Well in response to all these political views...
My name is Ryan Roberts and i too entered the roland wrap to the max competition. Its my second time entering. This first wrap to the max comp was great and the runners up/winning designs were really great!
Unfortunatly the same cannot be said about these runners up. As i understand this competition is about design and conceptual ability aswell as "thinking out the box". Maybe i have misunderstood the brief and the entire competition but i have to say i am disappointed in the judging so far.
Please do not get me wrong, there are very descent design qualities in some of the 342 entries, but a couple, particularly in the top 24, caught my undisputed attention. I am not sure how much time was spent analysing the designs, who the judges are and how the judging was executed but unfortunatly, i have to say again, it was a half hearted attempt.
I am not sure what the entrants points of view are on this matter but i am pretty sure most of them would feel very strongly about this. I am sure you guys would agree in saying that most of the entrants have many years of design expertise behind them and, personally, i would not like to challenge that. I reckon some passionate people spent hours of hard dedicated thinking and planning on their concepts. To have an entrant in the runner up position with a design that, looks like, was just entered to maybe get an extra buck and that was done in what looks like Microsoft Word with which has no design ability in at all, just enrages me..
All i can say is that this will be unfortunalty the last wrap to the max comp i enter, which is a pity because my R150 will not be going towards those unfortunate kids who need it most.
If you guys are so concerned as you say you are about the welfare of the "AIDS orphans" picture this. A HIV positive child asking for as little as a blanket to keep them warm at night. My donation will provide that warmth but because the competition was not judged in the proper manner that child will not get one.
Before you reply shouting sour grapes and rambling on about legal issues maybe you should ask yourselves what you can do to prevent this problem in future.
I also recommend you posting a blog so you can get feed back from all 342 entrants, I am sure you will be well surprised!
Thank you for your time.
My name is Ryan Roberts and i too entered the roland wrap to the max competition. Its my second time entering. This first wrap to the max comp was great and the runners up/winning designs were really great!
Unfortunatly the same cannot be said about these runners up. As i understand this competition is about design and conceptual ability aswell as "thinking out the box". Maybe i have misunderstood the brief and the entire competition but i have to say i am disappointed in the judging so far.
Please do not get me wrong, there are very descent design qualities in some of the 342 entries, but a couple, particularly in the top 24, caught my undisputed attention. I am not sure how much time was spent analysing the designs, who the judges are and how the judging was executed but unfortunatly, i have to say again, it was a half hearted attempt.
I am not sure what the entrants points of view are on this matter but i am pretty sure most of them would feel very strongly about this. I am sure you guys would agree in saying that most of the entrants have many years of design expertise behind them and, personally, i would not like to challenge that. I reckon some passionate people spent hours of hard dedicated thinking and planning on their concepts. To have an entrant in the runner up position with a design that, looks like, was just entered to maybe get an extra buck and that was done in what looks like Microsoft Word with which has no design ability in at all, just enrages me..
All i can say is that this will be unfortunalty the last wrap to the max comp i enter, which is a pity because my R150 will not be going towards those unfortunate kids who need it most.
If you guys are so concerned as you say you are about the welfare of the "AIDS orphans" picture this. A HIV positive child asking for as little as a blanket to keep them warm at night. My donation will provide that warmth but because the competition was not judged in the proper manner that child will not get one.
Before you reply shouting sour grapes and rambling on about legal issues maybe you should ask yourselves what you can do to prevent this problem in future.
I also recommend you posting a blog so you can get feed back from all 342 entrants, I am sure you will be well surprised!
Thank you for your time.
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