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Jan 05 '09 by Threadless

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BESTEES 2008! It's time!

It’s the time when Threadless looks back and recognizes the outstanding achievements in design and participation for 2008 with some serious awards! Here we go…

$20,000 prize:
Design of the Year, based on YOUR vote!
All 331 designs from 2008 were eligible and now the votes are in and being tallied!

$10,000 prize:
Designer of the Year

$1,000 prizes:
Newcomer of the Year
Unprinted Designer of the Year (plus a design printed)
Blogger of the Year
Gallery Photographer of the Year
Collaboration of the Year
Groundbreaking Design of the Year
Best Use of Critique
Slogan of the Year
Select of the Year
Kids Design of the Year

We will be announcing the Bestee 2008 winners on February 2, 2009, along with a little something extra you won’t want to miss!

It’s our way of saying thanks for making Threadless such a great place in 2008!

Maltzmania on Jan 05 '09 at 12:15pm

SWEET!

TheInfamousBaka on Jan 05 '09 at 12:16pm

Yay! Can't wait to vote and then see the results~ :)

Johnny Baboon on Jan 05 '09 at 12:16pm

wooooo whooooo

davidfromdallas on Jan 05 '09 at 12:16pm

CAN'T WAIT

Maltzmania on Jan 05 '09 at 12:17pm

$20K!!!! holy $#%^!$#@

Lonkiponk on Jan 05 '09 at 12:18pm

I am waiting to vote.

jess4002 on Jan 05 '09 at 12:18pm

sweet!

jet approves on Jan 05 '09 at 12:18pm

cool!

davidfromdallas on Jan 05 '09 at 12:19pm

wow just noticed that. goodness.

alexmdc on Jan 05 '09 at 12:19pm

aaaww no more money for fatheed most printed of the year?

davidfromdallas on Jan 05 '09 at 12:19pm

and unprinted designer of the year is an awesome awesome idea.

BrandonB11 on Jan 05 '09 at 12:20pm

woop woop!! i was totally waiting for this to happen again!

congrats to fatheed, woss, and alexmdc for the monies you will surely win!!!

Bio-bot 9000 on Jan 05 '09 at 12:20pm

ZOMG!

Zeus! oh mighty god!

alexmdc on Jan 05 '09 at 12:25pm

I only got one printed in 2008 so my changes are not like fatheeds, woss and laserbreads

Phiffer on Jan 05 '09 at 12:26pm

very excited for this

the golden spatula on Jan 05 '09 at 12:26pm

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ZombieToArt on Jan 05 '09 at 12:27pm

Excited reply! No shirts in the running! Don't care! Still excited!

ISABOA on Jan 05 '09 at 12:29pm

jeepers

peoples choice gets $20K

HOLY MINOLY

sonmi on Jan 05 '09 at 12:29pm

cool!

wotto on Jan 05 '09 at 12:30pm

I love that we get to vote on it. Great move threadless.

bortwein on Jan 05 '09 at 12:30pm

congrats Fatheed, ahead of time.

bsweber on Jan 05 '09 at 12:31pm

!!!

ratkiss on Jan 05 '09 at 12:33pm

What the crip crap!!

roadkill3d on Jan 05 '09 at 12:35pm

whoah whoah

littlem on Jan 05 '09 at 12:35pm

rad!

darn it, alex! i hate that thing!

hogboy on Jan 05 '09 at 12:36pm

haha try dividing $20K between all the Monster Mashup participants

Bio-bot 9000 on Jan 05 '09 at 12:36pm

Kids Choice Award!!

tracerbullet on Jan 05 '09 at 12:38pm

woooooooooooooooooooo

fatheed on Jan 05 '09 at 12:39pm

Woohoo! Everyone's favourite elephant-based rewards are back! Essitement!

boysbeambitious on Jan 05 '09 at 12:40pm

:-o !!! :-D !!!

roadkill3d on Jan 05 '09 at 12:40pm

Maltzmania on Jan 05 '09 at 12:17pm
$20K!!!! holy $#%^!$#@

rodrigobhz on Jan 05 '09 at 12:41pm

20k?

