!!!!
dude anytime… you deserve that to be printed, although it would probably be a difficult print, especially if its an all over. but its so badass DBH will just have to find a way.
and they better make it available to women… even though its not a terribly feminine design.
wow unexpected ones :S none of these are in my top5 list though they have nice styles. congratulations to all winners! (and forget about bad comments just keep it up;) cheers!
I much prefer Mountain Attack…. but what are ya gonna do? Eat a mountain I spose!
maybe second one, first one scares me… third one is more mature design than first for sure.
Knew mine was outta the running when I saw some of the bad-ass designs I was up against. Congrats to the winners, must be a buzz to win one of these comps. To be honest they’re not really my cuppa tea and the Tony Hawks Foundation won’t be pulling any cash from my direction but I hope they do okay and look forward to seeing your winning designs on the streets soon.
To DBH:
I suggest you to up some finalist for your QS pick. Theres a BUNCH OF GREAT DESIGNS from the contest. Put up 5 or even 10 at least. =) and let people…the humans decide again.
i couldn’t guess that these designs will win… i saw a lot other concepts more likely to be found in a QS store.
they surprised me.
and i like the third best
rayhansj
ok. my 2 cents. if its not a popularity contest then whats the point. the fewer the votes then the fewer the bucks for the foundation. If ppl dont like the designs that were chosen for the winning tee’s then its pointless to print them. We want quicksilver heart and It begins with me. That shit I will buy, the winning tees i will not. I like the 3rd place winners design but i still would not wear it. Maybe DBH will be the biggest winner of all since they will more than likely print the tees we like the most.
I still offer my congrats to the winners and would like to say we dont hate the player, we just hate that someone changes the rules to the game.
2 cents out…
Completamente de acuerdo!!!!!
It’s never been a “popularity” contest. Ever. DBH prints designs with 30 votes and designs with 300 votes. Quicksilver never even claimed to give a hoot about what the vote amounts were, where as DBH might take the votes into consideration. Also, the number of votes doesn’t equal the number of likely buyers. A lot of votes are just spam votes. Clearly DBH and Quicksilver know how to pick designs that will sell for their respective companies that fit a style that they want their companies to promote, so just let them do their thing. There’s a million ways to get your stuff printed and if you don’t feel like DBH is ever going to print your stuff for whatever reason, take it elsewhere. But if you want the DBH exposure, learn to work within their system, be patient, and keep thinking of new designs.
I don’t think DBH can’t be completely a popularity contest. What if there were bad designs that only got a lot of votes because of spam? What if there were awesome designs that didn’t get votes because they were overlooked? It’s unfair and fair at the same time…. In the end it comes down to the beauty of the design. QS just has weird taste. I personally wouldn’t wear any… Wonder if someone will actually buy this… My friends don’t like them either…
Fluentswords design makes more sense….to what they wanted (or asked for).
Griff81 said: def not the winners I was thinking. not really diggin the style but obviously that is what Quicksilver was looking for/ congrats to the winners for being creative and thinking outside the box.
Good to hear DBH will be printing some of the other designs .. Hopefully one of these 2 will be printed….
http://www.designbyhumans.com/vote/detail/48989
http://www.designbyhumans.com/vote/detail/48044
Guess Vad_ns might have to come up with something to replace the quicksilver heart.. maybe a DBH heart perhaps?? ..ha ha
I think these designs are great! Especially for the target audience that they are probably going for pre-teen and teen skaters. The 3 in my house WAAAAANT these shirts. Especially if they are black.
LOSmattocks said: Quicksilver Heart is done well but its to gory.
Well judging by their 1st place pic gore wasn’t much of a problem.
They are really different. Art is art. Congrats to the winners. And salute to QS
Wow. Is this the norm? All sore losers posting after a win? It’s embarassing to read all the negative comments. By the way, having your friends and family vote for your design does not mean they will purchase your shirt if it ever becomes available. Do you know who calls the shots at quicksilver these days creativly? A legend. This is all I have to say. Keep designing everyone!
I thought that Quicksilver was a beachy type company that would want to promote a happy euphoric feeling, not really understanding how bloody fingers say happy and euphoric but if that is the way that they want to go then thats cool. Congrats to the winners, I will be waiting for the DBH branded ones.
Perhaps the DBH team should remove voting altogether for special contests. Seeing as it doesn’t have an effect on the choosing of the winners and that it can lead to some shifty shenanigans e.g.
N Design and his KOL entry with around 5000 votes.
Congrats to the winners.
The picks make sense guys, Quiksilver knows exactly what they are doing. Kudos to all the winners! I enjoyed the competition and I look forward to more “Design a Difference” themes. See you all in the ring for Lil’ Wayne.
woah, I only just realised that after looking at it for years the quicksilver logo is a derivative of the kanagawa wave. Hail Fibonacci
xnay on lil wayne’ ah for me
FluentSword said: The picks make sense guys, Quiksilver knows exactly what they are doing. Kudos to all the winners! I enjoyed the competition and I look forward to more “Design a Difference” themes. See you all in the ring for Lil’ Wayne.
I feel Ive seen better ones in the contest :(
i dunnoe maybe its just my style
It’s just like doing multiple versions of a logo, poster, shirt design, etc… You really never know what the client will pick. No bad choices, just different directions. Considering that it is all about brand, I am sure there are a million reasons that these stood out. Congrats to the winners. All unique ideas.
Ok, so did anyone else assume that “design a difference” meant that you should design something that would hint towards something that would MAKE A DIFFERENCE? Great designs and all, but wtf are the contest titles for?
I don’t personally like these designs. I understand that are appropriate selections for pre teens and teens who skate and belong to that scene. I don’t really understand why this contest was on DBH because the demographic DBH appeals to and targets is not the preteen skater. It is much more artistic and expressive and unique. So while the selections make sense, the contest was inherently flawed, a lot of amazing designs were never even in the running because they never would have fit into the style quicksilver had decided it wanted – but didn’t seem to make very clear to the contest participants.
I’m not trying to bring down the winners – kudos to them for understanding what the competition really wanted.
Congratulations to the winners! it’s good to see that votes aren’t everything but it’s dissapointing that the brief had nothing to do with what quiksilver were looking for, which is annoying for a lot of the designers out there putting in so much time and effort….
I hope the future comps will be more relevant.
There were much better, much more original designs than these derivative ones shown here. I’ve seen a #1 type of shirt in all sorts of places, and that kind of gore is for a more “hardcore” skating aesthetic. 2 is original, and I wouldn’t buy #3.
WTF?
I’m disappointed, there were so many cool designs.
But these are just ugly, sry.
kinda lame, there were tons of cooler ones that had more votes, sort of a disappointment
congrats to winners!