:: Danwei.org, everyone’s favorite English language Web site on Chinese media, Internet, and urban life, is making an official T-shirt to be produced and sold by Plastered T-shirts.
We are accepting design submissions and holding a competition to choose a winner. The competition is being housed on Danwei.org (English) and Neocha.com (Chinese).
The winning design will be sold in Plastered T-shirt stores in China and on the Internet, and the winner will receive glory, fame, and RMB 888 in crisp bank notes!
If you have an idea for a design, please download a T-shirt template from the links below, make your design, and email it to: (or ).
The design can use an iconic Chinese image, simply consist of text, or be something wholly new, but it must have some connection with Danwei.org’s content, or the meaning of the Chinese word “danwei” (单位). Submitted designs do not need to be production ready: Plastered T-shirts will work with the winning designer to prepare it for production.
The competition closes at 8 AM on Monday, April 13. The entries will be judged by:
Dominic Johnson-Hill founder and chief creative officer of Plastered T-shirts
Jeremy Goldkorn founder of Danwei
Shen Qing Managing Director of FT Rui magazine, known in Chinese women’s magazine circles as the “godmother of fashion”
Dongdong Qiang post 1980s man of letters, student of the classics, and blogger
Mauro Marescialli: Founder of Standards Group, the design firm that created Danwei’s logo and visual identity
Adam J. Schokora (Me): Danwei contributor, Neocha.com partner, and blogger
Don’t hesitate: 888 yuan and glory are waiting for you, download a T-shirt template and send your design to (or )!
Templates (any of these file formats are suitable): ai, jpeg, psd
// AjS
[full disclosure: 56minus1 is a contributor to Danwei.org and a partner at Neocha.com]
[UPDATE: see here for the winner.]