WOW!

Torakamikaze on Jan 05 '09 at 12:41pm

zanibar!

phillydesigner on Jan 05 '09 at 12:44pm

holy freakin' smokes! how are the ballots set up?

Monkey X on Jan 05 '09 at 12:45pm

I like!

to move it
move it...

DaniellesGarden on Jan 05 '09 at 12:46pm

!!!!!!!!!! yay !!!!!!!!!!!!

iPear on Jan 05 '09 at 12:47pm

Miley Cooper for Best Overall Arting of a Naked Person!

ir0cko on Jan 05 '09 at 12:48pm

hooray!

emilymmkay on Jan 05 '09 at 12:53pm

how neat!

andyg on Jan 05 '09 at 12:54pm

Kraziness!

davidfromdallas on Jan 05 '09 at 12:55pm

alex, 2009 will be your year, dude.

Goldendust on Jan 05 '09 at 12:56pm

Oh yay! I'm excited!!!

alexmdc on Jan 05 '09 at 1:05pm

geez how lucky will theperosn who gets design of the year will be, $20k thats like half my salary, a brand new car! downpayment to a house etc etc lol

phillydesigner on Jan 05 '09 at 1:07pm

yes alex... i expect many votes comin' ur way...

Chengui on Jan 05 '09 at 1:11pm

Unprinted Designer of the Year (plus a design printed)

So do I understand this right? That they not only get the award but also get one of their designs printed? If so that's dope.

Dangit I could use 20,000 right about now. 1,000 for that matter :)

bhoomika on Jan 05 '09 at 1:11pm

COOL!

Dick Firestorm on Jan 05 '09 at 1:14pm

SOLID, BROS! SOLID!

bsmana on Jan 05 '09 at 1:14pm

20,000$??? that's sick!
picking one design out of 326 is going to be close to impossible!

Torakamikaze on Jan 05 '09 at 1:15pm

im really hoping i can win fattest heed this year

designbyzach on Jan 05 '09 at 1:16pm

vote for me for newcomer of the year... I could use a new computer

ferfo on Jan 05 '09 at 1:18pm

how cool is that?

WanderingBert on Jan 05 '09 at 1:21pm

Hooray!

Leroy_Hornblower on Jan 05 '09 at 1:26pm

hogboy on Jan 05 '09 at 12:36pm
haha try dividing $20K between all the Monster Mashup participants

It will be interesting to see how well it does since all 68 participants are probably going to vote on it. It will probably win the collab prize.

lunchboxbrain on Jan 05 '09 at 1:35pm

WOW! The force is strong with Threadless. Looking forward to see how this all shakes out.

zipperking on Jan 05 '09 at 1:36pm

I hope they make that little logo into a medal for the winners!

andyg on Jan 05 '09 at 1:39pm

I hope that Threadless posts the breakdown of how many votes each of the 326 designs receives.

Robsoul on Jan 05 '09 at 1:41pm

Designer of the Year - Fatheed or Hogboy or roadkill3d or Mikko Terva

Newcomer of the Year - (easy one) alexmdc

Unprinted Designer of the Year (plus a design printed) - huh? plus a design printed? so if they are chosen, threadless prints one of their designs? that would be cool.

Blogger of the Year - kerrn, cause she's sexy hawttt. I'm shallow, sorry.

Gallery Photographer of the Year - Againstbound because he always looks mean and he's not, he's actually made of sugar inside.

Collaboration of the Year - Dick Firestorm and olie or monster mash up

Groundbreaking Design of the Year - And How Are You Feeling Today? by Jan Avendano

Best Use of Critique - I dunno.

