This is Diana, your Creative Guide. Welcome to the 9th Victorinox Swiss Army Knife Limited Edition Challenge and to this year’s theme – Sports of the World!
We are happy you found your way here, but before you start, please...First put your pencil down! I mean it. ;) And now:
1 Read the brief (two/three times - not kidding!) and download the Project Kit (from the Download section in the brief LINK).
2 Read the Idea Template – as this is what you will need to upload and how your submission should look like.
3 Pick the color base for your knife from the seven available scales in the Project Kit (named ‘canvas’) to apply your design to. This range of colors will give you loads of aesthetic and creative possibilities. Please do NOT change the white background of the image (no effects, no color etc.).
4 Read again the part about original work in the brief! (including “What is original work?”)
Very close attention will be paid to original creative work. We have to stress this from the very start. So please check out and read this important feature on the subject before you start creating and submitting your designs.
This means NO third party material is allowed in your submissions. If you use third party material, your design will not be eligible for shortlisting or licensing. In the idea upload it is therefore expected that you check “no third party material” (since you haven’t used any).
Over the course of the next five weeks I will be channeling to you feedback, including both client and expert feedback. Our experts are Conradin and Matthias from Open Creation Consulting who have decades of design knowledge to put at work for you.
Looking forward to your iconic and original designs. If you have any questions simply send me a private message or ask me here.
Let’s get started!
Diana
We've just started and we already have so many designs coming in. Exciting! I have noticed that most of you have used last year's canvas (knife templates). This year we have new ones. So, please use the new canvas for your ideas. If you've uploaded already, please update your idea. Otherwise Victorinox cannot use them, as the designs will not be visually comparable. Thank you,
Diana
One last thing for today. Promised. ;)
Since the client is looking at your design as of the second you upload it, and since it might get used for their social media activities as soon as that, they would like to ask you to please fill out the description as soon as you upload the design. Without a full description they cannot use your design, nor can they (or me or our experts) offer real feedback.
Don’t miss your chance, publish a complete submission from the first moment. That includes using the correct (this year's) canvas (as mentioned in my previous comment).
Hello Diana, where can I download the project kit from? All the links from the brief redirect me to a page that shows the following message: "The page you were looking for doesn't exist."
Thank you
Hi Dan, welcome to this design challenge. Probably your browser does not support direct download. No problem. Go to the Downloads section in the brief, then click right and choose "Save link as..". Please let me know if it worked or if you are still having troubles with this.
One weekend.. sixty design submissions! That's going strong. We like it.
If your sport is LOCAL, I would like to ask everyone to write the name of the country in the Idea Name (title of your idea) so that the client can easily see what sport is local and where it is from. For instance:
"Upside down x-ball MEXICO", "Timeless soccer BELARUS" etc.
Thank you for that and a big hug from Berlin to everyone,
Diana
Hi Diana, should we write the name of the country where the designer live into the idea name? Because most sports are known all over the world - so which country should I write for example behind "Martial Arts"?
Mind sports – Are they ok for this project? No (except for chess). According to wiki mind sports usually are “board games, chess and card games, and also other disciplines such as are speed reading, eSports (video game-based competitions), computer programming and cybersecurity wargames.”
Can anyone solve my conundrum ? I have a question, everyone is saying to mind the edges of the knife because our design isn't getting printed on the edges...that's because due to manufacturing, printing is not possible around the edges of the knife...BUT my Swiss army knifes special edition are indeed printed on the edges
Dear Cin, I hope you've had a great weekend! I am not sure I understand your question "my Swiss army knifes special edition are indeed printed on the edges". Which knives exactly? You can also write me a PM (private message) as the back and forth there is easier. :)
Keep your eyes on the Victorinox Facebook page as your design might be featured by Victorinox. HERE are their last week's featured designs, and HERE are this week's featured designs. Well done! And keep going! ;D
Hello Diana, I have a question about third party material. If I choose to use a font which is a part of design software(adobe illustrator) It is also a third party? Thanks.
Fonts are ok, as long as you mention them as third party, and as long the client can purchase it, or it is free for commercial use. And it doesn't cost way too much, so within some limits of affordability. :)
Hey Diana, just asking, since I will be drawing my ideas, it will be a problem for me to click a picture and resize the pixels which will probably blur my illustration. Is maintaining the size absolutely important? As I don't see a way out here :-(
Unfortunately, you'll have to stick to the size of the knife. It will be necessary to make the ideas comparable but also, when it comes to printing the design, should one of your submissions win.
Maybe you could do your drawing directly on a blank version of the knife and go from there?
Hey Diana!
Just like the above i also am interested in drawing my ideas on the canvas. Would it be fine if i make a color print of the knives from the kit and draw my idea on it and then scan them for submission?
Dear Hamza, thank you for your question. It's okay to make your design /illustrate it/ draw it by hand. However your working process needs to be in this case: Illustrate it on paper > Scan it at the highest quality possible (as if your design gets picked the client has to actually manufacture the knife design based on your scan) > Open the canvas in Photoshop or a similar software of your choice > Apply your scanned drawing onto the canvas > save and upload on jovoto.
Please let me know if there is anything unclear. I will be more than happy to help.
Have fun with it,
Diana
Hi diana, i´d like to know if an ancient but local sport that is sort of active could be considered for this contest or does it has to be a fully active sport?
Hey Jailinne, it mustn't be an active sport. As long as it is clear that it is a sport and people from all of the world can recognize what is happening in that sport (without explanatory text on the knife, as the visual should first and foremost stand on its own), then you're submission will be on point.
