Vacation Design comp; finalists selected

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A few weeks ago we opened the floodgates on one of our tidiest competitions yet, giving one budding graphic design professional in the ITM community the chance to pick up the design contract for Bass Kleph’s fast growing Vacation Records empire for a full 12 months.

The winning designer will look after all the label’s cover art – paid, of course! – with their first project the 2009 edition of their Wish You Were Here mix CD, put together by star attraction Frew. With the help of the big wigs at Vacation we’ve now sorted the wheat from the chaff, selecting the 10 best submissions.

We were really impressed with the quality and diversity of entries, and you can check out the best of the bunch now in our Snap! featured gallery. Stay tuned for the announcement of the ultimate victor later this week.

> Vacation Records Design Comp: Top 10 Submissions

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jarrardscott

jarrardscott said on the 23rd Jun, 2009

page 5 = fuzzy's graphic designer page 7 = future graphic designer ? lol

timbi

timbi said on the 23rd Jun, 2009

slides 2, 4, 8 and 9 are all amazing. number 11 looks like a bad head kandi cover from 5 years ago...

Gavin Dee

Gavin Dee said on the 23rd Jun, 2009

2 & 7 are my picks. But I think 2 has the edge.

daverh

daverh said on the 23rd Jun, 2009

Damn, good turnout!

Juzzzy

Juzzzy said on the 23rd Jun, 2009

all pretty average, should have made 1 hmm lol

andersonjl

andersonjl said on the 23rd Jun, 2009

A couple real good ones... 4 is slick and tidy.

brenly

brenly said on the 23rd Jun, 2009

2 is very good. it's put together really well. 6 doesn't fill the entire space which is kinda nice for a change, and 9 looks very professional and hell cool. my vote goes to 9 i think with 2 a close second.

Empire_Brisbane

Empire_Brisbane said on the 23rd Jun, 2009

2 is exactly like your on a holiday in canada or something and you take a picture of the mountains over a lake on a crystal clear day ..... ahh the memories are coming back ..... ANYTHING vacation then its gotta be 2... loving the color palate too....

LisaP_

LisaP_ said on the 23rd Jun, 2009

Top three for me are 2, 6 then 10! Rad effort everyone!

kath_white

kath_white said on the 23rd Jun, 2009

Slide 2 is a clear winner. Good clean typography and quirky design. #4 is pretty nice too... but 2 is my fave :)

system0

system0 said on the 23rd Jun, 2009

pic #2 was good - also pic #8 (shame about the typeface). #9 made me laugh.

GrEnNo

GrEnNo said on the 23rd Jun, 2009

I dont know why but I like 6, different to all the rest, it was the only one that standed out for me, all the rest are going with really the same concept, Less is more FTW

robmilne

robmilne said on the 23rd Jun, 2009

2, 7, 10 for me, in that order... nice work...

mojie

mojie said on the 23rd Jun, 2009

Slide two is completely epic. Slide 4 is lame... I don't see anything to do with a vacation there. 5 looks a bit pixelated and poorly put together in places... the figure in 11 is tacky... 2 is definitely a winner.

affro76

affro76 said on the 23rd Jun, 2009

Great work... But I think that the brief was a little disregarded by a few of these finalists. I was under the impression it was a spacey type graphic. Some of the final designs are not really spacey at all. In the end my vote goes to number 2. The others

Kurtis_Blow

Kurtis_Blow said on the 23rd Jun, 2009

Slide 2 for the win, that shit is fresh. Killing it.

Juzzzy

Juzzzy said on the 23rd Jun, 2009

i dont really agree with you Kurtis... that type of floating island design has been replicated TIME and TIIIIME again..its so basic.. but i guess.. its the most preferred finalist. *(sighs)*

Guns10

Guns10 said on the 23rd Jun, 2009

slide 2 is fucking cool!

Holloh

Holloh said on the 23rd Jun, 2009

#2 is my favourite for sure - very very cool!

k10k

k10k said on the 23rd Jun, 2009

all looking very professional

Orpheus Melody

Orpheus Melody said on the 23rd Jun, 2009

i dont know why everyone is saying 2 is the best ... its the best concept by far but it has been executed poorly, it has the messiest composition by far

manuka

manuka said on the 23rd Jun, 2009

the one thing missing from each of these designs is good typographic treatment - too much emphasis on the background graphics and not enough on the information design

bammoman

bammoman said on the 23rd Jun, 2009

yea i did number 5, but definitely reckon no 2 is topping us all...

anonomouse

anonomouse said on the 23rd Jun, 2009

Although I wasn't too pleased with my own contribution, I thought it was far better than some of these. Anybody else out there who felt the same about thiers?

COZMOFO

COZMOFO said on the 23rd Jun, 2009

well whoever thinks theirs should of made it over the ones that did feel free to post a link to your image :)

Orpheus Melody

Orpheus Melody said on the 23rd Jun, 2009

im too impatient , when do we find out the winner

Mickstah

Mickstah said on the 23rd Jun, 2009

lol after seeing these entries I'm kicking myself that I didn't do something myself

moocho

moocho said on the 23rd Jun, 2009

#9 walks it in because 2 is just a ripoff of an old idea - the old floating island...zzzzz. 9 is simple and effective. I'd pull that off the shelf.

rancho

rancho said on the 24th Jun, 2009

lol jarrard i thought the exact same thing before i saw your comment.

bammoman

bammoman said on the 24th Jun, 2009

wohoo guess im meant to be applying for fuzzy

DJSketch

DJSketch said on the 25th Jun, 2009

i'd say number 7, i;d be hapy to pick that up in a store and pay for it, they're all good but from a cd POV, definately number 7

Orpheus Melody

Orpheus Melody said on the 26th Jun, 2009

is it later this week yet ?