Slogan of the Year - Start walking behind me, we can start a parade or The art of conversation is dead and stuff

Select of the Year - Gluekit "True Love" or Alex Trochut "Ketchup And Mustard" or Wyeth Hansen "Folk Rock And Roll"

Kids Design of the Year - Case Study #48: Bunny Family Anomalies by Andy Pitts (because I've actually seen kids wearing it)

Mike4507 on Jan 05 '09 at 1:41pm

Becca for blogger of the year!

Robsoul on Jan 05 '09 at 1:42pm

Just throwing it out there.

Chengui on Jan 05 '09 at 1:43pm

What? Why not Laserbread for newcomer of the year?

andyg on Jan 05 '09 at 1:44pm

Fatheed should take best use of critique again.

alexmdc on Jan 05 '09 at 1:48pm

yeah I think laserbread has that one in the bad, unless he came in 2007?

Maltzmania on Jan 05 '09 at 1:48pm

BESTEE PREDICTION DISCUSSION BLOG THING!

davidfromdallas on Jan 05 '09 at 1:49pm

Laserbread ftw

Robsoul on Jan 05 '09 at 1:49pm

"Chengui on Jan 05 '09 at 1:43pm
What? Why not Laserbread for newcomer of the year?"

he's been here since 2007, I didn't think he was eligible SORRY! jeez, happy monday, hahaa

I would def add him to designer of the year too, that group is now stacked.

alexmdc on Jan 05 '09 at 1:52pm

when did he win first tho? in 2008? I signed up my account in 2007 too I think but didnt really submit much til this previous year

alexmdc on Jan 05 '09 at 1:53pm

if his first designs started winning this year he will def take it!

sonmi on Jan 05 '09 at 1:53pm

brock's first printed design was subbed jan 2008

sonmi on Jan 05 '09 at 1:54pm

i think you're bound to win some bestee award, alex! but i'm really rootin' for laser bread as newcomer!!

alexmdc on Jan 05 '09 at 1:54pm

give fatheed design of the year, laserbread designer of the year, and he can feel bad and give me newcomer of the year :)

spacesick 2 on Jan 05 '09 at 1:55pm

yayyyyyyyyy! I can't wait for xonmi to win newcomer of the year.

sonmi on Jan 05 '09 at 1:56pm

qonmi

xiv on Jan 05 '09 at 1:57pm

holy crap, 20k! id be happy to win 10bucks.

Robsoul on Jan 05 '09 at 1:57pm

"sonmi on Jan 05 '09 at 1:53pm
brock's first printed design was subbed jan 2008"

I would say that is sufficient, he qualifies for newcomer of the year then, unless he had a previous acct that he subbed under

alexmdc on Jan 05 '09 at 1:58pm

laserbread and fatheed win everything!

Chipmnk on Jan 05 '09 at 2:02pm

Right on, doods.

ISABOA on Jan 05 '09 at 2:06pm

sonmi for select of the year

Larlar on Jan 05 '09 at 2:11pm

Larlar for Best STP Contests

angelito on Jan 05 '09 at 2:14pm

sweeeeeeeeeeet!

jean_warhol on Jan 05 '09 at 2:16pm

yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

alexmdc on Jan 05 '09 at 2:20pm

I took this picture at the threadless warehouse, a few weeks ago when i went to chicago

bcrider on Jan 05 '09 at 2:20pm

I can't believe we get to vote on stuff like this. How cool; it'll be nice to voice out what we think on certain peeps!

alexmdc on Jan 05 '09 at 2:21pm

thats the prize for bestees!!!

hogboy on Jan 05 '09 at 2:22pm

I wont win anything but thanks for that Rob.... My pick for the big winners: Aled, Moss, Brock, Alex

mezo on Jan 05 '09 at 2:23pm

MAJOR AWARDS!

WanderingBert on Jan 05 '09 at 2:23pm

If I remember right, I think last year 'Newcomer' was defined by having their first print in that year. So technically even i'd still be considered a new comer for this year. So Brock should have no worries about this one. It's in the bag for LaserBread!