This a repost: Mind sports – Are they ok for this project? No (except for chess). According to wiki mind sports usually are “board games, chess and card games, and also other disciplines such as are speed reading, eSports (video game-based competitions), computer programming and cybersecurity wargames.”
Hi Diana, I know on the brief it says that no depictions of weapons are allowed on the designs, but what about for sports like fencing or Historical European Martial Arts (which use sword and shield), are we allowed to depict sports like those?
That's a very good question, Filipe. There is a clear difference between a weapon that is meant to kill or harm someone and sports 'weapons' that are used as equipment to perform the sport. Sport 'weapons' are therefore ok as long as they do not truly and aggressively harm any human or animal. So no designs of, for instance, dog or cock fights, gladiator fights etc. The ones mentioned by you are therefore ok. ;)
I am here with exciting news. We are half through this awesome design challenge, and our two experts (Matthias and Conradin) talked to the client about your submitted designs and prepared for you a well condensed, super helpful feedback.
Before you read it: a BIG THANK YOU to you all, for the diversity and beauty of the designs so far, and of your personal stories.
Read the Halftime Feedback HERE and use it to update your designs or create new ones.
We are all looking forward to all the upcoming work coming our way in this second half of the project.
Have fun & be creative,
Diana
Hey Miki, it doesn't matter. The advice I can give you is to make clever use of the shape of the knife, by integrating it into your design. A simple example is that for instance a person is climbing a wall, it makes sense that the wall is a vertical design. As if the person is climbing on the edge of the knife. ;)
Good luck & remember to have fun!
Keep creating and submitting, and your design might be featured by Victorinox as their "Pick of the Week" on Facebook. Here and here you can check out the latest Picks!
Just in case anyone still has questions about printing on the knife edges - yes or no and why - here is the clarification.
Regarding the printing of the design on the Swiss classic knife, depending on the manufacturing technique (which can only be decided case by case just before manufacturing), the design on the edges of the knife and around the knife element at the bottom - might be cut. You can see that for instance here.
So, should you design on the edges? If you choose not to, all good, then you are prepared for the case of the edges being cut off. If you choose yes, then it is wise to make sure that important design details don't touch the edges of the plastic shell - just in case they get cut off.
No rocket science here. Super simple and clear. ;)
Please let me know though if you have any questions still.
Diana
Oopps. This "be careful about the edges" or "stay off the edges" update from the Client would have been a lot more timely if it came earlier in the contest, and not 1 week after halftime feedback.
I can see how printing on the edge might increase the manufacturing costs, but why go cutting corners (literally and figuratively) on a "limited edition" product that's aimed at Victorinox fans :-)
Diana, is the client open to using its own graphics team for resizing any designs in case printing on the edges is not possible? Or, if needed, will it reach out to winning contestants and ask for a redo?
Dear Sarkar, thank you for your thoughts. Being careful with the edges has always been mentioned in all nine Victorinox projects. It is nothing new!
The guide has always checked (including me in this project) each published idea from this perspective as well and mentioned to the creative if they should move the details from the edges.
hi diana , may i ask about the size of my design ? .. i downloaded the project kit but there wasn't a mock up in it ... i just want to know the size and unit used in the design .
Thank you all so much for your great submissions so far!
We have received multiple requests from you to increase the submission limit from 5 to 10 ideas per creative and we're happy to announce:
The idea limit has been raised to 10 ideas per person!
That means that you don't have to hold back your amazing ideas but you can now submit them all!
We're also entering the home stretch of this project. There are a bit more than 4 days left to submit your designs!
Submission ends on May 31, 2019 at 10:00 AM Berlin time!*
10:00 AM Berlin time? Oh man, I was hoping it would end a bit later. I'm a bit late to the party and there's no chance I'd be finished so early. Anyway, seen some cool designs. Good work people!
The project will soon come to its end. It is amazing how many stunning sportive designs have been submitted this year.
Submission will close in 5 hours - at 4PM CEST!
Please note that ideas that are off brief, have their design applied to the wrong or no canvas or are using copyrighted material (e.g. famous players or the Olympic rings) will be removed before the voting starts.
Please make sure to double check your designs, especially if it has been pointed out to you that there are issues with your design.
We're really excited about the great amount of beautiful designs that you have created and we're looking forward to see who'll be this years winners! :-)
Yes, the end of the project deserves some critics, imo:
1. to raise the limit for the last few days, very very late....
2. to extend the submission period in the last hours?!....
Hi Diana,
thank you for guiding in this project :) I noticed, that there is no option to sort by "unrated" submissions. It would be cool, if it will be possible to blend out all of rated designs. Than I know, how much "klicks" I still have to do. ;)
Thank you for your effort and interest to rate all or as many ideas as possible. This option exists. Simply go to the idea page click on "published" and more filters will open - one of them being "unrated". Click on that and then you will be able to see all the ideas which were not rated by you. ;)
So many great works here. I couldn’t be able to check “Scuba Diver” by Vanessa Wee. It seems its image is lost. Someone else has experienced the same with this one?
Hello, Diana & other Creatives!
One thing i find out during rating : There are several submissions is repeated, with a very small and minor changes, like colors, arrangement of elements ... It show more like a developments rather a complete new idea.
How do you guy/lady rate on these ideas anyway???
