QBNTPE 05
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- ismith0
Yes around what time is everyone shooting for? My Cooper Union hometests probably won't be done until the end of February, so I think I'll have to wait until then to ship everything like a madman.
- Well actually I can get stuff before then, nvm. But it will be busy, and later is better.ismith
- which home test are you doing? i had done their home test 9 times and never got in..e-pill
- going to cooper union was always my dream..e-pill
- I have one for school of art and one for architecture; it's my dream too, sorry you didn't get in :( I don't have high hopes reallyismith
- really but I'm gonna give it my best. architecture has become my first choice.ismith
- i had the architecture and the toy design one.e-pill
- they haven't actually arrived yet so I don't know what's on them. I just hope I won't be too burned out to come up with some good ideas.bad
- some cool ideas.bad
- oh shit I mean...
Get the fuck out my face with that shit! The motherfucker that said that shit never had to pick up itty-bitty pieces of skull on account of your dumb ass.bad - ...did you just out yourself?e-pill
- DrBombay0
Have people decided what they are doing yet?
- i am turing one of my 2D robots in a fully realized 3D render.e-pill
- nope - still decidingbigtrickagain
- BonSeff0
Here is some copy for the About section
Through my participation on the forum, I saw so much great work and thought it would be fun to move it from the virtual world to the physical through mailing artwork. I threw the idea out there and Chris Zawada in Vancouver was feeling it, so one night I gave him a phone call and we decided to make a thread and round up some like minded individuals. I believe this was back in 2004.
The interest was there, so the next step was figuring out a way to set parameters and organization. The best plan we could dream up was to set up a finite number of participants and a reasonable deadline. What we came up with was the first NewsToday Print Exchange (NTPE).
It finally came together as 30 participants. We recognized since there were so many disciplines out there, the only rules to the exchange were that the pieces needed to be mailed- no restrictions on medium.
So the list of participants came together and off it went. The deadline was set 2 months from the sign up date and everyone was given the same deadline to create and mail out their work. The point of that was so all the artwork would trickle in at the same time.
The first round was interesting, we had designers from all over- the US, Canada, Iceland, Scotland, Belgium, Latvia and Brazil. Nice range, right?
So there you have it, the story behind NTPE. Nothing more than a grip of designers who are willing to share their work with a bunch of strangers on a mailing list. The one thing I can't express in words is the feeling of coming home from work and seeing a mailing tube or five sitting on the porch.. it makes coming home from a best day even better and totally cancels out a bad day. Seriously, knowing a bunch of strangers are willing to throw down and share, there is nothing better.
Stay tuned, the mailing deadline for this round is #### 30th, and there will definitely be pics to show off the work. In the meantime, keep checking back to see the participants and pics from previous rounds.
Much love and respect to current and past participants.
- BonSeff
- BonSeff0
Rules
Deadline
Artwork must be mailed on the deadline we set. We will give everyone plenty of time to create, package and mail their work. This is important as all the work will arrive to all participants around the same time (trust me, when the work rolls in, it's amazing).Medium
There is no restriction on medium, our only requirement is that it be printed somehow and mailed.Those are the rules, it ain't rocket science.
- bzsaw0
Thank you BonSeff... Added to the site and added some clarification to the rules.
- bigtrickagain0
morning bump! still lots o slots left I see...
- OSFA0
btw ismith, I like the faktion id a lot ;)
- antigirl0
yay!
- neverblink0
*awaits conformation text
*realizes there's an 11 hours time difference
*wonders if he'll get woken tonight...
- bzsaw0
The list is up to date and DrBombay I did send you a text yesterday. There will be some really great work coming out of this round for sure.
- bad0
My cell's been dead fo some time now. How do we get verified?
- dyspl0
email sent
would love to participate
- grunttt0
glad to see round 5 is coming along. i'm a bit envious - wishing i could participate but my extra curricular creative activities keep me pretty busy these days. i'll enjoy from afar. y'all have fun.
- Point50
HAHAHA, ya'll know I can't join! I fucked off the last one I entered so I'm on a moral/self-imposed ban! so, yeah, I'm not in ... but I might just use the energy in this thread to get my ass back to some illustration work. I really like the original pieces ... no way in hell I'd even know what to do with silk screening (a la Seff, bzsaw, etc ...) or stenciling (v3), but all of that type of production is so much better than most prints, which if done right break the bank!
- bzsaw0
Everyone feel free to add previous rounds of work to the archives.
http://www.qbntpe.com/x/The list for round 05 so far:
http://www.qbntpe.com/x/about-qb…