Chengui on Jan 05 '09 at 2:23pm

Didn't mean to gets snippy :)

alexmdc on Jan 05 '09 at 2:28pm

I hate you guys let the guy vote fo me a lil bit ok :(

bcrider on Jan 05 '09 at 2:30pm

Holy massive cash, Batman. And EW at our yucky ugly money. Why do other countries get pretty money? *colors all her US bills with highlighter*

sonmi on Jan 05 '09 at 2:30pm

ISABOA on Jan 05 '09 at 2:06pm
sonmi for select of the year

:D

bcrider on Jan 05 '09 at 2:32pm

Alex, your stuff freaking RULES. I'd love to see you come away with something!!!

Bio-bot 9000 on Jan 05 '09 at 2:39pm

How 'bouts an Unprinted Slogan of the Year category?

davidfromdallas on Jan 05 '09 at 2:39pm

bwahaha. you would. actually i would. but you would, too.

westicles on Jan 05 '09 at 2:43pm

sonmi for select!

buko on Jan 05 '09 at 2:44pm

AWESOME!!!

FRICKINAWESOME on Jan 05 '09 at 2:51pm

Wowsers, 20 thousand dollars is a bit o cash!!!!

Did collaboration of the year least year get 7 grand or am i madly hallucinating?

Also, I'm surprised slogan of the year still is at one grand. I thought for sure with its upward mobility this year it would climb to 2 thousand. O well, good luck everyone!

alexmdc on Jan 05 '09 at 2:52pm

so you're pretty much telling threadless you want more money for your bestee this year?

WanderingBert on Jan 05 '09 at 2:53pm

No I think you're right about the 7 G's for last year Evan. Don't worry, I'll still split the 1000 with you 50/50 when we win for collab.

*Winks to the adoring public.*

speedyjvw on Jan 05 '09 at 2:56pm

yes, new comer of the year is based off when first printed not when you first join

alexmdc on Jan 05 '09 at 2:56pm

ok in that case. congrats laserbread!

ISABOA on Jan 05 '09 at 2:57pm

so I could be in the running for newcomber of the year!

*continues to tell myself sweet sweet lies*

lemonalle on Jan 05 '09 at 2:58pm

YAY

mathiole on Jan 05 '09 at 2:58pm

aww
you removed the "best use of multiple colors" =//

SteveOramA on Jan 05 '09 at 2:58pm

oh man. oh man. oh man. this is gonna be huge!

WanderingBert on Jan 05 '09 at 2:58pm

ISABOA for New Comber!

ISABOA on Jan 05 '09 at 2:59pm

YEAH!

FRICKINAWESOME on Jan 05 '09 at 3:00pm

alexmdc on Jan 05 '09 at 2:52pm
so you're pretty much telling threadless you want more money for your bestee this year?

hahaha, there's no way I'm winning this year, there's too many other good slogans. I'm just happy I snagged one before the competition got overwhelming! I'm just all about respek for the slogan world *Ali G emphasis*

WanderingBert on Jan 05 '09 at 2:53pm
No I think you're right about the 7 G's for last year Evan. Don't worry, I'll still split the 1000 with you 50/50 when we win for collab.

*Winks to the adoring public.*

tee hee!

sonmi on Jan 05 '09 at 3:00pm

LOL

FRICKINAWESOME on Jan 05 '09 at 3:01pm

WE AIN'T FOUND SHIT, ISA!

WanderingBert on Jan 05 '09 at 3:01pm

I'm going to make about a million new accounts to vote for design of the year. I'll most likely be voting for mine.

Just a heads up :)

alexmdc on Jan 05 '09 at 3:02pm

I already have three kazillion billion willion accounts ready to vote

WanderingBert on Jan 05 '09 at 3:03pm

alexmdc on Jan 05 '09 at 3:02pm
I already have three kazillion billion willion accounts ready to vote

I guess i'll have to step up my game then. Bring it on!

chippos on Jan 05 '09 at 3:09pm

with 20k i can build my own tshirt company haha just kidding...

woss, fatheed, laserb, walmazan...

telaine on Jan 05 '09 at 3:11pm

wowser :-)

Monkey X on Jan 05 '09 at 3:45pm

moss, fatheed, laserbread...
and kim kardashian fo'shooooo

alexmdc on Jan 05 '09 at 3:46pm

buahahaha kim kardashian ftw!