Dear Lee, thank you for pointing that out. Color variations or really small design detail variations are not enough for a submission to stand on its own. Today I have messaged around a dozen creatives and by the end of tomorrow the designs that are double or not unique enough will be removed. I hope I don't miss any. If I do please let me know, not later than the Rating Only period ends. ;)
To Diana & all the Jovoto Team, thank you for all the hard work! I know during this Rating Only period, you & your teams have a lot of works to do, still wishing the best & keep it up! .
There are projects based on a copy of the concept of others, but in general there are many good projects, Thanks to all and good luck, thanks to Victorinox, thanks to Jovoto and Diana, it was a very fun topic of work.
Dear Jovoto crew and all designers, I wish to thanks you all for your response, help, time and help in this project! This is my first project here and I have really enjoyed! Wishing good luck to all!
Hi Diana, quick question: Is posting a "statement" a major requirement for our design to be eligible? I can't change my initial description anymore, so should I just add my statement in the comment section? Thanks for your work Diana! And best of luck to everyone!
Hey nosukis, it is always the best to prepare a full submission from the moment you publish it. Unfortunately the statement cannot be edited or changed anymore. Try to leave a comment under your idea. I cannot promise you that the client will pick up on it (find it) if they need it. But you can try. ;)
Rated some designs and not sure what designs are left for you to rate? Simply go to the idea overview page and click on the "Published" filter. Then from the drop down menu click on "Unrated". That's it. Be fair.
The Rating Only Period has just ended, and I’d like to first thank you ALL for the 639 ideas, 22700 ratings and 12555 comments! That’s an impressive participation from everyone for this eighth Victorinox limited edition on jovoto.
Now it is our turn to do Rating Monitoring (check for rating fairness and annul ratings that appear to be unfair) and then award the first winners: the Community Awards. Exciting!
Dear Diana ,
In my profile it says “This community member´s ratings are under review and are currently not factored into the overall rating score”… Why am I seeing this banner?
We are proud to announce the first winners of the design challenge. Here are the ten Community Award winners, as voted by you out of 629 designs and after monitoring:
Gorgeous designs, each and every one of them. Congratulations! And thank you to everyone who took the time to rate & leave helpful feedback on ideas.
Next is the announcement of the 30 Shortlist Winners plus a maximum of 3 client favorites from the Chinese Huaban project, which will go into the global voting on the Victorinox website. It is good to have patience as the shortlisted designs will be announced around mid-end of August.
For those of you who have submitted ideas - please make sure to add your email and phone number to your jovoto profile AND check your emails (incl. spam) and PMs regularly for messages from us. We might contact you in the meanwhile if the client needs anything during the process.
That’s it for now. CONGRATULATIONS once again!
Diana
Congratulations to all winners and all community for such a wonderful work!! Thank you so much for all community support!
It is a big suprise for me;))
Congratulations to all the community prizes winners! Most of the other designs were also great so congratulations to everybody else too for the artwork illustrations created!
Congrats to the winners and to all creatives who submitted here. There are lot of great work left that will be chosen by the client for sure. Good luck mates! Thanks to Diana for dealing with all of us.
Big Congratulations to everybody, winners and so many others excellent designs that are out the list!... it was a pleasure to share this cool creative challenge with all you people, Thank you!!
This is a quick message just to let you know that from now on your messages and questions can go directly to my awesome colleague, Timo. He will also make the next announcements here. (Thank you, Timo!). As I, after many beautiful and exciting years, will be following my next challenge outside jovoto. Much love to you all, and good luck with your great designs!
Miss you already! :( :((((( You have been an excellent guide for all of us and a great person! You have been very helpful, and always there for us!
I wish you the very best in your life after Jovoto!
Hey, Diana. It’s sad to read this news. On the other hand, we hope you can reach your new goals. I still remember the first project we worked with you four years ago “Brand the fold”. Thanks for sharing with us and wish you all the best =)
ooooo my I just realize you are going to leave for a new journey ;-((((( oooo you will be so so missed but I'm sure you will have an wonderfull future ahead..... lot's of kisses
jo
OMG! This can not be ;(
Dear Diana Thanks a lot for all your words, feedbacks and accurated guidance, I´m going to miss you but I wish you the BEST of luck in your next challenge, May God bless you always!
Warm hugs from Mexico ;)
Hi Timo :) I AM SOOO CURIOUS! Can you give us a short info under the brief on that day, when you inform all client choices? I think we all will hold on our breath and keep an eye on our inbox ;)
Congratulations to the creators of these outstanding designs! And a big thank you to everyone else that has participated in this project and was a part of this great success!
The above-mentioned designs will now (along with three designs from Huaban) go into the global voting on the Victorinox website.
Congrats to everyone again!
So, in regard to Huaban - are those 3 designs going to be completely separate from the ones we see above? Any estimate as to when we get the results?
A big congrats to all the shortlisted ideas , best of luck ! Also a big thanks to Diana for being suck a great guide, to Timo and of course to Victorinox.
Hey guys, HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 10 WINNING DESIGNS! As always this is the best challenge of the year, it’s a big pleasure to be part of the process, thank you Jovotans and thank you to Victorinox. You rock guys! Hats off! ;)
Congrats to all the winners and contributors to this contest.
And especially thanks to all for your support!
See you next year for the SAK (2021) contest. Let's hope it happens!!
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Dear Creatives of the World,
This is Diana, your Creative Guide. Welcome to the 9th Victorinox Swiss Army Knife Limited Edition Challenge and to this year’s theme – Sports of the World!
