I'm not sure having different catagories is such a good idea. It sounds great, don't get me wrong. But, making it work successfully every month is going to be a bugger.
I think the main focus should be on DESIGN. It shouldn't matter if its on glass, vehicles, fabric, wood, vinyl, paint, digital or whatever. Its the design and concept that matters, IMHO.
One suggestion as far as this "Design of the Month" goes......keep things simple.
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Years back, Mike Stevens wrote his journals and then published them as a book. Many learned from the principles he defined. He needed to arrive at an agreed upon language so we could equally and mutually discuss a design. We didn't need to agree with his definitions, except for the purpose of communicating.
Mike showed things as right and wrong, and always looked for a better way to do every layout. As a group we would break apart a design and reconstruct it as we defined the problems.
There were many that took offense at someone saying that anything could be wrong in graphics. I assumed those were the ones that wanted to stop growing, or wanted to grow alone.
For anyone to judge a sign, I'd like to have some articulate reasoning defined, rather than "I like it and it reads well." I'd like the judges to be able to offer some instruction to those reading and wanting it. I have learned that when I teach someone I usually learn more than they do. I'd like to see some credential for becoming a judge.This makes more sense to me than letting everyone take a turn.
What do you think?
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I think Rick Sacks make a valid point. And what ever name you come up with will probably go into a vote type thing anyway. So everybody...go for it! You the man Pierre!
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Hello Folks havn't been AROUND to much lately but I Cant resist this one. This sounds like a great idea and would have to agree with that a steady group of judges would really be the only way to really set a standard. You could possibly Rotate The previous months winner or winners to sit in on the panel of judges. Possibly in addition to the set panels choice also let the letterville general public or whomever visits the page to cast a vote and have the results of that posted as well. Oooooh! I'm getting excited when does it start. Anyway just a couple more things to throw in the pot. This place is great!
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I agree "keep it simple" I agree DeSign OTM is a little "Hokie" to me too. I like judges choosen on merits. Rotate Judges maybe, but not every month. Maybe every 6 mos. I really like the idea of a secondary poll from all viewers, besides the judges winners. I like the judges comments as well as winners I think a criteria should be "work completed the previous month" to keep it current. Pick a contest name judging date, list all name suggestions in one place, vote on the pre-determined day & move on to other group decisions in a similar manner.
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Just a suggestion.... Sometimes there will be 2 or 3 tough decisions on a winner. I suggest that maybe 2 or 3 top nominated pieces get carried into the next month. I view a possibility of the top two pieces of the year going head to head at an unfortunate time. Jack
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I personally think this idea is getting really technical at this point. Perhaps Mark Fair had the right idea, it was HIS concept, and HE made the rules. Whenever you get too many involved in something like this, you get too many opinions and trying to please everyone will have you heading for the hills!
It doesn't hurt to hear all these creative takes on the issue of course. Brainstorming is where great ideas are derived from.
Steve Shortreed also expressed that Letterville, or should I say, the mayor and mayoress (sp??)of Letterville don't really share the importance of a judging contest of our work. So best to tread lightly when including the words Letterville somewhere on this one. Perhaps done privately like Mark did may be in order??
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I agree with Donna too. She's always a level head.......BUT....I thought we had already swapped horses anyway. Aren't the panel of 7 going to select a "type" of signage to showcase each month? Isn't that what we decided? No contest, but a selected piece to showcase. Not a contest at all.
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