In this world connections mean everything!

Springleap.com in association with Vodacom , bring you a competition that explores just how important these connections can be.

Every single day we connect with people.

Sometimes via SMS, email or social media – we seldom stop to give this amazing phenomenon a second thought!

The ability to reach out and communicate with people all across the world, instantly, is truly a marvel of the modern age.

Only a few years ago this was a work of science fiction!

THIS is the core concept behind our latest theme competition, ‘Power to You’.

It’s time to get creative. What does connectivity mean to you? The mission: Create a design that shows just how important digital networks are for our daily lives and illustrates the underlying slogan : Power to You.

THE BRIEF:

Connectivity is power. Imagine living a life without chatting to your mates, without SMS and email, without Facebook and Twitter, without all those things that you take for granted. By connecting you in all of these ways and more, Vodacom gives you power.

Your brief for this competition is to express this visually – encapsulate our guiding principle where ‘connectivity is power’ into a design that captures the imagination.

The idea is that it’s about you and not Vodacom, so no logos and nothing corporate. We’re giving the power to you on this one (ha) so go mad.

THE PRIZES:

Vodacom have put up an awesome prize of US$1250 [or R10 000] for the winner of the Power to You competition.

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

THE RULES:

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 Vodacom.
4. Standard Springleap terms and conditions apply over and above
5. Vodacom and Springleap reserve the rights to request the high-resolution artwork of any entry submitted into the “Power to you” 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!!

THE DATES:

Dates to diarise:

Submissions for designs open: 18 February 2011
Submissions for designs close: 25 March 2011
Voting starts: 24 February 2011
Voting ends: 25 March 2011
Winner is announced: 28 March 2011

NB: Please be aware that we are running things slightly differently than usual.
We will be having 1 week closed submissions (no public voting).
The remainder of the competition period is open to submissions , with voting open to the public , submissions will still be accepted until the closing date.

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 OPEN theme competition below or click our online support button to the left of our header.

Good Luck and Happy Designing!