The stage is all yours. The Spreadshop Design Challenge is here for you to flex your creative imagination. Express yourself and present us with your concept of ’60s, ’70s and ’80s retro cool. Here’s the lowdown on all the key details.
Let’s go retro – are you ready for the challenge?
Of course, things weren’t always better in the good old days. And the modern day isn’t too bad at all. But one thing’s for sure: this year’s fashion trends are throwing it back to the style highlights of the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s.
It’s all about retro, and we’re here for it. That’s why we’ve made retro style the theme of our first Spreadshop Design Challenge. Now it’s time to put your creativity to work. Create a design featuring bold neons, groovy effects or a flower power feel.
Looking for a last drop of inspiration? No worries. Our friends at Spreadshirt are putting together some tips on all kind of fascinating themes and occasions on their Marketplace blog. Find the right idea to spark your neon extravaganza or psychedelic, kaleidoscopic masterpiece.
Let’s make a date – The Spreadshop Design Challenge schedule
It’s a date! Time to get your diary out and make a note of what happens when.
| 15 August 2023 | The Spreadshop Design Challenge begins |
| 5 September 2023, 11:59 PM | Closing date for your design |
| 7 September – 13 September 2023 | Users vote on the design entries. |
| 14 September 2023 | Prizewinners announced |
Congratulations to our 3 winners!
The Spreadshop community has voted, and now we are excited to announce the winners of our Retro Design Challenge! Thanks again to everyone who participated in the challenge or took time to vote for their favourites, and a big congratulations to our champions!
- FLITZPIEPE designed by findickjut
- Good vibes only designed by dreamgirldesign
- Octopeace designed by Monsieur Mouton
Congratulations to our Top 10 finalists
We thank you for your overwhelming participation in the design contest – and we can hardly believe our luck. Over a hundred exciting designs were submitted to us, and these were voted into the Top 10:
- Die 80er 3 designed by Heinzus
- Good vibes designed by Just Me
- Octopeace designed by Monsieur Mouton
- FLITZPIEPE designed by findickjut
- Nacido para ser Salvaje. Iguana Hippie Aventurera designed by Ariela Retro-Vintage
- Roller Disco designed by Loriland Design
- Good vibes only designed by dreamgirldesign
- Vintage – 60er 70er 80er Beach please designed by Rawz Clothing Shop
- 80s music designed by bnd.lettering
- Vielleicht… designed by jo bullfinch
Why is taking part on the Challenge a must?
With the Spreadshop Design Challenge, we hope to motivate you to take charge of your creativity. It doesn’t matter how much experience you have creating your own designs.
It’s about having fun, being inspired and expressing your creativity. You might learn a new skill or two that you can try out in your shop. At the same time, you’ll increase visibility for you and your shop. You might even boost your sales figures.
You’re also sure to enjoy a fascinating opportunity to connect with the shop owners’ community and your fans regarding the latest trends and how you can use them for your shop.
And hey – who wouldn’t love a chance to win and pocket some brilliant prizes!?
Sign me up! – How to enter
Here at Spreadshop, we can be a pretty unruly bunch. But we’ve got to set a few rules for our Design Challenge.
- Each participant may only enter ONE If we receive multiple designs from one individual, our jury will only consider the first one.
- All Spreadshop Partners based in the EU can enter.
- The contest design must be uploaded and published to the shop.
- Our jury will not consider designs uploaded before 15 August 2023.
- The contest begins with the announcement of the theme and runs until 11:59 PM on 5 September 2023 (22 days).
- Submit your design by sending an email to socials-eu@spreadshop.com or a DM to our Instagram account. To do this, send us a link to the product featuring your design in your shop. You can choose which product to use to showcase your Challenge design.
More information is available in the General Terms and Conditions (see below).
And, as ever: by entering our design contest, you automatically acknowledge our conditions of participation and privacy policy.
And the winner is… – How the top entries are selected
We’ll review all designs entered and select 10 finalists internally based on the following criteria:
- Effect on the product: Does the product showcase the design properly?
- Creativity: Have you taken a creative approach to the theme?
- Originality: Does the design surprise and excite?
- Link to the theme: How relevant is the design to the competition theme?
The jury awards points from a scale of 0 to 3 for each of the individual criteria. That means your design can receive a minimum of zero and a maximum of 12 points from each jury member. The scores are then added together to create an overall points tally.
Customers and Partners can then vote for their favourite among the 10 best designs. You’ll find out where you can vote for your favourite from us in good time.
The prize is right – what the lucky winners can look forward to
A contest where the biggest reward is taking part itself? That isn’t our style. Here are the prizes for the top designs:
- 1st place: €100 Spreadshop voucher
- 2nd place: €50 Spreadshop voucher
- 3rd place: €25 Spreadshop voucher
Alongside the vouchers, the top three designs will get a feature story on the Spreadshop blog, on Instagram and in our newsletter. That way you, your creativity and your shop are guaranteed the spotlight.
Conditions of participation & privacy information
We can’t wait to see your design. Any questions? Drop us a comment or write to us at socials-eu@spreadshop.com.
