What story does your design tell?
Welcome to the 2022 Design Dash Contest. When we think about farm-to-table, we associate local produce with our community and the distance our food travels. With tankers lined up along our coastline, causing jams in the Suez Canal, and creating environmental disaster off the California Coastline. We wanted to revisit the farm-to-table and show that local-to-local production has positive impact on the environment and production. Why have minimum orders of hundred or thousands when you can order just one, or ten.
The Design Dash 2022 will be the lonely table napkin. In most homes, the table is set with paper towels or paper napkins. Though paper is disposable, we wanted to take the opportunity to make something that everyone can use every day.
Think of how the fabric folds and presents at the table.
Top 5 winners – Determined by most votes, will have their napkin designs sold on Colorkarma and produced at Gerber Technology’s micro-factory in New York City.
Best Digital Design Winner – Chosen by Colorkarma and Gerber Technology, A Lectra company, will have their design produced on a denim jacket, at Gerber’s micro-factory in New York City.
SUBMIT YOUR DESIGN TODAY.
WINNERS RECEIVE A BUNCH OF COOL STUFF LIKE
- Technology – A 1-year subscription to Gerber AccuMark 2D and 3D (Value $3,060 USD)
- Money – The winning design will have their table napkins produced in Gerber’s Innovation Center in New York City and sold on Colorkarma. Winners will be paid a license (percentage of sales) for sold napkins. See rules and legal bits here.
FILE SUBMISSIONS:
- Designs can be in JPG or PNG files.
- The resolution should be a minimum of 150dpi and a maximum of 300 dpi.
- Napkin size should be 16″ x 16″ (406.4 mm x 406.8 mm).
- We prefer seamless patterns, but if there is a repeat, it should be in PNG format with transparency on. Some helpful articles and videos are below.
RESOURCES:
- Designing Repeat Patterns for Digital Print
- Adobe Textile Designer Plug-In
- Editing Size & Pixels in Photoshop
- FAQ and other details can be found here.
- Check out our last Design Dash Mask Winners here.
VOTING:
- You must be a registered user to vote. – Sorry but this is how we minimize being bombarded by internet bots, friends and family.
- Register to Join the Color Collective here.
- You can vote once a day.
- You can return every day and cast a new vote.
- We encourage you to share with friends to have them vote as well.
- Voting instructions can be found here.
DEADLINE:
- Deadline to submit is Thursday, 31-March 2022.
