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DesignCrowd Web Design Contest: Vince Vaughn Stock Photos

Jo Sabin - Thursday, April 30, 2015

Stock images are notorious for being cheesy and fake. At least these ones from the Unfinished Business cast don’t pretend otherwise. Check out this DesignCrowd web design contest to see some of the world’s most popular brands get a Vaughn Photobomb. Read more

See Aussie Politicians Re-Imagined As Game of Thrones Characters

Jo Sabin - Friday, February 27, 2015

In February, MPs in Australia's National Liberal Party called for a leadership spill, undermining Tony Abbott, its party leader and the Australian Prime Minister. DesignCrowd, with tongue firmly in cheek, launched a photoshop contest inviting designers to reimagine Aussie politicians as Game of Thrones characters. Read more

What it would look like if other celebs did Bieber's CK shoot

Jo Sabin - Friday, January 30, 2015

In the past few weeks, Justin Bieber's Calvin Klein shoot has caused a bit of a stir in the celebrity and entertainment media, particularly in regards to the (mis)representation of Bieber's briefs. With such a golden opportunity on hand, DesignCrowd thought it would be irresponsible not to let our community of over 400,000 designers have a little photoshop fun with the original photos. Read more

12 Big Brands Get a Hipster Makeover

Jo Sabin - Tuesday, January 27, 2015

When you think of big brands like Nike, McDonald's, Mercedes, Twitter, words like personal, small, local don't leap to mind immediately. What if your favorite big brand got a hipster makeover? We asked the top logo designers in DesignCrowd's 480,000 strong virtual design studio to give conservative corporate brands a hipster makeover. Twenty-three designers took up the challenge to re-imagine 'big' brands as small, cool and local. Read more

Britney Spears Lookalikes: 38 Alternative Women's Health Magazine Covers

Jo Sabin - Monday, December 22, 2014

The latest issue of Women's Health magazine has been doing the rounds, but for all the wrong reasons. Women's Health claims that Britney Spears is on the latest issue of the magazine but many are not convinced. With the media's obsession with extreme airbrushed celebrities, we thought it would be fun to run a contest that asked designers to makeover the Women's Health magazine cover with alternative cover models. Enjoy!  Read more

Hipster Santa Claus, Hipster Elfs and Other Famous Christmas Characters as Hipsters

Jo Sabin - Thursday, December 18, 2014

Christmas is approaching, and although Santa has a great beard, and the season is filled with sweaters, fairy lights, locally sourced produce, and possibly some gingerbread moustache cookies, DesignCrowd just didn't think there was enough 'hipster' at Christmas time. We launched a design contest and invited our designer community to makeover traditional Christmas characters as hipsters. Enjoy the results! Read more

Bling it on: 19 Disney Famous Disney Characters with Grills

Jo Sabin - Wednesday, December 10, 2014

A-list celebs like Beyonce, Rihanna, Madonna, Miley Cyrus, and Justin Bieber have all appeared in public sporting gold or platinum, often diamond studded, grills. With this fad taking off, we thought it would be great to see what unlikely candidates would look like if they let their hair down and wore some killer mouth bling. To kick it off, we started out with Disney. See the hilarious results now! Read more

Movember Special: Australian Politicians with Moustaches

Jo Sabin - Sunday, November 30, 2014

As the Australian public embraced Movember this year, we noticed that Australian politicians weren't getting into the spirit of things. To help them along, we launched a contest inviting our designers to photoshop realistic looking moustaches onto well-known Australian male politicians like Tony Abbott, Joe Hockey, Clive Palmer and Bill Shorten. The results speak for themselves. Read more

See Obama and other US politicians as tattooed camera-toting hipsters

Jo Sabin - Friday, November 28, 2014

After months of campaigning, the US midterm elections have finally come to an end. Here at DesignCrowd we love to hipsterize pop culture icons like Disney characters, so we decided to lighten up the mood a little and see what politicians would look like as tattooed, camera-toting hipsters.  Read more

The 'Orange Is the New Black' Meets Disney Mashup

Jo Sabin - Tuesday, November 25, 2014

The 'Orange Is the New Black' Meets Disney Mashup features members from the cast of the popular US cable TV show recast as Disney Princesses (and a Prince!) inside Litchfield prison. Enjoy! Read more

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