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THE HANSA COMPETITION WILL NOW HAVE 2 WINNERS!!!!
Hansa was so impressed with the designs that they decided they would choose 2 winners, each winning US$1250.

The Hansa ‘Special Ingredient’ submission date for designs has been extended until the 09 June, 2011.

This means you have extra time to come up with some really awesome submissions and win the massive US$1250 grand prize.

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“Cheers to the DREAMERS – Not just any dreamers. The beeg, beeg dreamers. Because, it’s the dreamers that see the world, not as it is, but as it could be.”

Hansa Pilsener raises its glass to toast the designers – the dreamers that make our world an awesome place to live in by turning dreams into art, design and sculpture – an audio and visual delight.

What could possibly make the Kiss of the Saaz Hop even sweeter?
Well, to give this new competition at Springleap.com that crisp and refreshing edge that you know so well, Hansa Pilsener is putting up a US$1250 prize for the Springleap designer that dreams up and delivers a design that illustrates life’s special ingredient.

For the other top contributors – cases of thirst-quenching Hansa Pilsener will be up for grabs .

Show us the extraordinary. Draw back the curtain to the special ingredient – give us a chance to salute you – the dreamers…The designers.

Springleap.com in association with Hansa Pilsener invite designers in an open call – an open call to be refreshingly different by showing us that special ingredient that is going to blow the voters and our esteemed design panel away and kick our trend-factor into overdrive.
Put that spring in our step, the twinkle in our eye.

Be Refreshingly Different.

Hansa Pilsner is calling upon designers to show up that “special ingredient” that blows us away!

Create a Hansa Pilsener branded t-shirt that is stylish enough for a consumer to want to wear out on a Friday night.

What we are looking for: stylish/ trendy tees that our music industry professionals and consumers would feel AWESOME wearing.

A tee that Hansa Pilsener starts a t-shirt revolution with!

Show us the special ingredient inside of all of us that sets us apart from the rest.

The MUSTS:

Your design must :

• Show an understanding of the Hansa Pilsener consumer:

When you think of a Hansa Pilsener consumer, you should think of young urban males who have a strong sense of self, who love life, music and don’t take things for granted.

You will know a Hansa man when you see one. He will have his finger on the pulse of the latest urban fashion and trends, and no matter what he is wearing he exudes a confidence that makes him approachable to everyone around him.

These individuals are Mzansi’s ‘legends in the making’. The men who will become the leaders and backbone of our nation.

• Use the current brand iconography (keyline logo, hop and pack shot) and colours. These are guidelines and we are open to some level of interpretation, but the t-shirt design should tie back into the brand

• Use current t-shirt designs that already resonate with the young urban Hansa Pilsener consumer as a reference

THE INSPIRATION AND DIRECTION:

The target market for our tee is young urban males interested in music, within the 21-28 age bracket. Meet the fans on our Facebook page

Brands working well in the t-shirt space to use as references:
1. Head honcho

2. AMA KIP KIP

3. Struss bob

4. Nike-Tee

5. Billionaires Boys Club

6. Ecko

DOWNLOAD THE BRAND ICONOGRAPHY PACK<<<<<

Hansa Pilsener have put up an awesome prize of US$1250 [or R10 000] for the winner of the ‘Special Ingredient’ competition and cases of Hansa Pilsener for the runners up.

The winning design will be transformed into a t-shirt and will be sold across the world through Springleap.com’s online store.

1. You know the drill NO OBSCENITY, NO HATE SPEECH, ONLY ORIGINAL WORKS …all that jazz.
2. You can submit up to 5 designs so go wild! The more designs you submit the greater chances you have of winning!
3. Winners will now be chosen using votes as an indicator. The top 10 voted designs will get the golden stamp of approval and go in for review. The final verdict will come down to our esteemed design panel here at Springleap in conjunction with Hansa Pilsenser.
4. Standard Springleap terms and conditions apply over and above
5. Hansa Pilsener and Springleap reserve the rights to request the high-resolution artwork of any entry submitted into the ‘Special Ingredient’ competition for non-commercial benefit such as an even media covering the process – but do not own the rights to any of the designs except the winner and thus may not print these runner-up designs for commercial resale unless by consent and arrangement in writing with the designer concerned.
6. Runner up prizes are only valid for designers within South Africa.
This is due to rules in legislation for shipping alcohol.

Submissions for designs open: 18 April 2011
Submissions for designs close: 13 June 2011
Voting starts: 26 May 2011
First winner is announced: 10 June 2011
Voting ends: 23 June 2011
Second winner is announced: 04 July 2011

In order to get started on your designs download the Springleap t-shirt Submission Kit and get started right away!

Confused or uncertain about anything?

Post your questions about the ‘Special Ingredient’ theme competition below or click our online support button to the left of our header.

Good Luck and Happy Designing!

