Imprint Culture Lab Handbag Design Contest Results

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisTDVhZy_X0AAuDwbo3KE4nS0MHZIxvrv5ZMferUq8EZ4cbaAKyBcXEbiOxQhQFLbZrllnfWsyNEMwWIx-C5osfFhNZuwY1UXgrJlTyrU-eiodVfC_3nLrDsRcLySjpV_pU9ATV0pWShmf/s1600-h/imprinthandbag1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173590515532460482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisTDVhZy_X0AAuDwbo3KE4nS0MHZIxvrv5ZMferUq8EZ4cbaAKyBcXEbiOxQhQFLbZrllnfWsyNEMwWIx-C5osfFhNZuwY1UXgrJlTyrU-eiodVfC_3nLrDsRcLySjpV_pU9ATV0pWShmf/s400/imprinthandbag1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 536px; height: 536px;" /></a><br />Above: Grand Prize Winner Scott Rench (Chicago, IL)<br /><br />Well, the handbag design competition from <a href="http://imprintlab.com/">Imprint Culture Lab</a> is over and I'm proud to announce that one of the two grand prize winners is my talented friend and artist, <a href="http://www.yosoh.com/">Scott Rench.</a><br /><br /><a href="http://imprintlab.com/" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173592998023557634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo7Naz7REAmyx66Lo7GDAygJqiLCTXO03WlaIIOixhWLFoxRtej94F4ngD2WXk1bu-uS4dKG8DJteb6CnIGp9XwJ3XoHmfmq2qnX1fSodpGPyIZUZ6WCHdQQ8uXcJotyDfpPy52H29ex77/s400/Picture+13.png" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><br /><b>Imprint Handbag Design Contest Results</b> <br />After tallying the nearly 10,000 votes, we now have the pleasure of announcing the following winning designs.<br />Prizes for each winner are:<br />- Grand Prize: Louis Vuitton LV Murakami Neverfull Handbag<br />- Judges’ pick: Louis Vuitton LV Murakami Neverfull Folio<span style="font-size:85%;"><br />- Honorable mention: $20 Starbucks giftcard</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjah5am09MSGqfrvhx5KxeWr6-v3Ld3o1ArVdIsyR2rOMNkcK9H9Ek7qqIJjxC7xrb6tckVMcJF5G3DV-fHvfY9Vf_DZXW6aejRIoNBng7DfFfszYfdZay7LDh6ZH_Suj_dFU0fAD7Q-BYM/s1600-h/imprinthandbag70.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173590940734222802" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjah5am09MSGqfrvhx5KxeWr6-v3Ld3o1ArVdIsyR2rOMNkcK9H9Ek7qqIJjxC7xrb6tckVMcJF5G3DV-fHvfY9Vf_DZXW6aejRIoNBng7DfFfszYfdZay7LDh6ZH_Suj_dFU0fAD7Q-BYM/s400/imprinthandbag70.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 537px; height: 537px;" /></a><br />Above: Grand Prize Winner Irene Cheng (Cerritos, CA)<br />------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />Judge's Pick:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj64PyyVHUdmdkNpwM0feMf-XCDixGRnjeyxvGPzAm0iHWY8V9x2cOvhUSne8qfalo0cy2LeE4Y_9u8S7u7s6smZBwHUkKnoOozVoKKQnTuIDD-4RqXxn-xqEoGKx_22J8pgS3zcI3xGjvh/s1600-h/Picture+10.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173592212044542434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj64PyyVHUdmdkNpwM0feMf-XCDixGRnjeyxvGPzAm0iHWY8V9x2cOvhUSne8qfalo0cy2LeE4Y_9u8S7u7s6smZBwHUkKnoOozVoKKQnTuIDD-4RqXxn-xqEoGKx_22J8pgS3zcI3xGjvh/s400/Picture+10.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 541px; height: 252px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://imprintlab.com/archives/122" target="_blank">Entry #50 (left)</a>: Manoj Nath (Haryana, INDIA)<br /><a href="http://imprintlab.com/archives/176" target="_blank">Entry #76 (right)</a>: Christina Conway (San Diego, CA)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPpCw9PP5VWh7WguQ0P7A2KaTY9D00tu2QYG-VMUWPB7VhnAaSRyEtBg6MSsKh_QW2xpbYAwrr6ttGB0ThYccg7MEGhLzWcqxjIIue8RCsMKl0b0GUXZEdHPzGIWEFbop2sLK0uxyW1KDd/s1600-h/Picture+12.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173592439677809138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPpCw9PP5VWh7WguQ0P7A2KaTY9D00tu2QYG-VMUWPB7VhnAaSRyEtBg6MSsKh_QW2xpbYAwrr6ttGB0ThYccg7MEGhLzWcqxjIIue8RCsMKl0b0GUXZEdHPzGIWEFbop2sLK0uxyW1KDd/s400/Picture+12.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 538px; height: 181px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://imprintlab.com/archives/174" target="_blank">Entry #75 (left)</a>: Irene Teng<br /><a href="http://imprintlab.com/archives/100" target="_blank">Entry #39 (middle)</a>: Ruqayya Ahmad (Redondo Beach, CA)<br /><a href="http://imprintlab.com/archives/339" target="_blank">Entry #98 (right)</a>: Nicole Zambolla (Davis, CA)

Imprint Culture Lab Handbag Design Contest Results

Above: Grand Prize Winner Scott Rench (Chicago, IL) Well, the handbag design competition from Imprint Culture Lab is over and I'm prou...

