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Wer bei design3000.de einkauft, ein Foto vom Produkt macht und es in den Shop hochlädt, erhält 10% Rabatt für den nächsten Einkauf. Jeden Monat wird zudem ein Siegerfoto ausgesucht und mit einem Einkaufsgutschein in Höhe von 50 EUR prämiert. Vorhin entdeckte ich, dass für November ein Foto von Nicole K. gewählt wurde. Es zeigt das Cherry Blossoms Design auf iPod shuffle. Es ist eines der aller ersten Shufflesome Design, dass ich produzierte, als die erste Generation des iPod shuffle gerade 4 Monate neu war. Mittlerweise sind Designs für die erste Generation des iPod shuffle nicht mehr in Produkion. Alles was jetzt noch für dieses Model im Shop verfügbar ist, wird nicht mehr nachproduziert.

design3000 Fotowettbewerb, Siegerfoto November

design3000.de rewards shoppers, who upload a photo of a product purchased, with a 10% rebate for a future purchase. In addition, the customer whose photo is selected as photo of the month receives a 50 EUR voucher. Isn't that something! The Photo (left side) shows the winning photo for November: A Cherry Blossoms Design on iPod shuffle, which is one of the very first Shufflesome designs ever produced. Stickers for the first generation iPod shuffle will no longer be replenished. Designs left in stock for that model are for you to shop, and then no more.

Link to Flickr for larger version

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Compare my photo to that taken by Eleftheria, and you might bark at the difference. Why does HER MILK look rather smudgy in her photo, and smooth and glossy in my photo(s)? Which one is the real deal you might ask, and I'll take moment to answer that. This thing called skin is as good as you apply it:

Take your time
Transparent stickers are a bit tricky, because they're not air-permeable, like the vinyl material used for the other editions. Right after the sticker is put on, it can look tainted, because the enclosed air is reflecting light. What appears as dirty spots in Eleftheria's photo, are rather the textured spots, where the sticker is not fully attached on the surface. This effect will smooth out. After a few hours, you can see a difference, and again after a week or so. The sticker is a living thing: it expands and contracts in reponse to temperature variations and will attach more closely to the surface over time.

Avoid a bold stroke
Instead, rub the sticker on little by little, as this will avoid air bubbles.

Be strong
Use a cloth and some pressure. Pressure is good.

Leave your mark elsewhere
Touching the adhesive surface can leave your fingerprints visible. I write can, because the marks can fade out again over time. Hold the sticker on the edges with one hand and press it on with the other hand.

Aim low
In Eleftheria's photo, the angle at which the light is reflected gets right under the skin, exposing and exaggerating every mark there is. It couldn't have been much more unfortunate in terms of exposure. Believe me, it's not that bad.

Anyways, please keep the photos coming. I like to discover the user perspective of products as much as you do.

See /sticker_application for more advice on applying the decals.

From a review by Samuel Campos at applesfera.com:

Las skins de Shflsm para el iPod shuffle son realmente geniales, por un módico precio le podemos dar a nuestro reproductor “un nuevo aire” además de protegerlo ante posibles arañazos.

Photo: applesfera.com

Rafael has left two photos of AFROCHIC 71 on his iPod shuffle.

I'll screen any flickrered (- or is it flickred) photos tagged with shuffle and i'd love to see yours. Just for fun.

"Removal of the decal is extremely easy", says Flickr user grimstranger. "Warm the sticker using a blowdryer then peel it off by the corner. If the vinyl gets distorted, few seconds of blowdrying does wonders making it mint again".

As noted here, warming the stickers is indeed a good way to remove them, if you want to resue them. Then i guess, this photo shows the decals after removal, applied back onto the backing paper. Magic! They're removable, reusable (limited), reunitable, readjustable, redressable... remarkable! The world must be good, i am afraid.

Another snapshot by grimstranger. Thanks, looks fine!

To share any of your shuffle photos at shufflesome.com, tag them with shuffle or shufflesome, or iPodshuffle. That way i will find them.

Technorati Tags: shuffle, ipodshuffle, shufflesome, flickr, decals, blowdry

Here is Sonia Delgado at the Dockers Art Event Madrid (C.C. La vaguada) painting on large canvas. CARNIVOROUS BLUE is right there with her, dangling from her neck.

She is diekatze. Her handpainted artwork on T-shirts points in the right direction. In contrast to other T-shirt design projects where artwork is usually placed on the center of the frontside, she integrates form, graphics and body, keeping it real. Next time i am in Madrid i´ll know where to get some T-shirt paintwork done. Visit diekatze.net.

Three appetizers from her fotolog, click while hot:

Tags: ipod, t-shirts, diekatze