We’ve had our random drawing for the winner of our #BrandMurder contest. For transparency’s sake, here is a video of the drawing:
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So, congratulations, @MzAttitudePrblm! You are the winner of 2 of the new iPod Nanos with video. Thanks to everyone for their participation and go to BrandMurder.com for a chance to win a ton of stuff (MacBookPro, XBox 360, Wii and more).
BrandMurder. It sounds scary. And it is. You should be very afraid, but on top of that fear, you should be excited. “Fearcitement,” I like to call it. 10 of the world’s most recognizable brands have been murdered at BrandMurder.com. “How horrible!” you say. Yeah, well they had it coming. Who did this? Why? We did it, and here’s why:
BrandMurder is a contest for designers where you get the chance to show off your skills and vote on other peoples’ skills. According to BrandMurder These brands’ are dead as doornails already, but we’d like you to play the part of the undertakers. Redesign logos for brands like Apple, Nike and Pepsi among others and have the opportunity to win a prize package which includes a Macbook Pro, Xbox 360, Wii and much more.
CONTEST DETAILS
1. Head to BrandMurder.com
2. Sign up
3. Submit your designs
4. Win if your design gets the most votes
Competition ends October 21st
BrandMurder is ready to accept your designs. So what’s stopping you? Designers, start your Illustrators.
We’ve noticed that you’ve noticed that some egg-themed logos have been selling well lately here on Brandstack. We have not noticed, however, why this is. But we have noticed that this is pretty funny, all of you trying to capitalize on the eggceptional (I’m so sorry) possibility that eggs are the latest craze. Who knows? Maybe you guys will make it the latest craze. Eggs here. Eggs there. Eggs everywhere. You are the eggmen. You are the walrus. All the king’s men etc., etc. I mean, if your egg-designing friend, Humpty, jumped off a wall, would you jump off, too?
This has gotten us thinking, though… What if we provided you guys with a theme or idea like the egg thing and see what everyone comes up with? After seeing the hilarious and awesome results of you guys designing for something as innocuous as eggs, we think this could be a lot of fun. It would be reminiscent of the Incsplosion contests of yore.
So here’s the deal. We’ve been kinda contest crazy lately, we know, but we just can’t help it. Since we currently have the Brand Murder contest(s) going on right now, we’re going to hold off on launching this one, but we’d like your opinions on it now as well as your opinions and ideas concerning possible themes. So here’s a poll of four themes we’ve come up with. Vote for your favorite and comment on this post to let us know how you feel about the whole thing.
We have a competitive side that is always pushing us to better ourselves, and we’d love to share that drive — and the gratification that comes with it — with you.
Alen Pavlovic is a nice guy and a brilliant brand and identity designer. What sets him apart from the others is that he is tireless. Quite literally! There is an energy about him that manages to spill over even in his emails. I can vouch for that. A few correspondences with him and I wanted to spend 20 hours a day creating simple and effective designs that work beautifully in the real world, just like his. If you still don’t know who I am talking about, think “Type08″. A-ha! I knew that would ring a bell. That is Alen’s online moniker and personal brand, about which he talks in this interview he so graciously granted despite living his life on several very busy time zones. And if you really want to know why he is also known as Jack Bauer, skip to the last question and once your curiosity has been satisfied, scroll back up and join me in welcoming Alen Pavlovic aka Type08 to this fun interview.
Thank You Alen for doing this interview for us. It is much appreciated.
1. Who is the real Alen Pavlovic? Tell us a bit about his personal side.
Hello everyone! The best way to answer this question is probably this: there’s no other side of me, there’s only the REAL me all the time! Hehee, a bit philosophical maybe, I know, but really this is the best answer. I am who I am all the time and people know me that way. I am always open, honest, very positive and dynamic person. I love nature, I love life! I have a lot of positive energy and always try to share it with others. 31, love my girlfriend Renata, live in small but very beautiful Croatia, passionate about too many things I guess!
2. Can you shed some light on Alen Pavlovic’s professional side? What have you studied and what do you do?
I have a Project Management diploma which I studied at the Civil Engineering section of the Zagreb University here in Croatia. Since 1998 I own a company called ”Artra” that deals with a lot of business areas, from design over architecture to marketing and consulting. I have outsourced a nice team of very capable people and we just love working together on various kinds of projects. Besides that, the reason I am probably doing this interview is that I also do a lot of international freelancing in graphic design, especially the visual identity section of it mixed with the ‘taste’ of the branding.
We’re giving away two of the new iPod Nanos! Hot off Apple’s announcement, we’ll be giving away two free Nanos to a random person who helps spread the word about an even bigger contest we have in the works. Follow @BrandMurder on Twitter and tweet using #BrandMurder to be entered to win the iPod. It’s that simple, as it always is when we do nice things for you.
It doesn’t really matter to us what you say in your tweet as long as it includes #BrandMurder. If you need something to tweet about, just tweet about wanting to win an iPod from us or you can click here to get a ready-made tweet.
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