If It's Hip, It's Here (Archives): Louis Vuitton alma handbag

Above: Grand Prize Winner Scott Rench (Chicago, IL)

Well, the handbag design competition from Imprint Culture Lab is over and I'm proud to announce that one of the two grand prize winners is my talented friend and artist, Scott Rench.

Imprint Handbag Design Contest Results
After tallying the nearly 10,000 votes, we now have the pleasure of announcing the following winning designs.
Prizes for each winner are:
- Grand Prize: Louis Vuitton LV Murakami Neverfull Handbag
- Judges’ pick: Louis Vuitton LV Murakami Neverfull Folio
- Honorable mention: $20 Starbucks giftcard

Above: Grand Prize Winner Irene Cheng (Cerritos, CA)
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Judge's Pick:

Entry #50 (left): Manoj Nath (Haryana, INDIA)
Entry #76 (right): Christina Conway (San Diego, CA)

Entry #75 (left): Irene Teng
Entry #39 (middle): Ruqayya Ahmad (Redondo Beach, CA)
Entry #98 (right): Nicole Zambolla (Davis, CA)

This is your chance to win a thousand dollar purse for the price of postcard postage.

How this contest works:

You send them an original handbag design on this template by midnight of Monday, January 21, 2008. They will post all submissions on their site. Then, everyone votes for their favorite designs. The design with the most votes wins the handbag that started all this commotion. You know, the one designed by that famous Japanese artist who made being an otaku at least as cool as carrying a high-end French luxury purse?*

Above left : the design that started it all, Murakami's Louis Vuitton Alma Handbag.
Above right : The actual Murakami fabric on the winning handbag. Click to enlarge