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Design THE Tshirt for Louise Carver

shoutOut on 3/9/08 by Eric in wordUp


Design THE T-shirt for Louise Carver

Louise Carver and springleap are looking for designers to design a t-shirt for Louise themed around her Home single.

This proudly South African Artist is looking for something that will portray her love for her home country South Africa and her style of music, which is organic rock. .
Designers have free range, but here are some links for more inspiration

The Lyrics for Home

The Louise Carver profile page on springleap

LouiseCarver.co.za

The Louise Carver MySpace page

WHAT IS UP FOR GRABS FOR THE WINNING TSHIRT DESIGNER?

3 springleap t-shirts, Saved by the Moonlight CD’s, tickets for Louise’s next concert in Cape Town or Jo’burg, royalties for Louise’s T-shirts sold on the springleap website (R2 per Tshirt sold).

There will be an official hand over to Louise at one of her concerts

TIMELINES
This competition has been extended
The new cutoff date for submissions is the 30th of September 2008
Voting starts on the 2th of October 2008 and runs until the 14th of October 2008

The winner will be announced on the 15th of October

This is an excellent opportunity to gain exposure and credibility as a designer by having a big name such as Louise Carver in your design portfolio

This blog posting has been amended and up dated by Josie Stewart on the 19 of September 2008

shoutBacks

Hi Guys,

We have extended the submissions untill the 30th of September and voting will end on the 14th of October

So, 12 extra day for submissions

shoutBack on 17/9/08 by josiestewart

hi Killerminibus,

Louise has asked us to extend the comp for awhile longer.

We’ll let you know soon the new closing date.

Submissions should be approved ASAP

shoutBack on 17/9/08 by Eric

hi… the voting starts tomorrow and my submissions are still pending approval… please help :P

shoutBack on 17/9/08 by killerminibus

any idea if she has any colour preferences?…

shoutBack on 15/9/08 by killerminibus

But to be honest, no, if the person is that big and has that much exposure, wouldnt they want to HIRE a designer to do their tour merch?

You are right, Eric, great addition to a portfolio, but I meant in more of the lines of what LOUISE CARVER the CLIENT gets out of it…

shoutBack on 12/9/08 by IntegralApparel

IntegralApparel – why 3 tshirts? Also, for a designer that isn’t established already, designing the tshirt for someone as well known as Louise Carver is a pretty big moment and will get the person huge wads of exposure and credibility

don’t you think?

shoutBack on 12/9/08 by Eric

So in short, if this was way to drum up some buzz of her and springleap then its all good, but if she was looking for A HOT TEE to compliment her tour she might not be getting what she expected.

shoutBack on 12/9/08 by IntegralApparel

This is the exact reason spec work is looked down upon. The client, the designer, and the art of design all lose in the situation..

Just playing devils advocate and to drum up some discussion. But it seems that Ms Carver might not get exactly what shes looking for.

“TAKEN FROM NO!SPEC.COM”
“At the end of the day, there is a certain irony in spec work. A prospect requesting it is ultimately saying, “My project isn’t important enough to hire a professional who will take the time to understand my situation and goals and invest the time needed to create a suitable solution.”
“Spec projects are often myopic. They tend to be “one-off” pieces that don’t fit and may erode a company’s overall branding efforts.”

“Spec projects are often myopic. They tend to be “one-off” pieces that don’t fit and may erode a company’s overall branding efforts.”

shoutBack on 12/9/08 by IntegralApparel

And cd’s and tickets to her show, its more about getting behind a proudly South African artist,

shoutBack on 11/9/08 by josiestewart

It seems like designers are getting thr short end of the stick for this contest, I would do it if we got royalties from her tour sales, or they bought the winning design straight out, but thats a lot of work for 3 tees…

shoutBack on 11/9/08 by IntegralApparel