We are happy you found your way here, but before you start, please...First put your pencil down! I mean it. ;) And now:
1 Read the brief (two/three times - not kidding!) and download the Project Kit (from the Download section in the brief LINK).
2 Read the Idea Template – as this is what you will need to upload and how your submission should look like.
3 Pick the color base for your knife from the seven available scales in the Project Kit (named ‘canvas’) to apply your design to.
This range of colors will give you loads of aesthetic and creative possibilities. Please do NOT change the white background of the image (no effects, no color etc.).
4 Read again the part about original work in the brief! (including “What is original work?”)
Very close attention will be paid to original creative work. We have to stress this from the very start. So please check out and read this important feature on the subject before you start creating and submitting your designs.
This means NO third party material is allowed in your submissions. If you use third party material, your design will not be eligible for shortlisting or licensing. In the idea upload it is therefore expected that you check “no third party material” (since you haven’t used any).
Over the course of the next five weeks I will be channeling to you feedback, including both client and expert feedback. Our experts are Conradin and Matthias from Open Creation Consulting who have decades of design knowledge to put at work for you.
Looking forward to your iconic and original designs. If you have any questions simply send me a private message or ask me here.
Let’s get started!
Diana
how to submit a design?
Hey Fuziya, unfortunately you cannot submit anymore since May 31st (4pm, CET Berlin time). But you can participate next year. ;)
We've just started and we already have so many designs coming in. Exciting! I have noticed that most of you have used last year's canvas (knife templates). This year we have new ones. So, please use the new canvas for your ideas. If you've uploaded already, please update your idea. Otherwise Victorinox cannot use them, as the designs will not be visually comparable.
Thank you,
Diana
Dear Creatives,
One last thing for today. Promised. ;)
Since the client is looking at your design as of the second you upload it, and since it might get used for their social media activities as soon as that, they would like to ask you to please fill out the description as soon as you upload the design. Without a full description they cannot use your design, nor can they (or me or our experts) offer real feedback.
Don’t miss your chance, publish a complete submission from the first moment. That includes using the correct (this year's) canvas (as mentioned in my previous comment).
All the best from Berlin,
Diana
Hi Diana,
Mentioned in the brief: "You are allowed to upload up to 5 fully worked out ideas."
But up to 10 ideas are allowed in the submission section.
which is correct?
Dear Hicham, thank you for pointing that out. It's fixed to five now. Good luck & have fun.
Great to see such a cool action on the platform again:)
Hello Diana, where can I download the project kit from? All the links from the brief redirect me to a page that shows the following message: "The page you were looking for doesn't exist." Thank you
Hi Dan, welcome to this design challenge. Probably your browser does not support direct download. No problem. Go to the Downloads section in the brief, then click right and choose "Save link as..". Please let me know if it worked or if you are still having troubles with this.
I managed to download it. Thank you, Diana!
One weekend.. sixty design submissions! That's going strong. We like it.
If your sport is LOCAL, I would like to ask everyone to write the name of the country in the Idea Name (title of your idea) so that the client can easily see what sport is local and where it is from. For instance:
"Upside down x-ball MEXICO", "Timeless soccer BELARUS" etc.
Thank you for that and a big hug from Berlin to everyone,
Diana
Hi Diana, should we write the name of the country where the designer live into the idea name? Because most sports are known all over the world - so which country should I write for example behind "Martial Arts"?
Thank you for your question, dear DENKdifferent. Write the name of the country in the title ONLY if it is a local, usually unknown sport.
If it is a global sport, then no need to write the country.
Thanks dear Diana! Have a wonderful day and tomorrow a nice 1. of May ;) Sunny greetings to Berlin from Remchingen! Ramona
Mind sports – Are they ok for this project? No (except for chess).
According to wiki mind sports usually are “board games, chess and card games, and also other disciplines such as are speed reading, eSports (video game-based competitions), computer programming and cybersecurity wargames.”
PS: We've just reached 100 ideas! Keep going.
I was just working on a chess set. :)
Can anyone solve my conundrum ? I have a question, everyone is saying to mind the edges of the knife because our design isn't getting printed on the edges...that's because due to manufacturing, printing is not possible around the edges of the knife...BUT my Swiss army knifes special edition are indeed printed on the edges
Dear Cin, I hope you've had a great weekend! I am not sure I understand your question "my Swiss army knifes special edition are indeed printed on the edges". Which knives exactly? You can also write me a PM (private message) as the back and forth there is easier. :)
Keep your eyes on the Victorinox Facebook page as your design might be featured by Victorinox.
HERE are their last week's featured designs, and HERE are this week's featured designs. Well done! And keep going! ;D
Hello Diana, I have a question about third party material. If I choose to use a font which is a part of design software(adobe illustrator) It is also a third party? Thanks.
Fonts are ok, as long as you mention them as third party, and as long the client can purchase it, or it is free for commercial use. And it doesn't cost way too much, so within some limits of affordability. :)
Hi Diana, are hand drawn submissions allowed? As I see most people are graphic designers using some sort of soft ware
Hey U_7, hand drawn submissions are fully allowed. ;)
Hey Diana, just asking, since I will be drawing my ideas, it will be a problem for me to click a picture and resize the pixels which will probably blur my illustration. Is maintaining the size absolutely important? As I don't see a way out here :-(
Hi Upsana,
Unfortunately, you'll have to stick to the size of the knife. It will be necessary to make the ideas comparable but also, when it comes to printing the design, should one of your submissions win.
Maybe you could do your drawing directly on a blank version of the knife and go from there?
