AND THE WINNER IS...We Are in This Together! TYPOGRAPHY COMPETITION

WOW! What an absolutely amazing response we’ve had to this competition. Thank you so much to all of you that have entered this career-transforming opportunity. We really hope you’ve had fun taking part too! We were so impressed with the overwhelming standard of the submissions and it makes us so happy to see such talent coming out of our community! We have been blown away with how you have interpreted Beth’s beautiful words typographically and connected them with your imagery, representing the times we are living in right now.

We just know we will see so much more of you and your work in 2020.

Before you scroll down and reveal the winner and runners up here’s a reminder of the theme for the competition…

We are celebrating the launch of Make It In Design Co-Founder Beth Kempton’s new book: We Are in This Together: Finding hope and opportunity in the depths of adversity

Beth wrote the book during lockdown, to help us deal with the current turmoil and reimagine a positive future.

PRIZES
FIRST PRIZE – £1000 worth of courses from makeitindesign.com (to take yourself or give as a gift to a friend)

THREE RUNNERS UP to win a free place on the self-paced course of their choice from makeitindesign.com

Well done to all of you amazing prize winners. Please email [email protected] to claim your prizes

And finally a HUGE congrats to our winner…

Sabeth Elberse

@sabethelberse_studio

HUGE CONGRATULATIONS Sabeth!

We felt this striking design beautifully wove together ideas about life, nature, peace and inner stillness, all themes of the book We Are in This Together, where the quote is taken from. We also loved the gentleness of the typography used for this quote, which served the words well. Plus the colour palette is original and stunning.

You have won £1000 worth of courses from Make it in Design! Please email [email protected] to claim your prize. (There is no cash alternative and the prize is not transferable. When redeeming the prize, the value of courses selected will be as per their stated full price as at May 28, 2020, including any sales tax (VAT). No discounts or bundle offers can be used in conjunction with this prize. If there is any credit remaining by December 31 2020, this will be forfeited.)

And the 3 runners up are…

Anna Ivanir www.annaivanir.com @illustrated.by.anna

“We adored the dreaminess of this design. During this global pause, many of us have had more time to be in nature, and to contemplate life, the Universe and everything. We felt this design had a beautiful sense of spaciousness and possibility, and really enhanced the words”

Maria Keeler @ria_kee

“This beautiful design, incorporating the title of the book We Are in This Together, combined both lovely lettering and wonderful design, which honours the unity and connection (both between humans and between humans and nature) that the world really needs.”

Sonja Aeschbacher

“This is such a heartwarming design which communicates so much about what has been going on in the world over the past few months. We particularly loved the idea that while we cannot hug each other, we can embrace nature, and the blooms bring a feeling of positivity and hope.”

Well done and congratulations! You have all won a free place on one self-paced course of your choice from Make it in Design! Please email [email protected] to claim your prize. (They must enrol by December 31 2020 or the prize will be forfeited.)

SURPRISE!

We’ve also chosen 7 more runners up to win a free place on one Summer School track of your choice.

Adena Momple @adenajooste

“We were struck by the unique take on the quote in this design, and the otherworldliness of the design, which seemed fitting for these extraordinary times when we are being called to think about our lives beyond the day-to-day details. We also love how the birds reflect the front cover design of the book We Are in This Together, which the quote is taken from. Such a thoughtful design, with a gorgeous colour palette.”

Asta Barrington @astabarrington

“From a design point of view we loved the inky layers of this, and felt so much positivity radiating from the piece. From a concept point of view it reminds us both that there are many different views, and also why communication is so important to help us get through this together. It also captures the idea that not only are we in this strange time together, but we are in this thing called life together, as human beings, who need to work together in order to live together in harmony on this planet. Many of these themes feature heavily in the book We Are in This Together which the quote is taken from, and we love how this has all been skilfully captured in such a simple and effective way.”

Martina Stuhlberger @lamartina.art

“First of all we were struck by the colour palette of this design, and on closer look really appreciated the symbolism of all the people, which seemed to capture a number of characteristics of lockdown, including people taking care of each other, getting exercise, spending time in nature, being isolated or together and so on. There have been so many different experiences for different people, it is challenging to capture that in imagery, but we felt this design did that beautifully. We Are in This Together was written during lockdown, so it seems fitting.”

Michelle Jackson-Mogford @mjm.designstudios

“Many of us have had time to slow down and reflect during these past few months, and think about our lives in the context of the wider world, as well as contemplate what really matters to us, and this is one of the main themes of the book We Are in This Together, where the quote is taken from. This design captured that idea beautifully.”

Miriam Dornemann

www.mirid.de @miriddesign

“This sophisticated design combines stunning lettering, a beautiful palette and a calming layout. We can imagine this as a sticker design on the packaging of beautiful wellness products!”

Mary Tanana @groovity

“This striking design just sings ‘hope’, as well as recognising the importance of nature for our wellbeing. Reading further into the design, we got a sense of us humans being in this ‘living on the planet’ together with nature, as represented by the flowers. Just lovely.”

Fay Boston @indico_designs