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Alive Battle of the Bands 2010 – Sponsored by wewow.co.uk

 

Four talented bands clashed on Tuesday evening as they fought for their chance to play to the crowds at Kirklees Festival in the Park on Sunday 18^th July.  As official sponsors of ‘Alive Battle the Bands 2010,’ we sent wewow’s very own Oliver Mountain down to The Little Buddha Bar in Huddersfield to check out the talent and get the inside scoop on all the action;

“An excited buzz filled the air in The Little Buddha Bar on Tuesday evening as the crowd gathered to watch four up-and-coming bands battle it out for a chance to play in front of huge crowds at the Kirklees Festival in the Park this Sunday.  Two bands have already progressed from Monday’s heat and two more bands will progress from tonight’s acts.

The night kicked off with young Emo/Punky looking band going by the name of Area 67. Sounding reasonably rehearsed in parts Area 67 got off to a good start but nerves soon hit and, struck by a technical fault, the young talent struggled to keep one of their slower tracks together.  Nevertheless, high marks were in order for performance, thanks to thrilling solos by the lead guitarist who confidently rocked out with his guitar around the back of his head and whilst sliding on his knees into the crowd.  If this band doesn’t make it through this year, they’ll be straight back into the rehearsal room.

Area 67 were followed by three talented brothers, Fletch, Chris and Dan, also known as Hand Made Hands.  Fresh from recording their album the brothers gave a highly-charged performance, winning the approval of both the crowd and judges.  Their sound was crisp and tight and reflected their musical influences, which they say include The Eels and Super Furry Animals, whilst the band joked of being referred to as the next Hanson.

Next up were three piece band The EGBGs; who gave a gutsy performance, resembling a young Luke of the Kooks.  Their tracks were strong, with echos of Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian and 1990’s Brit pop, and the catchy chorus of ‘Supermarchet’ was a deffinate crowd pleaser.

The battle was brought to a close by The Full Girth Explosion, who ended the night on a high with an up-beat and engaging set.  The four piece, Huddersfield-based band let their experience show as they gave a polished performance which went onto win them a place in the Festival in the Park line up.  ‘Gangster GTI’ went down particularly well with the crowd, who we’re urged to move forward and get involved.

 

Hand Made Hands’ energetic set grabbed them the remaining place in Festival’s line up, where they will join; The Tabbs, Champagne for Enemies and The Full Girth Explosion.  Congratulations guys!”

Alive Battle of the Bands 2010 – Sponsored by wewow.co.uk providing bespoke short-run CD packaging.

And the winner is...

Way back in September 2009, wewow launched a competition like no other.  We asked students, graduates and budding product designers to come up with innovative and sustainable packaging solutions CD’s, DVD’s or USB flash drives.

 

We received entries from far and wide and some of them really blew us away!  We are now pleased to announce that the winner is Sun Park, a post-graduate student from Central St Martins College, London.  Sun Park successfully combined design flair with sustainability to produce an innovative packaging solution. 

 

Entries came from far and wide and the short-listed design of Florin Alexa-Morcov from Romania was a particular favourite amongst the judges.  His design, ‘DisPlay,’ transformed CD storage into a unique interior design feature whilst utilizing sustainable paperboard and water-based glues. 

 

 

Commendations also go to; Andrew Rennie, who produced a distinctive packaging solution for CDs, providing an eye-catching alternative to jewel case packaging, Sarah Young, the designer of a unique USB packaging solution, ideal for promotional give-aways and Thomas Horwood-Luscombe for his unique DVD mailer design.

 

wewow announces packaging competition finalists!

In September we launched a worldwide search for students, graduates and budding product designers with innovative and sustainable packaging solutions for the optical media industry!

 

Having been inundated with entries, we were astounded by the high standard and creativeness of the designs.  We are now pleased to announce the short-listed entrants who have made it through to the final stages of the competition.

2009 Finalists
Thomas Horwood-Luscombe with 'Spilt Seed'
Florin Gheorghe Alexa-Morcov with 'DisPlay'
Sarah Young with 'we|box'
Sun Young Park with 'Logo Lock'
Andrew Rennie with 'SlidePak'

© wewow Ltd. 2009

 

We wish all of our finalists the best of luck and we look forward to crowning the winner on 29^th January 2010.

wewow plan launch of unique eco-friendly packaging design competition

With the launch of their specialist eco-friendly packaging arm, weEco.co.uk, approaching wewow have announced that they will be hosting a unique competition for budding product designers.

 

wewow Ltd. are keen to work with the best up and coming design talent and encourage sustainable design practices, with the aim of developing a bespoke media package which will benefit both their clients and the environment.

 

The competition will be open to anyone over the age of 18 with a unique packaging design concept for optical media.  Designers should pay particular attention to the eco-friendly credentials of their design and the winner will work with wewow to develop their idea into a sustainable and commercially viable product.

 

Individuals, companies and educational institutions who are interested in participating in the competition should register their interest by emailing [email protected] to receive an information pack.  Applications will be available online from 1^st September 2009.