Hey Diana! Just like the above i also am interested in drawing my ideas on the canvas. Would it be fine if i make a color print of the knives from the kit and draw my idea on it and then scan them for submission?
Dear Hamza, thank you for your question. It's okay to make your design /illustrate it/ draw it by hand. However your working process needs to be in this case: Illustrate it on paper > Scan it at the highest quality possible (as if your design gets picked the client has to actually manufacture the knife design based on your scan) > Open the canvas in Photoshop or a similar software of your choice > Apply your scanned drawing onto the canvas > save and upload on jovoto.
Please let me know if there is anything unclear. I will be more than happy to help.
Have fun with it,
Diana
Hi diana, i´d like to know if an ancient but local sport that is sort of active could be considered for this contest or does it has to be a fully active sport?
Hey Jailinne, it mustn't be an active sport. As long as it is clear that it is a sport and people from all of the world can recognize what is happening in that sport (without explanatory text on the knife, as the visual should first and foremost stand on its own), then you're submission will be on point.
Hi Diana, when is the final submission for this contest, May 16 or May 31? thanks.
Dear Jati, it's May 31st at 10 am (CET, Berlin time).
This a repost: Mind sports – Are they ok for this project? No (except for chess).
According to wiki mind sports usually are “board games, chess and card games, and also other disciplines such as are speed reading, eSports (video game-based competitions), computer programming and cybersecurity wargames.”
Hi Diana, I know on the brief it says that no depictions of weapons are allowed on the designs, but what about for sports like fencing or Historical European Martial Arts (which use sword and shield), are we allowed to depict sports like those?
That's a very good question, Filipe. There is a clear difference between a weapon that is meant to kill or harm someone and sports 'weapons' that are used as equipment to perform the sport. Sport 'weapons' are therefore ok as long as they do not truly and aggressively harm any human or animal. So no designs of, for instance, dog or cock fights, gladiator fights etc. The ones mentioned by you are therefore ok. ;)
Dear Sports Creatives of the World,
I am here with exciting news. We are half through this awesome design challenge, and our two experts (Matthias and Conradin) talked to the client about your submitted designs and prepared for you a well condensed, super helpful feedback.
Before you read it: a BIG THANK YOU to you all, for the diversity and beauty of the designs so far, and of your personal stories.
Read the Halftime Feedback HERE and use it to update your designs or create new ones.
We are all looking forward to all the upcoming work coming our way in this second half of the project.
Have fun & be creative,
Diana
Hi, just one question, can it be horizontal or vertical design? Or it doesn't matter? Thanks, Miki
Hey Miki, it doesn't matter. The advice I can give you is to make clever use of the shape of the knife, by integrating it into your design. A simple example is that for instance a person is climbing a wall, it makes sense that the wall is a vertical design. As if the person is climbing on the edge of the knife. ;)
Good luck & remember to have fun!
TWO WEEKS LEFT TO SUBMIT!
Hello Diana I’m so sorry but I haven’t submitted my design in the propper way. Van you help me how to do that? Thank you so much! Greetings Yon
Dear Yon, best is if you write me a PM (private message) with how I can help you. ;)
Keep creating and submitting, and your design might be featured by Victorinox as their "Pick of the Week" on Facebook. Here and here you can check out the latest Picks!
Dear Creatives,
Just in case anyone still has questions about printing on the knife edges - yes or no and why - here is the clarification.
Regarding the printing of the design on the Swiss classic knife, depending on the manufacturing technique (which can only be decided case by case just before manufacturing), the design on the edges of the knife and around the knife element at the bottom - might be cut. You can see that for instance here.
So, should you design on the edges? If you choose not to, all good, then you are prepared for the case of the edges being cut off. If you choose yes, then it is wise to make sure that important design details don't touch the edges of the plastic shell - just in case they get cut off.
No rocket science here. Super simple and clear. ;)
Please let me know though if you have any questions still.
Diana
Oopps. This "be careful about the edges" or "stay off the edges" update from the Client would have been a lot more timely if it came earlier in the contest, and not 1 week after halftime feedback. I can see how printing on the edge might increase the manufacturing costs, but why go cutting corners (literally and figuratively) on a "limited edition" product that's aimed at Victorinox fans :-)
Diana, is the client open to using its own graphics team for resizing any designs in case printing on the edges is not possible? Or, if needed, will it reach out to winning contestants and ask for a redo?
Thanks.
Dear Sarkar, thank you for your thoughts. Being careful with the edges has always been mentioned in all nine Victorinox projects. It is nothing new!
The guide has always checked (including me in this project) each published idea from this perspective as well and mentioned to the creative if they should move the details from the edges.
Nothing new. Nothing that was overlooked.
Regarding your second question, yes, small adjustments as such can be done later if needed.
Looking at the "Pick of the Week", i wonder why the client picked these selection? Are these picks will be the favorite for final phase of voting?
hi diana , may i ask about the size of my design ? .. i downloaded the project kit but there wasn't a mock up in it ... i just want to know the size and unit used in the design .
Hi Heba,
The Project Kit has the blank canvases in different colors as well as a PDF with the scale measurements.
I hope that helps!
hello please how can i upload my idea here ?
Hi Hachem,
You can upload your design by clicking on Submit Idea. Simply go through the idea upload process and upload your design.
Dear creatives,
Thank you all so much for your great submissions so far!
We have received multiple requests from you to increase the submission limit from 5 to 10 ideas per creative and we're happy to announce:
The idea limit has been raised to 10 ideas per person!