Recycledwax on Jan 05 '09 at 3:55pm

WOW! I'm really happy to see that the besttees are back! :D

hogboy on Jan 05 '09 at 3:59pm

moss, fathead & laserbread all doing Kim Kardashian?... I wouldnt pay for that but maybe I'd torrent it.

ISABOA on Jan 05 '09 at 4:00pm

hogboy and Leroy Hornblower are on to something

MONSTER MOB!!!

*stacks monster gang signs*

Krimson on Jan 05 '09 at 4:02pm

Thats just plain awesome.

adamwhite on Jan 05 '09 at 4:10pm

!!!

jstumpenhorst on Jan 05 '09 at 4:40pm

great work Threadless!!!

BlueLobster on Jan 05 '09 at 4:42pm

wow 20k

mimi on Jan 05 '09 at 5:44pm

I'm so excited!!! :)

bean12 on Jan 05 '09 at 5:47pm

holy crap is that THE mimi?

funkie fresh on Jan 05 '09 at 5:48pm

i love that bestee elephant

mz. kat-ii on Jan 05 '09 at 5:50pm

eeeeeeeee! :D :D :D

radiomode on Jan 05 '09 at 5:52pm

This may hit hard for mr heed

asdfghaya on Jan 05 '09 at 5:58pm

*brain explodes*

0Jim0 on Jan 05 '09 at 6:01pm

I always seem to get depressed this time for year...

Luke... on Jan 05 '09 at 6:22pm

this can only result in happy people

Luke... on Jan 05 '09 at 6:23pm

and undoubtedly dashed hopes of the masses, haha

Arrow08 on Jan 05 '09 at 6:35pm

holy moley! I wonder what life would be like out of debt? haha doubtful with one and only print in 08 but, yeah ok, I'm gonna go ahead and say ISABOA gets the 20K! Seriously man, you have really been impressive.

lily1029 on Jan 05 '09 at 6:48pm

what awesome prizes Threadless! way to really show the support to the awesome designers!

I was kinda surprised only one person mentioned walmazan as someone in the running for something, i think he is a great newcomer too! i can't wait for the voting to start and see how this all shapes up!! :)

eskimokiss on Jan 05 '09 at 7:17pm

So no best 12 club design this year?

Flying Mouse on Jan 05 '09 at 7:24pm

Excited!!!

polynothing on Jan 05 '09 at 7:27pm

No idea if I'm eligible for this, since two of my designs came out in '08 but were subbed in '07... Anyhow, there are many rad designs that smoke anything I did this year, but the prizes look super sweet, and I'm sure will be well deserved for the folks who get em!

dacat on Jan 05 '09 at 9:47pm

20k: Red or Foam Monster
10k: Laserbread

ivejustquitsmoking on Jan 05 '09 at 9:51pm

wowowow

Monkey X on Jan 05 '09 at 9:55pm

who made the kawaii elephant logo?
very well done.

ttsing on Jan 05 '09 at 10:13pm

I DREAMING be Newcomer of the Year

Can i have the money in dream too???

kooky love on Jan 05 '09 at 10:26pm

CONGREAT everyone!

chippos on Jan 05 '09 at 10:26pm

^ and your medal?...

valorandvellum on Jan 05 '09 at 10:38pm

Yay!! If Evil Randy doesn't win gallery photographer of the year, I will eat my non-existent hat.

Maybe jean warhol will win unprinted?

roadkill3d on Jan 05 '09 at 10:40pm

Randy ftw!

chelly on Jan 05 '09 at 10:40pm

$1000 for blogger of the year? wowzers!