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Kudos To Some of My Fave Artists: Karin Jurick, David Buckingham & Scott Rench

<b>Karin Jurick</b><br />Congratulations to my dear friend and talented painter, <a href="http://web.mac.com/kjurick/iWeb/ZemArt/Welcome.html">Karin Jurick</a> on her being chosen as a finalist in the competition for "People & Figures" by <a href="https://www.international-artist.com/competition/index.aspx?location=us">International Artist Magazine Competition</a>.<br /><br />Her painting "Strictly Pedestrian" was chosen as one of the featured pieces in the Dec/Jan issue.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgje6c89g243ovbkAKJ6kaMH-g0MZYQjUejWTEopyNZS1L85uLacxXz5mrC8JOe5V7PkF45us6audKOgqjdiyIsZeo96Ovz69EgVXi6r98wKj6AcowR33yM5Z8Er2k-lLUSPepV7qpeL06K/s1600-h/strictlyped.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5147222451272388722" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgje6c89g243ovbkAKJ6kaMH-g0MZYQjUejWTEopyNZS1L85uLacxXz5mrC8JOe5V7PkF45us6audKOgqjdiyIsZeo96Ovz69EgVXi6r98wKj6AcowR33yM5Z8Er2k-lLUSPepV7qpeL06K/s400/strictlyped.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 533px; height: 528px;" /></a><br />Above: Karin Juricks' Strictly Pedestrian<br /><br /><a href="http://web.mac.com/kjurick/iWeb/ZemArt/Welcome.html">Visit Karin's site here.</a><br /><br /><b>David Buckingham</b><br />Congratulations to another good friend and talented metal artist, David Buckingham of <a href="http://www.buckinghamstudio.com/">Buckingham Studio</a>, Los Angeles. Some of his fabulous wall-mounted 3D soldered metal letter art was commissioned for the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/23/magazine/23wwln-safire-t.html?_r=1&ref=magazine&oref=slogin">masthead of William Safire's column in today's New York Times Magazine</a> !<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiMXkXtJLwXZDmJufKZoV_GqS4ZluKT7n8GHB2Z4aRnj_dC-_HLeFMgvPWMxOosedrXOt9PrCb3CyyqzlZPY68XAw6oznhVQBREDV_uxpXfpeApoblZHgJR0dvh0DZNZGlrNgZdpJ50jjz/s1600-h/Picture+4.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5147227592348242050" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiMXkXtJLwXZDmJufKZoV_GqS4ZluKT7n8GHB2Z4aRnj_dC-_HLeFMgvPWMxOosedrXOt9PrCb3CyyqzlZPY68XAw6oznhVQBREDV_uxpXfpeApoblZHgJR0dvh0DZNZGlrNgZdpJ50jjz/s400/Picture+4.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 532px; height: 526px;" /></a><br /><i>Above: screen grab from NY Times Magazine online</i><br /><br />Of course, the online version screws up the colors, but in the actual magazine they look great and more like the original seen here:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOu8Q1IMf1poWVDdaOsmufw-I01XTNmNBIp7vxy83uzQjewYpMzh_6QCb-xF97NVUSk8etUTnJXjOAWP3FGOjINOVchP4TswXgJ-_3cwd_VHHJOa2321G4dnArL1Nc2MftGTnZnuYtWWgS/s1600-h/Homer+Nods+Again.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5147228073384579218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOu8Q1IMf1poWVDdaOsmufw-I01XTNmNBIp7vxy83uzQjewYpMzh_6QCb-xF97NVUSk8etUTnJXjOAWP3FGOjINOVchP4TswXgJ-_3cwd_VHHJOa2321G4dnArL1Nc2MftGTnZnuYtWWgS/s400/Homer+Nods+Again.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 541px; height: 216px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.buckinghamstudio.com/">Visit David's site here.</a><br /><br /><b>Scott Rench</b><br />One of my favorite multi-talented artists is <a href="http://www.yosoh.com/">Scott Rench </a>whose work finds it's way into and onto some of the most interesting shows and collaborations. Right now he has many pieces in the fabulous <a href="http://www.die-gestalten.de/fragiles/">Fragiles Porcelain show at Design Miami</a> as well as a T-Shirt for sale at the ultra hip <a href="http://www.threadless.com/">Threadless</a> and he has even created one of the now sold out everywhere limited edition bottles of <a href="http://www.spiritofthebrand.com/">Bong Spirit Vodka.