That means that you don't have to hold back your amazing ideas but you can now submit them all!
We're also entering the home stretch of this project. There are a bit more than 4 days left to submit your designs!
Submission ends on May 31, 2019 at 10:00 AM Berlin time!*
10:00 AM Berlin time? Oh man, I was hoping it would end a bit later. I'm a bit late to the party and there's no chance I'd be finished so early. Anyway, seen some cool designs. Good work people!
Dear creatives,
We're about the enter the home stretch for this year's "Your Swiss Army Knife" project!
ONLY ONE MORE DAY LEFT TO SUBMIT!
Share your designs and join the ranks of our amazing creatives that have already submitted their outstanding creations.
Have fun an be creative!
Good morning Diana! If the project ends at 10:00 am, why I am seeing people still uploading ideas?
Hi Pavlina,
We have decided to give everyone a little leeway and added a few more hours to the project. Submission will now close at 4PM CEST today.
Dear creatives,
The project will soon come to its end. It is amazing how many stunning sportive designs have been submitted this year.
Submission will close in 5 hours - at 4PM CEST!
Please note that ideas that are off brief, have their design applied to the wrong or no canvas or are using copyrighted material (e.g. famous players or the Olympic rings) will be removed before the voting starts.
Please make sure to double check your designs, especially if it has been pointed out to you that there are issues with your design.
We're really excited about the great amount of beautiful designs that you have created and we're looking forward to see who'll be this years winners! :-)
When does the ending time change? And why we didn't know it before? If I knew it, I would finish my last design!
At Victorinox FB, they posted that the project ends. I believe that it would be fairer to know it since yesterday.
Hi Pavlina,
Sorry about the confusion! This was a last minute decision to allow the participants to finish their designs and submit them.
We would have communicated this earlier but the last minute nature of this decision didn't really allow for it.
Best,
Diana
Yes, the end of the project deserves some critics, imo: 1. to raise the limit for the last few days, very very late.... 2. to extend the submission period in the last hours?!....
Dear creatives,
thank you all SO MUCH for your amazing work! The submission phase has ended now and the voting has started.
We're excited to see which of the great designs in this year's project are going to come out on top.
Best of luck to all of you!
Hi Diana, thank you for guiding in this project :) I noticed, that there is no option to sort by "unrated" submissions. It would be cool, if it will be possible to blend out all of rated designs. Than I know, how much "klicks" I still have to do. ;)
Yes, rating will become more comfortable with sorting "unrated" submissions, especially in project with that many ideas ;)
Thank you, Diana, for guiding this project! Very good job, commenting on all ideas, so helpful, imo!
Agree! "Unrated" option is much needed during the rating process! Without it, more mind work to remember where did i pause rating yesterday!
Thank you for your effort and interest to rate all or as many ideas as possible. This option exists. Simply go to the idea page click on "published" and more filters will open - one of them being "unrated". Click on that and then you will be able to see all the ideas which were not rated by you. ;)
Thank you, Diana!
Why nobody didn't create a real bodybuilding or calisthenics? x) A perfect body is nowday one of the biggest symbols of sport :)
Just went through all of the submissions, it's been so cool seeing all of your creativity come to play for the designs! Best of luck to you all! :)
Wish can have an extended time ..
Diana I’d like to compliment you for your work as guide of this project. You did a great job!
Hey Diana, I submitted my idea sahead of time and now it seems to have been deleted from my profile. Is there anything that can be done?
Dear Upsana, I will be in touch via PM (private message).
So many great works here. I couldn’t be able to check “Scuba Diver” by Vanessa Wee. It seems its image is lost. Someone else has experienced the same with this one?
Thank you Iván for noticing that. It's fixed now. Good luck, Vanessa.
Happy to help, Diana. I recently noticed the same with E-sports by Kai Kammers. Dragon boat 55 by Shi Yui Sam Sham seems to be doubled.
Thank you, Ivan. On it.
Hello, Diana & other Creatives! One thing i find out during rating : There are several submissions is repeated, with a very small and minor changes, like colors, arrangement of elements ... It show more like a developments rather a complete new idea. How do you guy/lady rate on these ideas anyway???
Dear Lee, thank you for pointing that out. Color variations or really small design detail variations are not enough for a submission to stand on its own. Today I have messaged around a dozen creatives and by the end of tomorrow the designs that are double or not unique enough will be removed. I hope I don't miss any. If I do please let me know, not later than the Rating Only period ends. ;)
To Diana & all the Jovoto Team, thank you for all the hard work! I know during this Rating Only period, you & your teams have a lot of works to do, still wishing the best & keep it up! .
Appreciated :)
There are projects based on a copy of the concept of others, but in general there are many good projects, Thanks to all and good luck, thanks to Victorinox, thanks to Jovoto and Diana, it was a very fun topic of work.
Hai, Diana! As i rate deeper down the pages, i also notice a few missing images for some submission. Any idea what happened to these submission?
There are one or two submissions as such we are looking into it at the moment. One is already fixed. Thanks, Lee.
Dear Jovoto crew and all designers, I wish to thanks you all for your response, help, time and help in this project! This is my first project here and I have really enjoyed! Wishing good luck to all!
Hi Diana, quick question: Is posting a "statement" a major requirement for our design to be eligible? I can't change my initial description anymore, so should I just add my statement in the comment section? Thanks for your work Diana! And best of luck to everyone!
