Announcing the winner of our Fake Apple Invite Contest
Well done, TUAWers! Not only did you impress us with your terrific entries (and shame the authors of those other fake invites), your psychic/creative energy actually prompted Apple to host a real press event in the month of February!*
Seriously, we really enjoyed reviewing all of your entries at our secret offices in the Love Lounge at Pixar. Some of you went for that cryptic subtlety that Apple is known for, others went for humor and still others made the obscure reference that only a true geek would catch. It was a tough decision, but we've made it. Find out who won after the jump.
*This last part may not be true.
Update: Here is a Flickr gallery of our 20 finalists.
Congratulations to Mute Matt, author of the "I Think I'm in Love" invite! It's appropriate for the month of February, it's cryptic and leading (what am I "in love" with? What do hearts have to do with Apple? Would could this possibly be alluding to?), the art is great and it really makes us want to know what's next. Matt: Please drop us a line via our tips page so what we may get your shipping information.
Thanks to all who sent in fake invites. They really were fun to peruse!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
yoharryo said 3:17PM on 2-23-2006
Anyway we can see the rest of them all nice and big?
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stephen said 3:18PM on 2-23-2006
You should post all of teh entries on Flickr so we can see them.
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Montecore The Tiger said 3:25PM on 2-23-2006
Now you're gonna need a new gimmick to hit your post quota. Quality, folks, quality.
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Graham said 3:27PM on 2-23-2006
yeah! i want to see them in sizes bigger than a penny!
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Judman said 3:30PM on 2-23-2006
yes, especially my beautiful one ;) (bottom left).
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Sebastian said 3:33PM on 2-23-2006
Although I didn't win, I made it on the collage! The invite under detective dude, the one with the "Apple squares". Glad you guys like it to feature it on the collage :).
Congrats to Mute Matt on the winning of this fun contest.
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geepee said 3:43PM on 2-23-2006
Whoa, I see mine! 1st one on the 4th line.
Congratulations to the winner!
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adam bucci said 3:47PM on 2-23-2006
lets see the others
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Brian Ashe said 3:48PM on 2-23-2006
Pfft. I didn't want that stupid mug anyway. ;-)
Next time you need categories: funniest, most authentic-looking, the-one-we-wish-were-true, etc.
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bryan ribas said 4:14PM on 2-23-2006
That prob took him 30 sec to make. Go in to iphoto 6 and make a greeting card. Thats where its from. ood job tho. p.s. I used that card for VT day this year.
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Gary said 4:34PM on 2-23-2006
That was really the winner? Personally, I think it's a lil too simple, but to each his/her own. Best - www.camination.com - New iMac Community Site!
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narco said 4:39PM on 2-23-2006
Congrats to the winner. I too would like to see the other entries.
Fishes,
narco.
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df said 5:29PM on 2-23-2006
No offense to the guy who made that, but there were much better ones, in my opinion that actually looked like real, cryptic Apple invites (the 30 New Things one and the MacBook one). I can't imagine Apple ever sending out a pink invitation with hearts on it. Oh, and it comes from iPhoto 6...
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macattack said 5:42PM on 2-23-2006
I'm in the collage, cool!
ps. 2nd row, 4th one down : airport logo. :P
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JAY said 6:36PM on 2-23-2006
Yeah, that's wack that the winner copped that from iPhoto. I used that card to charm the heck out of my girlfriend for VDay. Although, I didn't order my card... I SnapzPro'd it, and then PS'd it. Boo yah!!
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Shane said 6:40PM on 2-23-2006
pffft.. I didn't make the collage. Oh well it was fun and thrown together in matter of minutes.
How bout a flikr pool?
Shane
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Douglas F Shearer said 7:02PM on 2-23-2006
The winner's entry is nice and simple, just the job! Who cares if it took 5 minutes to make, competitions like this shouldn't be limited to those with super good Photoshop skills.
I did plan on entering, but I never got my entry of the sketchpad as I have waaay too much uni work at the moment. Bah!
Well done Matt!
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Noel said 7:12PM on 2-23-2006
No gallery of the top 20? Let's see 'em mackerdoodie!
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Keith said 8:25PM on 2-23-2006
How about a photocast of the cards together or a large format pdf? Congrats to the winner and everyone who submitted such nice work. Would like to see all the entries if possible. thanks.
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Josh S. said 10:03PM on 2-23-2006
Shucks, I didn't even make it into the finals.
Perhaps it's because mine was very bad :)
Or I forgot to use rounded corners.
Anyone want to let me know what they think of it?
http://www.geocities.com/gamingusaveo/appletest2.jpg
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