Beer bottle does not need to be included guys and girls. You can use whatever colors you want, however considering it is a corporate job it may be ‘safer’ to stick to their colors. However there is no reason you cant go with your own colors…you may just surprise them enough to rebrand ;) The logo would be a wise idea! Our first winner is announced on the 10th June and the final winner on the 4th July. shoutBack on 9/6/11 by DuncanBoxie

is it closed on 13 june or 9 june? it’s confusing..hehe shoutBack on 7/6/11 by hellojune

same question here: I have a question on Hansa Pilsener contest. Do I need to include the beer bottle in my design? Do I need to use only the pantone colors of hansa, or can I use any colors? thanks! do we have to include the logo also??? thanks! shoutBack on 2/6/11 by ged

extended????? NOOOO!!! shoutBack on 12/5/11 by bleet

I have a question on Hansa Pilsener contest. Do I need to include the beer bottle in my design? Do I need to use only the pantone colors of hansa, or can I use any colors? thanks! shoutBack on 12/5/11 by leech

All good man! :) shoutBack on 11/5/11 by DuncanBoxie

shows how much designers read, prob 10% of things shoutBack on 11/5/11 by bleet

yeah thanks dude. Sorry just an old impatient chop, all good :) shoutBack on 11/5/11 by bleet

@Bleet: You can find the voting process above under “the rules”. Your designs should be approved as well, apologies for the wait. shoutBack on 11/5/11 by DuncanBoxie

another question relating to this comp…no one seems to be answering anything…… :( I subbed a T this morning 7 hours later and its still hanging “waiting for approval”. Think the process should be quicker as it doesnt leave much time to adjustments etc. Appreciate a answer soonish????? Thanks guys BLEET shoutBack on 11/5/11 by bleet

Have you ever wanted your music to reach thousands of people in just a few clicks?

Sounds impossible right! There are a few places online where you can host your music, such as on Myspace, but nothing I have seen before compares to SoundCloud .

This is one seriously handy website!

SoundCloud gives you the power to upload any and all audio files and share them with the world.
Think about how versatile this could be.
If you were a musician you could record your original tracks and upload them straight to SoundCloud.

This enables you to widen your reach and gain hordes of new fans who will search for their music via specific keywords and favoured genres .
Also, you can link SoundCloud to just about every Social Media platform.

Not bad at all!

Another really nifty use is if you have a website or blog and would like to add a music track, or specific sound file.
No problem, either search for the track manually, or upload the track yourself…provided you have permission to do so.

Obviously if you want to upload a track from a band that you have no affiliation with, you will need to speak to them first…don’t get yourself in trouble hehehe.

Think of the possibilities.

For instance, right now, Springleap is hosting a competition for local South African band, Stepdog .
The competition rules stipulate that you must listen to their tracks and choose one to base your designs around.
So, I hosted the 6 Stepdog tracks on SoundCloud and embedded them onto Springleap (with permission of course, hehe).
Now the designers can easily listen to the tracks and put together some wicked cool t-shirt designs.

Here are some tracks I added using SoundCloud:

Gui Boratto – No Turning Back (Trojan Beatz Remix) Unreleased by beatz2krecordings

THE PIXIES – Monkey Gone to Heaven (KRUSHA Remix) by krusha

Goldfish – Get Busy Living (James Copeland RMX) by James Copeland

Are you on SoundCloud? Would you like to be? Check out SoundCloud for yourself!

Let us know what you think and if you feel it has a place in online marketing ….we would love to get your opinion.
Perhaps you know an even better way to host your music!

We are all ears.

D.

Amazing! Will give it a try. Can you also download / listen / buy tracks off there? shoutBack on 20/4/11 by CathRon

Hi there Springleapers .

Better hold on to your hats everyone, because there are big changes coming your way.

Springleap.com is evolving!

The launch of our super slick new look is on the books and we hope to impress!

After receiving mountains of positive feedback from our community, we have assessed what changes the Springleapers themselves would like to see and we hope that everyone digs what we have come up with.

The website, like the brand, has matured so much and we felt that the new look and feel should truly reflect that change. When you see the new look, you will understand exactly why we did what we did.

We are all very proud of how this has taken shape and thank our design maestro Dustin for all the hard work and tears….ok, ok, there was no crying, hehe.

This transformation is going to take Springleap to the next level!

Watch this space to keep updated with all the future changes we will be making.

This competition is going to be music to your ears!

Springleap.com brings you the Stepdog theme competition, in association with Turbovite. It’s time to celebrate the very best in South African music , with our first ever band competition!

Stepdog , would like to challenge your design skills by asking you to create their new band t-shirt , which will be sold at gigs and right here on Springleap.com

Music is undoubtedly one of the most influential experiences of human society!
It has the ability to make us smile, laugh and cry.
Music has the ability to get you on your feet, to make you shout with happiness, or even join a social revolution.

Stepdog is a South African rock band, based in picturesque Stellenbosch.
They have been described as a “super tight three-piece bearded wonder and produce a funky blend of Creedance Revival meets Bob Dylan with really raspy vocals and toe tapping rhythms”.
If you listen to their music you will understand why this description is so appropriate.

