$40 Interesting Design Competition (Easy but interesting)

Discussion in 'Design Contests' started by staffjam, Jun 21, 2012.

  1. #1
    Total Prize: $40
    Design: Top part of newsletter (and that’s it.)
    Contest End: Tuesday 26th June at 12:00 GMT
    Entries: Do NOT PM me your entries – Please post ALL entries on this thread.
    Note: Please read ALL of the instructions before putting a design in.
    Note 2: I have run over 56 competitions here and i ALWAYS pay - even if i don't get what i want.

    I am looking to have the top part for our new newsletter designed (Only the top part)
    Please follow the following link to see what we have so far: (just to give you an idea – DO NOT copy this as we don’t really like it.) http://imageshack.us/f/823/whitebd.jpg/

    The only thing we want to keep is the logo at the top but please feel free to change everything else – colours, etc..
    In fact do what you want to it – but it MUST look very professional as it will be for investors, traders, fund managers, energy market professionals, etc….
    What we are after is something that is Simple, Elegant and professional.

    The main problem I have with the current design is that it just doesn’t look dynamic – it needs to look exclusive and like people are getting something very special (which they are).
    Also The: In this weeks letter section - is a major turn off at present – this is something I really need to look good.

    So the parts we are looking to have changed are: the logo section, this weeks news section and the top part of the first section (Inside Investor). Also the background.

    Good luck with your entries.

    The text you will need is below:

    Weekly Oil & Energy Insider Report
    June 12, 2012

    In this weeks Letter:

    Inside Investor: How to Trade the Recent Oil Price Rise

    Inside Opportunities: Sorghum, the Next Big Investment in Advanced Biofuels

    Executive Report: Politics, Gangs and Big Oil Mingle for Disaster in the Niger Delta

    Inside Intelligence:
    Yemen Set to Implode as AQAP Steps Up Offensive Amid Struggle to Control Oil
    Libya in Dire Straits Ahead of Parliamentary Elections
    TAPI Pipeline: A Security Nightmare All Around
    Iran Oil Sanctions after the Baghdad Talks

    Inside Market Forecast: Crude Oil & Natural Gas updates


    Inside Investor with Dan Dicker

    How to Trade the Recent Oil Price Rise

    The regular witches' brew of political and technical factors are moving oil prices again to the upside. While I expect these increases to be temporary, they have pushed WTI crude again to close to $100 and promise another run of higher gas prices. They also promise terrific fourth-quarter returns for some of the internationally diversified exploration and production oil companies that, even after monster moves, remain well underpriced.

    A number of factors have contributed to oil's recent rise, now closing in on $97 a barrel after seeing prices under $80 as recently as the end of August. In the shadow of the ongoing G20 meetings, the soon to be released IAEA report is set to claim that Iran is on the verge of nuclear capabilities, stirring up again the specter of an Israeli-executed, but Western-approved strike on their lone nuclear reactor, a threat that has been stirred up often in the past.

    Seasonal maintenance on Chinese refineries has developed into an incredibly tight diesel and distillate market in Asia, where PetroChina and Sinopec have contracted for 320,000 tonnes of imports for diesel through December, a stunning quantity. CNOOC has followed suit with another 100,000 tonnes of import contracts. This tightness in distillates is reverberating into the European markets and driving heating oil prices higher
     
    staffjam, Jun 21, 2012 IP
  2. Todd Duquette

    Todd Duquette Well-Known Member

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    Reserved. I will get an entry in.
     
    Todd Duquette, Jun 21, 2012 IP
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    The-F Peon

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    Hello, could you please attach the image here instead of using imageshack? I can't preview it as it only displays the frog.
    You may also try http://imgur.com/ which is simpler and better than imageshack
     
    The-F, Jun 21, 2012 IP
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    secretdesign Well-Known Member

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    +1 from me. they dropped in quality.
     
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    staffjam Active Member

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    staffjam, Jun 21, 2012 IP
  6. Todd Duquette

    Todd Duquette Well-Known Member

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    Not quite sure what you want us to be doing. Clarify please?
    Don't want to design something totally off! haha
     
    Todd Duquette, Jun 23, 2012 IP
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    staffjam Active Member

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    #7
    Sorry - but this competition is now cancelled - no entries at this late stage in the game shows this is not the right venue for this comp.
     
    staffjam, Jun 25, 2012 IP