Project Bluefoot: Intelligent Design Competition (AJ XXV - Deadline JULY 25TH, 2009)

Steez · 05-07-2009, 07:04 AM

Assignment #1: Design the Air Jordan XXV (Deadline: July 25th, 2009)

Project Bluefoot: Intelligent Design Competition is a monthly, theme-based competition for aspiring footwear designers to showcase their talent to the athletic footwear industry and the general public at large.

Official Rules:

- Designers will be judged on 3 primary components: Inspiration (backstory), Sketches, and Final Rendering. One overall Final Rating will be given for each individual design and graded on a scale of 1 to 10 (1 being lowest and 10 being highest), taking into account the three primary design components holistically.

- 3 graphics/pages may be submitted per designer.

- Each graphic may be maximum 800×600 pixel dimension.

- 10 Finalist Designs will be chosen from all submissions by each month’s Intelligent Design Competition judges and posted to the website for live public voting. At the end of public voting, the Top 3 Finalists with the highest public scores will be graded by a select 3 judge panel to decide each month’s Intelligent Design Competition winner.

- Any attempts to artificially manipulate or inflate ratings will result in automatic suspension from the PBF:ID Competition.

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Post by PBF GUEST JUDGE, D'Wayne Edwards:

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First of all I would like to say thank you to Project Bluefoot for providing a place for aspiring designers to showcase their talents.

Next, I would like to say thank you to Vocaldigital23 for letting me know about this months competition and asking me to be apart of it.

Lastly, to all of you that will submit a design against this months challenge PLEASE represent the JORDAN Brand and bring some heat!

I will be checking in from time to time to see how this site is developing and looking for future talent.

Good Luck to everyone.

D'Wayne

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Post by PBF GUEST JUDGE, Jason Mayden:

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Good luck......
Designing the AJ is the most difficult project in the world to do....Trust me. I know......Just have fun, follow your gut and make sure its about performance. This is the time in your design career where politics and other things don't cloud your vision...Have fun, keep each other honest and be inspired by your peers. If you want to take our jobs some day it will take a lot more than just a nice sketch. Really dig deep and learn about the world of design, art history and the culture of sport. And please LEARN HOW TO CRITIQUE A DESIGN. Saying that something is "fugly" is not only childish but it does not help you to develope a proper "Design Vocab". Giving and recieving a good crit is a science not an artform. There are proper and formal ways to comment on shape, line quality, aesthetic, color theory and theme, to name a few. Educate yourselves. Go to an art gallery opening and listen to how people describe their work. This has always been a useful tool for me to learn the vocab of Art and Design.....Thats my two cents for the day

Lastly, show respect to one another. Keep the hatred for other sites. Not this one. These guys are trying to start something fresh.

If anyone has ANY QUESTIONS please feel free to get at me. Closed mouths do not get fed.

God Bless,

JayMay

More details to come. Discuss here...

arff23 · 05-07-2009, 11:37 PM

Where do we send the designs when finished? Will there be a post?

Barbu · 05-08-2009, 02:24 AM

Is this site footwear design dedicated only?

man.united7 · 05-08-2009, 05:06 AM

any former KG guys here already?!
cheers Christoph

Steez · 05-08-2009, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by arff23

Where do we send the designs when finished? Will there be a post?

Yeah, I'll keep this thread and the main site updated with new competition details and how to submit your designs soon

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Originally Posted by Barbu

Is this site footwear design dedicated only?

Project Bluefoot is an online sneaker magazine and discussion forum. We're covering the athletic footwear industry in general, with a focus on performance footwear products. There will be an emphasis on the design aspect, most particularly with these monthly competitions, along with designer interviews and a unique "Encyclopedia" feature that profiles the design inspiration for individual sneaker models along with some revealing photography (next week

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Originally Posted by man.united7

any former KG guys here already?!
cheers Christoph

I know Tony (VD23) got to word out on KG/Core77/NT, so you all are free to post your screen names on here and regroup. KG seems to have died without notice, but I think you'll all find the monthly program we put together here a more than suitable replacement. I'm Steez on Niketalk (Administrator), btw.

Tony can also answer questions regarding the design competition as well - he's one of the monthly judges and is moderating the forums here.

archiebolz · 05-08-2009, 07:16 PM

about KG, I wish they did have a notice, so just to know what's going on, good to see there are others taking initiative. I hope this gets going for a long time.

Barbu · 05-09-2009, 06:19 AM

I'll start designing for this tomorrow and try to give my best! I'm so excited about this!

Lukejgo · 05-11-2009, 01:22 AM

For Sure+++ This forum flourish+++ I'm working on some stuff as we speak! Can't wait to share+++

biggSM::: · 05-11-2009, 11:23 AM

I'm workin on it!!!

archiebolz · 05-12-2009, 04:50 AM

I hope this site catches up

I'm wondering about the selection and grading process, where can we view this? Are we going to vote in a poll like in other forums? I'm just curious

archeever · 05-12-2009, 10:43 AM

Cool cool. I cant say ill enter this one or any in the future. But its gonna be fun seeing what peeps come up with again.

vocaldigital23 · 05-12-2009, 11:27 AM

Looking forward to seeing the heat! You guys gotta bring it on this one...