Hey nosukis, it is always the best to prepare a full submission from the moment you publish it. Unfortunately the statement cannot be edited or changed anymore. Try to leave a comment under your idea. I cannot promise you that the client will pick up on it (find it) if they need it. But you can try. ;)
TWO DAYS LEFT TO RATE 639 DESIGNS
Rated some designs and not sure what designs are left for you to rate? Simply go to the idea overview page and click on the "Published" filter. Then from the drop down menu click on "Unrated". That's it. Be fair.
Jep, did it! Just voted for all the designs. It was a lot, but now I see for how much I voted :D So good luck to you all. I'm super excited!
RATING ONLY PERIOD CLOSES TOMORROW, FRIDAY, AT 10AM (CET)
Ratings received so far: 20k. Wow! Keep going! 18 hours left to rate.
Hi Diana, until when is the victorinox contest?
Hi Sidi Lio, the rating closes in 17 minutes.
Dear Creatives of the World,
The Rating Only Period has just ended, and I’d like to first thank you ALL for the 639 ideas, 22700 ratings and 12555 comments!
That’s an impressive participation from everyone for this eighth Victorinox limited edition on jovoto.
Now it is our turn to do Rating Monitoring (check for rating fairness and annul ratings that appear to be unfair) and then award the first winners: the Community Awards. Exciting!
Stay tuned! ;) Diana
Dear Diana , In my profile it says “This community member´s ratings are under review and are currently not factored into the overall rating score”… Why am I seeing this banner?
Hi Aylin, thank you for your question. I will reply to your PM (personal message).
Dear Victorinox 2020 Limited Edition Creatives,
We are proud to announce the first winners of the design challenge.
Here are the ten Community Award winners, as voted by you out of 629 designs and after monitoring:
Rank 1 Jump! Once Upon A Time in Rhodes by joyleen
Rank 2 Cycling Into the Wind by Gustavo Moncada
Rank 3 Duuude Hunting Waves by Iván Santiago
Rank 4 Polo - The Sport of Kings by Sapto Cahyono
Rank 5 Surfing by Cezara-Iuliana Susanu
Rank 6 I Am Sailing to Be Free by Pavlina K
Rank 7 Karate Knife by SQUIRREL GRAPHICS
Rank 8 Sports For Everybody by team Wasaki & Endgork Moroldo
Rank 9 Be Strong! by demonietto
Rank 10 The Champion by Raffaele Mollica
Gorgeous designs, each and every one of them. Congratulations! And thank you to everyone who took the time to rate & leave helpful feedback on ideas.
Next is the announcement of the 30 Shortlist Winners plus a maximum of 3 client favorites from the Chinese Huaban project, which will go into the global voting on the Victorinox website. It is good to have patience as the shortlisted designs will be announced around mid-end of August.
For those of you who have submitted ideas - please make sure to add your email and phone number to your jovoto profile AND check your emails (incl. spam) and PMs regularly for messages from us. We might contact you in the meanwhile if the client needs anything during the process.
That’s it for now. CONGRATULATIONS once again!
Diana
Congratulations community.
Congratulations to all community winners!
Congratulations to all winners and all community for such a wonderful work!! Thank you so much for all community support! It is a big suprise for me;))
Big congrats to all winners :))
Congratulations winners! Outstanding designs
Congratulations to all winners!
Congrats to all!
Congratulations to all the community prizes winners! Most of the other designs were also great so congratulations to everybody else too for the artwork illustrations created!
Good luck guys also with the client price;)
Congratulation for all the community prices winers from me too :)
Congratulation winners :D
Congrats boys & girls! :D
Big congrats to all winners and all participants!
Congratulations to all, and good luck!:)
Congrats everyone!!!
Congratulations to all winners and participants! It was pleasure to see so many great ideas here! :)
Big congrats to all the winners. Amazing work!
Congratulations to all winners! It was a wonderful competition , great ideas. Good luck to all for shortlist phase!
Congratulations to all the community winners! there are very good works!
Congratulations...
Congrats to the winners and to all creatives who submitted here. There are lot of great work left that will be chosen by the client for sure. Good luck mates! Thanks to Diana for dealing with all of us.
My pleasure. ;)
Congrats to the winners and to all creatives!!. Good luck with the customer's choice
Congrats to the winners, great job :D, good luck to everyone for the rest!! :)
Congrats to all winners!
Congratulations to all the winners and participants! ;)
Huge congrats to all the community winners, this contest is full of high quality. Diana, Thanks a lot for your guidance Let’s go for more ;)
Congrats to all the winners!
Congrats to participants also as this contest had so many amazing ideas. Good luck to all for the client choices!)
So many good entries in the contest. Good job, everyone. And good luck for the shortlist phase.
Congratulations to the winners! Great quality of proposals. Thank you very much Diana for the advice to the community! :)
Big Congratulations to everybody, winners and so many others excellent designs that are out the list!... it was a pleasure to share this cool creative challenge with all you people, Thank you!!
Congratulations all! I wish u all luck for the client choices!
Congratulations community.
Dear Creatives,
This is a quick message just to let you know that from now on your messages and questions can go directly to my awesome colleague, Timo. He will also make the next announcements here. (Thank you, Timo!). As I, after many beautiful and exciting years, will be following my next challenge outside jovoto. Much love to you all, and good luck with your great designs!
Diana
It's sad, but still... The best of luck with your new goals, Diana! Reach them all;) And thank you for being a great guide:)
Miss you already! :( :((((( You have been an excellent guide for all of us and a great person! You have been very helpful, and always there for us! I wish you the very best in your life after Jovoto!
