Hemp – good for you, and our planet.

Designers – step up and join the sustainability revolution! There’s a plant out there that has the potential to change the world, and that plant is hemp. Help make the world a better place with your design in our Hemporium contest and win your share of our $2 000 prize!

So, what’s the deal? It’s simple - industrial hemp has shown itself as a leading sustainable resource but its potential has been held back by the controversy surrounding its cousin, marijuana. Dedicated to changing the misconception and making the world a better place through the use of this most versatile of plants, Hemporium has actively showcased all that hemp has to offer so this incredible resource can flourish again all over the planet.

Yes folks – we’re looking for your best design interpretation of how hemp can make the world a better place. Best part about this? The winning designs will go on hemp T-shirts!

Facts about Hemp:

Did you know that wearing a hemp T-shirt instead of a conventionally-grown cotton one saves the planet approximately:

- 1900kJ of energy

- 0.8 square metres of land

- 2000 litres of water

- 77 grams of fertiliser

- 1 gram of toxic pesticides

- The most versatile plant on earth, hemp has innumerable uses including for food, cosmetics, clothing, building, paper, oil, medicine and many more

- One acre of hemp produces 2 to 3 times the amount of biomass than a field of cotton, and the fabric is 4 times as warm

- Produces four times more pulp per acre than any other paper crop

 

THE BRIEF:

Create a design or illustration that communicates the message of hemp being one of the world’s leading sustainable resources. We want to see versatility, organic nature, conscious consumerism, eco-awareness, cooperation and positivity!

But let’s be clear – we’re not looking for marijuana-based designs or reggae colours - this contest is about the industrial and practical uses of hemp and the positive effects it can create for us and our environment. Your creation should promote the positive and practical ways in which hemp can make the world a better place!

Contest Do’s and Don’ts

• Do create your design for olive green or mélange T-shirts
• Do make use of the Hemporium logo
• Do create both a T-shirt design, and a swing tag design
• Don’t make reference to Marijuana – this isn’t about the smoking plant but its industrial cousin, hemp
• Don't go for reggae colours in your design

 

NOTE: SWING TAG DESIGN ALSO TO BE INCLUDED IN SUBMISSIONS

With this contest, we’re giving you the chance to not only create a design that could be printed onto a T-shirt, but also the design of the swing tag the shirt will be sold with.

Swing tag copy (must be included in your swing tag design):

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This T-shirt is the result of collaboration between Hemporium and Springleap.com. By wearing a hemp T-shirt instead of a conventionally-grown cotton one, you’re saving the planet approximately 1900kJ of energy, 0.8 square metres of land, 2000 litres of water, 77 grams of fertiliser and 1 gram of toxic pesticide.

Thank you for joining us to make the world better, together!

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NOTE: Swing tag must have both Hemporium and Springleap logos included in design - logos available in Design Pack (downloaded on the Submit page).

Please place your swing tag design in your Super Preview file upload. (Swing tag template also included in your Design Pack - feel free to use the whole space)

 

Inspiration? We’ve got it in spades! Check it out:

1. Visit the Hemporium website, www.hemporium.com

2. Click on over to Hemporium's Facebook page.

3. Read the hemp wiki

3. Check out these great videos to give you some idea of how versatile hemp is as a plant, and the many positive ways in which it can be used and help our environment:

Hemporium's Tony Budden on 'The Global Benefits of Hemp' 

Hemp Can Save the World (Nutiva)

Get inspired and get designing – we want to see your most inspired designs creating awareness and helping to put hemp back in our factories and homes to where it rightfully belongs!

 

DATES:

Submission & voting period: 

11 October 2021 – 23 November 2012

Winner announced:

26 November 2012    

PRIZES: $2000 in total!

1st     -  US$1500 (R15 000)

2nd    -  US$  300 (R3000) 

3rd     -  US$  200 (R2000)

 

READY TO BE AWESOME?

1. Click the Submit button below

2. Choose your contest and download the Design Pack (which also contains hemp posters for info)

3. Enter your design by uploading your files!

 

 

RULES:

1. No obscenities, hate speech or depiction of drug use - this contest is about the industrial, practical and environmental aspects of hemp usage.

2. Only original works will be accepted.

3. Colours: If you decide to use the corporate colors, please use the correct Hemporium pantone (356C)

4. Each designer may submit up to five (5) designs.

5. Winners will be chosen by the Springleap design panel, in conjunction with Hemporium.

6. Standard Springleap and Hemporium Terms & Conditions apply over and above.

7. Hemporium operates independently from Springleap.com and all commercial transactions completed through Springleap are in no way linked to Hemporium. All queries relating to this contest and their website should be directed through Springleap.com

8. Hemporium and Springleap reserve the right to request the high-resolution artwork of any entry submitted into the “Hemporium” design contest for non-commercial benefit, such as media covering the process.

9. The contest will run from 11 October 2021 to 23 November 2012. Final winners will be chosen and announced on 26 November 2021 via the Springleap.com website and Facebook page, as well as The Hemporium website and Facebook page. The winning designs are final and no correspondence will be entered into.

10. Prizes are not transferable.