NCtwin · 05-12-2009, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by vocaldigital23

Looking forward to seeing the heat! You guys gotta bring it on this one...

For real! Can't wait to see what you guys come up with.

dopasaurus · 05-12-2009, 07:24 PM

nice to see some of you guys here from KG...i'm looking forward to the AJ comp. it's been a while...

don99pablo · 05-13-2009, 07:10 AM

Yeah, really glad to see some of the guys here from KG. I hated to see it die. I am glad that there is another place for people to come and enjoy their passion together. Hopefully we will see some people from the core77 boards as well.

johnny · 05-18-2009, 02:30 PM

Good to see everyone around finally. Too bad Kg came to an end. Great forum here though, so lets get it started! Not 25, but something Jordan, fusion jordan I sketched up today 4+14. Let me know what ya'll think! Markers are running out thats why the colouring isn't the most beautiful thing...

BrentJames · 05-21-2009, 03:03 PM

Bring the fire!

ryant23 bahamas · 06-01-2009, 09:25 PM

Air Jordan Nike Mix with special tightening mechanism on inside detailed sketches will follow, just trying to get the discussions started.

doopyx · 06-06-2009, 04:08 AM

I'm on it!

arff23 · 06-06-2009, 11:18 AM

Steez- Any word yet on where to submit?...

05-08-2009, 07:16 PM	#6
archiebolz Covert Agent Posts: 18 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Manila, Philippines	about KG, I wish they did have a notice, so just to know what's going on, good to see there are others taking initiative. I hope this gets going for a long time. __________________ “I don't want to be interesting. I want to be good.” -Ludwig Mies van der Rohe coroflot multiply facebook

05-12-2009, 04:50 AM	#10
archiebolz Covert Agent Posts: 18 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Manila, Philippines	I hope this site catches up I'm wondering about the selection and grading process, where can we view this? Are we going to vote in a poll like in other forums? I'm just curious __________________ “I don't want to be interesting. I want to be good.” -Ludwig Mies van der Rohe coroflot multiply facebook

06-06-2009, 04:08 AM	#19
doopyx Field Agent Posts: 165 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Carrieres-Sous-Poissy, France	Yes! I'm on it!

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05-07-2009, 11:37 PM	#2
arff23 Covert Agent Posts: 30 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Southbury, CT	Where do we send the designs when finished? Will there be a post?

05-08-2009, 02:24 AM	#3
Barbu Covert Agent Posts: 2 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Romania	Is this site footwear design dedicated only?

05-08-2009, 05:06 AM	#4
man.united7 Deadstock Posts: 1 Join Date: May 2009	any former KG guys here already?! cheers Christoph

05-09-2009, 06:19 AM	#7
Barbu Covert Agent Posts: 2 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Romania	I'll start designing for this tomorrow and try to give my best! I'm so excited about this!

05-11-2009, 01:22 AM	#8
Lukejgo Covert Agent Posts: 5 Join Date: May 2009	For Sure+++ This forum flourish+++ I'm working on some stuff as we speak! Can't wait to share+++

05-11-2009, 11:23 AM	#9
biggSM::: Covert Agent Posts: 2 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Italy	I'm workin on it!!!

05-12-2009, 10:43 AM	#11
archeever Covert Agent Posts: 17 Join Date: May 2009	Cool cool. I cant say ill enter this one or any in the future. But its gonna be fun seeing what peeps come up with again.

05-12-2009, 11:27 AM	#12
vocaldigital23 PROJECT MODERATOR Posts: 41 Join Date: Aug 2008	Looking forward to seeing the heat! You guys gotta bring it on this one...

05-12-2009, 07:24 PM	#14
dopasaurus Covert Agent Posts: 4 Join Date: May 2009	nice to see some of you guys here from KG...i'm looking forward to the AJ comp. it's been a while...

05-13-2009, 07:10 AM	#15
don99pablo Covert Agent Posts: 2 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Greenville, NC	Yeah, really glad to see some of the guys here from KG. I hated to see it die. I am glad that there is another place for people to come and enjoy their passion together. Hopefully we will see some people from the core77 boards as well.

05-18-2009, 02:30 PM	#16
johnny Covert Agent Posts: 15 Join Date: May 2009	Good to see everyone around finally. Too bad Kg came to an end. Great forum here though, so lets get it started! Not 25, but something Jordan, fusion jordan I sketched up today 4+14. Let me know what ya'll think! Markers are running out thats why the colouring isn't the most beautiful thing...

05-21-2009, 03:03 PM	#17
BrentJames Covert Agent Posts: 4 Join Date: May 2009 Location: San Francisco	Bring the fire!

06-06-2009, 11:18 AM	#20
arff23 Covert Agent Posts: 30 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Southbury, CT	Steez- Any word yet on where to submit?...