SHENZHEN, CHINA — Global emerging consumer technology brand realme today announced that it has kicked off its second Global Wallpaper Design Contest inviting users, designers and design school students around the world to co-create wallpapers for the latest realme 8 5G phone under the theme ‘Designing Infinity’. The winners will be able to see their work reach realme users worldwide, as well as receive cash rewards of up to US$10,000 and be invited to work alongside realme designers in realme offices worldwide or virtually as part of a three-month internship.
The global contest is open for online submissions until June 21, 2021, and realme users around the world are invited to cast their votes on their favorite designs throughout this period. The top 200 designs favored by users will then be reviewed by a professional judging panel made up of Naoto Fukasawa, a world-renowned designer and realme’s special Product Design Director; GRAFFLEX, an iconic Korean graphic designer and Art Director of realme Design Studio; Paco Xiao, realme Design Director; Chase Xu, realme Chief Marketing Officer; Derek Wang, realme Chief Products Officer; and Madhav Sheth, realme CEO of India & Europe.
All entries will be judged based on their creativity and storytelling around the core theme, their visual aesthetics and their reflection of realme’s “Dare to Leap” spirit. A total of 53 final winners and their work will be announced on July 12, 2021. Further details on submission entries, voting rules and prizes can be found on the competition webpage here.
The realme Global Wallpaper Design Competition is an annual initiative that provides a platform for users and young people around the world to unleash their imagination and co-create with realme to bring trend-setting designs to the global community. The inaugural competition in 2020 attracted over 7,500 quality wallpaper designs from more than 5,500 participants in China, India, Indonesia, Thailand and Spain, among other countries. Over 138,000 realme users around the world participated in the voting process.
“At realme, we aim to empower our young users and the community by giving them a voice in realme’s next new creation. The contest is the latest of our many initiatives to co-create with them, and bring to life their boldest ideas and creative spirit,” said Chase Xu, realme CMO. “As a young brand with a strong focus on trendsetting designs, realme encourages people to explore their visual environment and unleash their artistic potential, similar to how we empower the younger generation to embrace their unlimited abilities and dreams. Through this contest, we hope to celebrate the young and creative minds of the world, providing them with a global platform to flex their creative muscles and bring designs loved by our users to the community.”
