Win / Design an Yves Klein Blue poster
Ok, so we have a sharp looking 8gb iPod Nano and a stack of twelve new release CDs to giveaway to one particularly creative person out there. Thanks to our friends at Dew Process, these prizes will be awarded to the entrant who creates the best A3-sized poster for red hot new Australian band Yves Kein Blue.
The winning entry will also be printed and signed by the band. Take your visual inspiration from the band’s song Polka — either the music, the artwork or the lyrics — and create a fun A3 poster that contains the band’s name and captures their rapturous rock energy.
As well as the iPod Nano, the CD prize pack includes: The Panics’ ‘Cruel Guards’ deluxe edition; Sarah Blasko’s ‘What The Sea Wants, The Sea Will Have’ deluxe edition; Yves Klein Blue’s signed ‘Draw Attention To Themselves’ EP; The Grates’ ‘Gravity Won’t Get You High’; Tokyo Police Club’s ‘Elephant Shell’; Shout Out Louds’ ‘Our Ill Wills’; Dr Dog’s ‘We All Belong’; and Tilly and the Wall’s ‘Bottoms of Barrels’, among others.
The competition runs until April 25 and the winner will be selected by the editors of Lost At E Minor and announced under this post. All entrants need to be Lost At E Minor subscribers, so if you aren’t yet, and you want to enter, just sign up!
Submissions should be sent, clearly marked, to the email address on the submit page. We’ll also run some of the entries on the website. That’s it. Simple.
Now, let the Yves Klein Blue Poster Battle begin!
Entries close April 28th.
Tagged: Australian bands, pop music
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Zolton said | 16 April, 2008
Hi Mishy, just the band’s name … everything else is up to you. Z
Zolton said | 3 May, 2008
I’m pleased to announce that the winner of this contest is Eugene, whose poster is featured above. Congratulations Eugene and thanks to everyone who entered!
Eugene said | 3 May, 2008
Hello guys! Thank you so much. I have hardly won any competition before and this is the first one i can say … THANK YOU 
I love you guys !
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mishy said | 16 April, 2008
What details need to be on the poster??
=)