Contest Brief

THE CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED!
Here the original brief. Below THE WINNERS LIST.

Here you can find the original brief.

Thanks everyone!

DUCATI launches the card contest to wish Season's Greetings to its Customers, Fans, Partners and Suppliers..

DUCATI is the authentic motorcycles italian brand that builds emotions. The world's most attractive motorcycles are the result of a deep commitment to racing competitions; they are the purest expression of refined skill, unmistakable design and above all, a great passion for bikes. This is the DUCATI philosophy.

This is year "Wish a DUCATI", depict a unique web card.

Since a few years now, DUCATI send their greetings to customers, suppliers and partners through email. This year DUCATI is asking you, their passionate audience, to design their season's greetings - themed cards with a strong payoff.

Keep it simple. Keep it sober. Keep it branded.

- Creativity should be simple, played on a clear and effective payoff, please no complex or eccentric graphic style.
- Creativity is also sent via email to to professional and business recipients, so it must entertain and engage with style and elegance.
- Creativity must be in line with the corporate image and corporate brand values of Ducati (see links). So feel free to use any image from Ducati website.

PRIZES

First Prize: the winning card wins €1.000 + will be sent through email by Ducati all over the world to wish season's greetings.

All the other winners optionally selected by Ducati will get visibility: they will be shared on the Ducati website and social networks/blogs connected with the name of the designer displayed.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

Avoid religious and strong seasonal references
We welcome creativity aimed at reaching a truly worldwide target, including non-Christian religions (e.g. NO: Happy Xmas - YES: Season's greetings). Also please note that not everywhere it is cold or snowing during this time of the year (e.g. NO snow or cabin or mountain or slides).

Please:
- Safety first: there must be no references at dangerous behaviours like wheelie, speed, inadequate clothing …
- No famous people: there should be no direct or indirect references to people from the Ducati world or Ducati Races like employees, managers, pilots, celebrities - absolutely no Valentino Rossi.

How to submit?
One Thumbnail - 112x157 pixels jpg, gif or png - that has to be the best representation of your design/idea because we'll use it in the vote gallery and through various areas on the site. One Large image - 650x500 pixels jpg, gif or png - to show your greeting card in full.

Remember:
Create your design using Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator. Submit a low resolution version jpg, gif or png for the contest, but make yourself sure and ready for high resolution in case you win.

Get the Downloadkit now!

This year Wish a Ducati!

Thanks

Here are the 7 winners of the "Wish a Ducati" contest!

Dear everyone, it was an amazing contest!

We received 912 ArtDesigns from 39 countries.
It was quite hard to make our final winners list.
But here we are... drum roll, come on!

The €1.000 first prize from Ducati goes to:

Ducati loved the idea of motorbikes making "a not so silent night" all around the world to wish their season's greetings!
They decided to share the €1.000 prize between:
€500 goes to the ArtDesign by Mdk7 because he was the first within the community who came out with this creative idea and visual representation, while €500 goes to darylk for the perfect payoff and final ArtDesign that Ducati is going to share all over the world.

ArtDesign by Mdk7

ArtDesign by darylk

Shicon also decided to share an unplanned €1.000 prize pot across 5 ArtDesigns:

Guys, you've done a great job during the competition!
That's the reason why Shicon decided to award €200 to each one of the ArtDesigns below, which were selected following three main criteria:
a) originality
b) design technique
c) affinity with the original brief

ArtDesign by Dennyshow78
ArtDesign by sig fried

ArtDesign by flyAngel ArtDesign by Gavin Davis

ArtDesign by alekvf

Thanks again for your unique talent guys,
the Ducati and Shicon teams.