FINAL standing as of 11am for the 2002 NPN (Celebration) Laminate Contest:

Laminate #21 or laminate #1 in the runoff: 4 votes (SECOND RUNNER UP)
Laminate #24 or laminate #2 in the runoff: 6 votes (GRAND PRIZE WINNER)
Laminate #7 or laminate #3 in the runoff: 2 votes
Laminate #1 or laminate #4 in the runoff: 1 vote

Grand Prize Winner: Richard Kriheli of NPNY
Second Runner Up: JP of thedawn.nl

The New Power Network would like to again thank all the designers that lent us their talent this year. You will be contacted privately with information on how you may receive participation prizes from the member groups of the NPN.

Grand Prize and Second Runner up… prizes will be awarded at the first EVER NPN member group OFFLINE meeting during the Celebration.

The New Power Network – http://www.newpowernetwork.com

As a designer...and with my tastes...which are based just on my opinion...and experience...

If I were presented with ALL these on a large table, those that would be left withing 3 minutes of scanning would be:

Laminate #24
http://www.newpowernetwor...amnpn1.jpg
Purple, really nice choice of typeface, and the deep blueish purple negative space around is great. The fading X is a nice element. Especially since it's tide in with the X of Xenophobia. Plus the X idea is within the actual design in a large manner. The layout of type is a cross! See the power of type? Could definetly be, in my book a winner!

Laminate #19
http://www.newpowernetwor...amnpn2.gif
Nice colors interesting type and imagery. The dish communicates to me that people are beaming each other that they belong to NPN. Cool.

Laminate #18
http://www.newpowernetwor...amnpn1.gif
Very James Bond. Love the crazy colors and Logotype. I'd remove that background digits thing. Kind of over used.

Laminate #3
http://www.newpowernetwor...amnpn2.jpg
Interesting but I dunno. I like it's uniqueness with the helix! That's the kicker and the gimmick that catches me. People would be attracted to that. The type has to be changed. It's not working with the image. Biology meets 1920's Typeface...yuk.

And from laminate #4
http://www.newpowernetwor...amnpn3.jpg
or #5 http://www.newpowernetwor...amnpn4.jpg
I like that 4 you can read the type clearly. Maybe a mix of the two. The large NPN in 4 is cool, stronger.

The others. Banished. Choose Real Estate.

But that's just me.


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[This message was edited Wed Jun 12 21:11:28 PDT 2002 by FlyingCloudPassenger]

yeah obviously laminate #1 was too genuinely artsy 4 U...
Do the people really know what they want till they really C what they need... huh huh
give me a real paintbrush and paint... hmmm