DANCE ALL NIGHT!

The well known energy supplement specialists, Turbovite, were awesome enough to sponsor the prize money for this rocking theme competition.
Turbovite is a body and mind energy booster that can power your life, no matter how active your lifestyle.
Find out more about Turbovite HERE .

We are all… Powered by music!

This is the core concept behind our latest theme competition.

It’s time to get creative. How does music power your life?

Create a design that shows how music has the ability to influence our lives and gives us the power to be who we truly are.

Illustrate to us the underlying theme: Powered by music.

1.) Listen to the Stepdog songs below, choose one and use it as your theme. If you would like to read the lyrics please go to www.stepdog.co.za
Let your imagination do the rest!

Stepdog – Lauren by ApolloArtists

Stepdog – Castra by DuncanBoxie

Stepdog – Robyn by DuncanBoxie

Stepdog – Lola by DuncanBoxie

Stepdog – Angie by ApolloArtists

Stepdog – Amy After Dark by DuncanBoxie

2.) The Stepdog logo needs to be used in the design.
Download the vector by clicking the link below.

Stepdog vector

If you have any problems downloading this file please request it at: duncan@springleap.com

3.) Designs on Black t-shirts ONLY.

Turbovite have put up an awesome prize of US$700 [or R5000] for the winner of the Stepdog ‘Powered by music’ competition.
The winning design will be transformed into a t-shirt and will be sold by the band at gig venues and across the world through Springleap.com’s online store.

1. You know the drill NO OBSCENITY, NO HATE SPEECH, ONLY ORIGINAL WORKS …all that jazz.
2. You can submit up to 5 designs so go wild! The more designs you submit the greater chances you have of winning!
3. Winners will now be chosen using votes as an indicator. The top 10 voted designs will get the golden stamp of approval and go in for review. The final verdict will come down to our esteemed design panel here at Springleap in conjunction with Stepdog.
4. Standard Springleap terms and conditions apply over and above.
5. Stepdog and Springleap reserve the rights to request the high-resolution artwork of any entry submitted into the “Powered by music” competition for non-commercial benefit such as an even media covering the process – but do not own the rights to any of the designs except the winner and thus may not print these runner-up designs for commercial resale unless by consent and arrangement in writing with the designer concerned.

Everyone WINS!!

Submissions for designs open: 11 April 2011

Submissions for designs close: 09 May 2011

Voting starts: 09 May 2011

Voting ends: 19 May 2011

Winner is announced: 23 May 2011

In order to get started on your designs download the Springleap t-shirt Submission Kit and get started right away!

Confused or uncertain about anything?
Post your questions about the ‘Powered by music’ theme competition below or click our online support button to the left of our header.

Good Luck and Happy Designing!

Anyone having trouble getting a copy of the logo can contact me, will mail it to ya. shoutBack on 28/4/11 by PixelForge

email me at duncan@springleap.com if you are having problems downloading the Stepdog logo. shoutBack on 18/4/11 by DuncanBoxie

didnt work using safari but worked in firefox, weird…. shoutBack on 18/4/11 by bleet

Hi there all. I have just tested the link from my side and it works. It probably has to do with your browser, perhaps try and update or use a different browser. Let us know what you are using and we can try trouble shoot. Thanks. shoutBack on 18/4/11 by DuncanBoxie

1) My download also doesn’t work. Just shows a blank screen (opened with Safari and tried ‘save Linked File As’ – nothing) 2) Does our design have to represent one specific song? Or can we do something that represents the sound/vibe of the band? shoutBack on 17/4/11 by darnyill

mine is not downloading either!..just shows a blank screen wen you click on the download link?… shoutBack on 13/4/11 by grade1

Yo Witbrood, do you get any form of error message? What program are you trying to open it in, etc? The more info we have the easier it will be for us to sort out ;) shoutBack on 13/4/11 by DuncanBoxie

the stepdog logo does not seem to download…? shoutBack on 12/4/11 by Witbrood

Awesome! So exciting to see a band getting involved!! LOVE Stepdog’s music too so I’m sure it’ll be a great inspiration to all the designers :) Looking forward to the submissions!! shoutBack on 11/4/11 by mux

This is an exciting brief! Can’t wait to see the submissions so that I can vote! shoutBack on 11/4/11 by CathRon

Here is some interesting news for all you Springleapers out there!

Most of you would already know that we announce our winners on a Thursday .

However, we have decided to move the official winner announcements to the Monday following the vote closure .

We think our lucky winners would appreciate the Monday announcement.
Talk about having a BRILLIANT start to your week!

This change in protocol will take place effective immediately .

This means we will follow this new procedure from our Open Theme March 1 competition onwards.

If you are unsure of any dates, please check the original blog posting for the relevant competition.

In the case of there being a public holiday on the Monday we will shift it to the Tuesday .

We hope you enjoy this refreshing change!
Please send us some feedback :)

The Spingleap team.