Design 21: Social Design Network

I just wanted to say congratulations to all those designers who were chosen by the "Stories from the Field" judges and DESIGN 21!

Merry Christmas and all the best for 2008 to all of you!

My suggestion is that the DESIGN 21's international panel of judges chooses their favorite logo out of the finalists and that the $5000 prize is equally split between the 'judges favorite' and the chosen by MCA-I NY.

If this isn't an option I think the $5000 prize shouldn't be added to another competition but that it should go to a charitable organization, although ideally someone should win so that the entire competition process doesn't loose credibily.

Any other suggestions?

My suggestion is that the DESIGN 21's international panel of judges chooses their favorite logo out of the finalists and that the $5000 prize is equally split between the 'judges favorite' and the chosen by MCA-I NY.

If this isn't an option I think the $5000 prize shouldn't be added to another competition but that it should go to a charitable organization, although ideally someone should win so that the entire competition process doesn't loose credibily.

Any other suggestions?

I just want to remind people of this, taken from the brief:

Key concepts to consider in the design:

– The logo is to represent a documentary film festival.

– The films are about global humanitarian and human rights issues. The films that are screened have been submitted from all over the world. The organization’s goal is to be able to screen the films to audiences all over the world.

– For a film to be considered for inclusion in the festival, it must reflect one or more of the eight UN Millennium Development Goals. Entrants to the logo competition should familiarize him/herself with the MDGs whose target date is 2015.

I am no judge but I don't see any of that in the "chosen logo".

You can have a look at the design that has caused so many problems! :-)

here

I agree! That's quite funny! :-)

There is a long explanation of the Stories of the Field Logo competition results by Linda Lopez here

I am disappointed at the results of this competition as I am sure the rest of the entrants are. I understand that Design 21 didn't want to break the rules by adding new designs to the chosen finalists and that it must be very confusing to look at over 1600 logos and decide on one of them unanimously but this will have to be done at some point and I am sure that whoever is chosen would like some sort of recognition. I would love to read your views about this.