ABSOLUT - Design Battle

talk design
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You’ve all seen the Absilut ads - all shaped up like vodka bottles. Although the tastes sucks:hangover: the ads are incredibly well made.

I was wondering if we could do an Absolut battle - that is, take a theme and turn it into a bottle - and maybe keep the theme computer/internet related

could be for example: Absolut Kirupa, Absolut Flash, Absolut Photoshop, Absolut Kit, Absolut Edwin, Absolut Smileys, whatever…

few examples (i guess there has been thousands made:)

http://ilze.org/semio/media/thumbs_absolut.htm
http://www.absolutcollectors.com/gallery/letter.cgi?l=a

i’d say we’d give it a least a month so people can do a good job on them (-: . The format should be a good print size (for quality) but displayed in a smaller format (that would display entirely for a 1024x768 screen :crazy: )…

anyone up for it ? :+)

[edit: typos - and smileys]

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Absolut Kit… :sure: I hate to think, I really do. :stuck_out_tongue:

I think it’s a good idea though, there must be loads of forum related topics you could use… :slight_smile:

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Well, could be Absolut LineArt :trout: hehe

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Great idea!! I love this =) I’m in, boys!

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oh god, i wish i didn’t throw away my Flash MX carton…i would so do this.

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this sounds cool, and i need inspiration for something photoshopy, so im in also:)

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Yeah man. Sounds nice. Count me in.
No rules?

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wow! fantastic idea! I may/maynot be in, depending on the timescale :wink:

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ok got a few things to add; the font used is ‘Futura Extra Bold Condensed’ for the absolut sentence… Try to keep as much the spirit of the ads…

hey can I post in the random section about the battle since it seems not everybody browses the battle section ?

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yeah, we need more people to keep this exciting.

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*Originally posted by mlkdesign *
Try to keep as much the spirit of the ads…
was that pun fully intentional :wink:

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i have never seen the ads… have example? and btw, sorry for the noshow, pom :frowning:

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*Originally posted by mlkdesign *
**few examples (i guess there has been thousands made:)

http://www.absolutcollectors.com/gallery/letter.cgi?l=a**

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thanks! lol

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np :slight_smile:

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*Originally posted by sushis *
**and btw, sorry for the noshow, pom :frowning: **
Hue??

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the mouse trailer contest… i never got around to doing it

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that’s why i’d give more time, and besides, you can do a quick ad too, it’s not the quality which makes the ad sometimes, just the way it’s made… hey you could do a 4 color ad and call it ‘Absolut Warhol’… now come on, you must have seen these ads once in your life ???

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sushis >> No problemo, man :slight_smile: Actually, it’s probably my fault, I set the deadline too soon :frowning: Maybe next time…

mlk >> I have a book full of those adds :beam: So don’t cheat, people, or you’ll be spotted, arrested and executed :bad: Do you want to make it official, mlk?

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yeah, and leave the possibility for other people to enter, make it slightly opened up to everybody:

rules are - keep the format as big as you can (to keep quality) but will be showed in reduced screen format on the phorums (the ads are always printed in magazines, wich means the ratio is either ‘Legal Letter Sized’ for American or ‘A4’ for others =)

  • stay in the ‘Absolut ------’ spirit, ie same font, same basic idea of having the shape bottle.
  • theme can be anything but since we are an internet-flash-design-computer related phorum that could be kept as a theme - up to the person to decide…

thanks Ilyas, do make it official !