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UNIQLO Announces Winners of 2012 UT GRAND PRIX Coca-Cola T-Shirt Design Competition
UT T-shirts Featuring 10 Prize-Winning Designs to Go On Sale at UNIQLO Stores
UNIQLO today announces the winners of the 2012 UT (UNIQLO T-shirts) GRAND PRIX Coca-Cola T-Shirt Design Competition. The 10 winning designs will be printed on UNIQLO T-shirts for sale from this month at UNIQLO stores worldwide and from the UNIQLO online store. In addition to seeing their own designs on UTs, winners will receive cash prizes of up to $10,000 and commemorative gift packs.
Launched in 2005 with the aim of inspiring and supporting creative, talented artists throughout the world, 2012 marks the eighth year of the competition. The theme of the 2012 UT GRAND PRIX was the iconic Coca-Cola brand.
The UT GRAND PRIX is open to everyone, regardless of age, gender or nationality. This year’s contest attracted 6,288 entries from 72 countries, between August 4 and September 12, 2011. Winners were selected by online voting and a jury of leading designers and artists. The Grand Prize, Most Voted Prize, five Judges' Prizes and three Runner-Up Prizes for 2012 were awarded today.
Grand Prize
Karrie Lee of Hong Kong
Most Voted Prize
Muhammad Zairul Bin Mohd Puad of Malaysia
The winners of the 2012 UT GRAND PRIX receive cash prizes, with the Grand Prize winner receiving US $10,000, the Most Voted Prize winner $5,000, the Judges' Prize winners $3,000 each and the Runner-Up Prize winners $1,000 each. The winners also receive a special limited edition Coca-Cola art book*, a Coca-Cola bottle set featuring the winners' own T-shirt designs and more.
* Coca-Cola Art Book: The art book commemorates Coca-Cola's 125th anniversary. The beautifully illustrated book celebrates the Coca-Cola brand with some of the brand's most iconic photos, advertisements and designs as well as memories of movies, fashion, artwork and social history.
For more information about the award-winning designs, visit: www.uniqlo.com/utgp/