</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.die-gestalten.de/fragiles/" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5147240073523204290" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqFoq3qej2c/R26rk1wBkMI/AAAAAAAAHQY/SeeoosDJVcg/s400/fragile_news.gif" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8WXNzmJsMMxc9bUQpokv2kdj7TSplnsPLQxfkfuEchjCGkR6bNufyzyO71xZdYjrITlin0hocaitEX7FHmfBPDkSzR8_XGYxshAFAyG73wCcYu244cHPMd29A4F6-kVp53cv50-Rwpzc_/s1600-h/interactive_ceramics_RGB.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5147241916064174306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8WXNzmJsMMxc9bUQpokv2kdj7TSplnsPLQxfkfuEchjCGkR6bNufyzyO71xZdYjrITlin0hocaitEX7FHmfBPDkSzR8_XGYxshAFAyG73wCcYu244cHPMd29A4F6-kVp53cv50-Rwpzc_/s400/interactive_ceramics_RGB.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 542px; height: 428px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV0cKkAw5pyy_I4baV6UjJkcAZ_V1V1knnHZduN01TFzrqQxCxH0xW3Ty7UjDQRnookk9Z3dZH7Y7Q-wnFpmhmJLW7UQCe0CQG97rOZTRJ4zOeImOr626n0QwrmLWiWH2TdkGXBjs4kSiu/s1600-h/head_full_of_dreams.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5147241276114047186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV0cKkAw5pyy_I4baV6UjJkcAZ_V1V1knnHZduN01TFzrqQxCxH0xW3Ty7UjDQRnookk9Z3dZH7Y7Q-wnFpmhmJLW7UQCe0CQG97rOZTRJ4zOeImOr626n0QwrmLWiWH2TdkGXBjs4kSiu/s400/head_full_of_dreams.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 542px; height: 358px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQHU8FAre6Irl5yqV40jvChhuLEhQzWWGADAp2yeaP0zrw_MXnpQ118BAwu6Aa7pWyBCsflR-ZQd8LOB6P11dv0vFHRBRQRaj2lfeYXWrqaup72FMg0CHYcRrvYu5hfIJeGEWb-7AbP266/s1600-h/everything_jar_100.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5147242435755217138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQHU8FAre6Irl5yqV40jvChhuLEhQzWWGADAp2yeaP0zrw_MXnpQ118BAwu6Aa7pWyBCsflR-ZQd8LOB6P11dv0vFHRBRQRaj2lfeYXWrqaup72FMg0CHYcRrvYu5hfIJeGEWb-7AbP266/s400/everything_jar_100.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 541px; height: 360px;" /></a><br />Above: Some of Scott's pieces in the Fragiles Show<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhB2HNEYm_AxMPNgGsaqVVwyoAqm-QwCSDpcDf7cyB6vVpWwfd0CF6rZWqMopOjLNrOpt3tD__5e64OD9qpUayqsSb4nE-PfxHHCW3hJ5wk8meI4H2VOHZgJdFFTyjTTq0JgBQlj-u4tiU/s1600-h/renchtshirt.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5147237943219425442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhB2HNEYm_AxMPNgGsaqVVwyoAqm-QwCSDpcDf7cyB6vVpWwfd0CF6rZWqMopOjLNrOpt3tD__5e64OD9qpUayqsSb4nE-PfxHHCW3hJ5wk8meI4H2VOHZgJdFFTyjTTq0JgBQlj-u4tiU/s400/renchtshirt.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 256px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirzNGKbNPm494daxKCm7AlU84ZSFRSiYX-oYmPBD3CLh4POAPWADab8s_EV3zMetUdFI9sY0W40NAMfvt6sP6WSdUmXst2oo6tx39qd-tMBhSeopAnvtyqKiIuHeDvTAl2ur4Gh5DeUEXQ/s1600-h/Picture+7.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5147239472227782834" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirzNGKbNPm494daxKCm7AlU84ZSFRSiYX-oYmPBD3CLh4POAPWADab8s_EV3zMetUdFI9sY0W40NAMfvt6sP6WSdUmXst2oo6tx39qd-tMBhSeopAnvtyqKiIuHeDvTAl2ur4Gh5DeUEXQ/s400/Picture+7.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 258px; height: 254px;" /></a><br />Above left: Scott's Threadless T.<a href="http://www.threadless.com/">Buy the t-shirt here.</a><br />Above right: Scott's artwork on the Bong Spirit Vodka Bottle<br /><br /><a href="http://www.yosoh.com/">Visit Scott's Site here.</a>

Kudos To Some of My Fave Artists: Karin Jurick, David Buckingham & Scott Rench

Karin Jurick Congratulations to my dear friend and talented painter, Karin Jurick on her being chosen as a finalist in the competition for ...

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