Wish you all the best Diana!! Thank you for all beautiful and great things you have shared here..
Hey, Diana. It’s sad to read this news. On the other hand, we hope you can reach your new goals. I still remember the first project we worked with you four years ago “Brand the fold”. Thanks for sharing with us and wish you all the best =)
Oh Diana :( we will miss you a lot! I wish all the best always!! thanks for your outstanding guidance all this years!!
I wish all the best and thank you for being always helpful and ready to share your knowledge!
Thanks for your help during this period
ooooo my I just realize you are going to leave for a new journey ;-((((( oooo you will be so so missed but I'm sure you will have an wonderfull future ahead..... lot's of kisses jo
:(
Thanks for everything, Diana!!! Good luck in your next challenge!
Thanks Diana, and good luck :)
BIG thanks Diana!!!
OMG! This can not be ;( Dear Diana Thanks a lot for all your words, feedbacks and accurated guidance, I´m going to miss you but I wish you the BEST of luck in your next challenge, May God bless you always! Warm hugs from Mexico ;)
Thanks Diana, and good luck :)
We will miss you, Diana :( Thanks Diana, and good luck! :)))
Hi Timo :) I AM SOOO CURIOUS! Can you give us a short info under the brief on that day, when you inform all client choices? I think we all will hold on our breath and keep an eye on our inbox ;)
We're hopeful that we can give you an update by the end of next week.
We will update you as soon as we have the info! :)
Thank you for your patience.
Great project!
Dear creatives!
I'm happy to announce the winners for the Client Shortlist Awards today!
Here are the winners:
Ride the waves by saskiakristina
Football World by wycich83
Jump into the water and swim by headmunk
Ski by tommasoballadore
Scuba Diving by BeatriceBl
Duuude hunting waves by orangerender
Rock Climbing by Uvin
Sumo by bogdanelsiecheru
Lucky 8 by Thomasgrimer
Tennis serve and ACE! v1 by GTR
Bobsled by G_Sasha
Gone Fishing! by tcurtisart
Kayaks by piottr
F1 by roumiooska
Pocket Skateboard by VisualWizard
Hoop by tommasoballadore
Paragliding by mochawalk
Strike! by tommasoballadore
Cycling by eugenedeleni
Ballet dancer by Hopsi
Sports For Everybody by Wasaki & Rhapsody
Energy Badminton by Grenadine
Home Run by sebastianoballadore
I love hiking by Hopsi
Hockey-Okay! by Alebarberini
Yacht Race by mochawalk
„Schwingen" by SGRAPHICS
TOUCHDOWN - USA by DIZAINI
SWISS STARS - SWITZERLAND by DIZAINI
At the Gym by oxelot
Congratulations to the creators of these outstanding designs! And a big thank you to everyone else that has participated in this project and was a part of this great success!
The above-mentioned designs will now (along with three designs from Huaban) go into the global voting on the Victorinox website.
Thank you all and congratulations!
Timo
Please eliminate and block my account here!! IT'S A TOTAL DISAPPOINTMENT to be part of this ridiculous joke!! Sayonara, jerks!!
Congrats to everyone again! So, in regard to Huaban - are those 3 designs going to be completely separate from the ones we see above? Any estimate as to when we get the results?
Congratulations!! :)
Congratulations ! Great Work!
Congrats to everyone! Great Job!
Big congrats everyone!
Congrats to all winners!!!!
Congratulations to all winners!!!!)))
Congratulations!!;)
A big congrats to all the shortlisted ideas , best of luck ! Also a big thanks to Diana for being suck a great guide, to Timo and of course to Victorinox.
oops sorry, "such a great guide" autocorrect problem again!
Big congrats, guys!!! Best of lucks!!!
Congratulations to the winners and good luck to everyone!!!
Congratulations to all winners :))
Huge congrats to Golden 30! Good luck to everyone, the choice is going to be tough:)
Congratulations to all the winners!!!
To all the shortlisted in the final round, a huge congratulations! All the best and good luck!
Lastly, let's competes again next year! I will try my best again!
Hey guys, HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 10 WINNING DESIGNS! As always this is the best challenge of the year, it’s a big pleasure to be part of the process, thank you Jovotans and thank you to Victorinox. You rock guys! Hats off! ;)
congrats to all!
Hello everyone!
Happy Friday and I have some good news for you! We now have the winners of our Victorinox challenge!
These are the winning ideas..
Cycling by Eugen Edeleni;
I Love Hiking by Hopsi;
Scuba Diving by Beatrice Biliuta;
Gone Fishing by tcurtisart;
Rock Climbing by Randula Uvin Gunasena;
Pocket Skateboard by Erik Visual-Wizard;
Ski by Tommaso Balladore
Sports For Everybody by Wasaki & Endgork Moroldo.
Schwingen by Dennis Mennigen.
Football World by Piotr.
CONGRATULATIONS and have a great weekend!
Best,
Kasia
Congratulations to the winners and all the people who made it possible!!!
Congratulations guys;)) Well done!
Congrats to all winners!
Congratulations to all the winners!
Congratulations Top 10 :) See you next year!
Congrats to all the winners and contributors to this contest. And especially thanks to all for your support!
See you next year for the SAK (2021) contest. Let's hope it happens!!
Congrats to all winners! I can’t wait to check them on the market!
Huge congrats to the winners! It was an exciting experience to be part of the process. All the best, guys!
To all 10 winners, a big congratulations & well done! Enjoy the victory!
congratulations to winners and all participants.. Great work :D