Chengui on Jan 05 '09 at 10:51pm

Best newcomer with username ending in "...engui" award?

seashellgigi on Jan 05 '09 at 10:52pm

This is so cool!!! Can't wait to vote and see the results.

kayceislost on Jan 05 '09 at 10:53pm

Blogger of the Year - kerrn, cause she's sexy hawttt. I'm shallow, sorry.

Oh my goodness I am in so much agreement with this.

iCoty on Jan 05 '09 at 10:58pm

My Picks for the Threadless Bestees 2008!

misakaji on Jan 05 '09 at 11:23pm

that elephant is so cute, reminds me a bit of babar!

Pizazz on Jan 05 '09 at 11:27pm

mathiole on Jan 05 '09 at 2:58pm
aww
you removed the "best use of multiple colors" =/

hahakim on Jan 05 '09 at 11:45pm

Newcomer of the Year must be one who got printed? if not, mr. haha.sg, you got my vote and support. Impressive portfolio you gave us in 2008 !

hahakim on Jan 06 '09 at 12:22am

has to be Sir Frickinawesome ! you so good with words !!!

brentendo on Jan 06 '09 at 2:57am

I can think of a fair few best unprinted

eladear on Jan 06 '09 at 9:27am

Cool!

martiandrivein on Jan 06 '09 at 9:30am

hmmph. I dunno if I qualify for any of these. Gosh darn it. foiled for a second year.

sonmi on Jan 06 '09 at 9:31am

if randy doesn't get gallery photos of the year, i'll eat my shoe

rhythmdev9 on Jan 06 '09 at 9:33am

i'm disappointed there is no fake account of the year category

martiandrivein on Jan 06 '09 at 9:45am

I vote for Ray Frenden for the 20k. That Brains shirt is ridiculously incredible.

Fatheed is designer of the year, hands down.

Alex has the newcomer thing in the bag
I Think ISABOA should get the collab of the year thing. The Monster Mash Paved the way for so many other collabs.

Phiffer on Jan 06 '09 at 9:50am

rhythmdev9 on Jan 06 '09 at 9:33am
i'm disappointed there is no fake account of the year category

HAHAHA. Ya that would be funny.

roadkill3d on Jan 06 '09 at 9:57am

If sonmi doesn't get a category, I'll eat my shoe.

krunkmi on Jan 06 '09 at 10:00am

This BE WHERE I MAKE My ENTRANCE YO!? BEST MI FO SHEEEEZY!

Monkey X on Jan 06 '09 at 10:51am

best everything:

flavaaaaaaa flaaaaaave

alexmdc on Jan 06 '09 at 10:53am

I wonder what's that lil extra something I dont want to miss!

valorandvellum on Jan 06 '09 at 10:56am

I hope the lil extra something is candy! Or small gifts for everyone!

steven218 on Jan 06 '09 at 10:57am

i'd love one of those elephant trophies. i dream.

alexmdc on Jan 06 '09 at 10:58am

how about everyone wins $20k wooooo!!!!!

mathiole on Jan 06 '09 at 4:58pm

i don't care about the money, i want that trophie!
i've never won one, neither a medal =//

maybe bes kids tee? http://www.threadless.com/submission/153509/Noah_Express

mathiole on Jan 06 '09 at 4:59pm

anyway, even if we win whit this, i'll have half trophie :p

alexmdc on Jan 06 '09 at 5:01pm

thats a great one for the kids! good luck

Chengui on Jan 06 '09 at 5:29pm

snowblowjobfreedomtrain (or whatever) for best fake account!

the110 on Jan 06 '09 at 6:41pm

Holy crap! But i think they spent more money on more categories last year. Hehe

nikolina100 on Jan 06 '09 at 6:43pm

yea!!!!!!!!!!!!

jean_warhol on Jan 06 '09 at 6:46pm

Sandwich car awards?

WanderingBert on Jan 06 '09 at 6:48pm

SANDWICH CAR AWARDS!!!

yes!

ilovedoodle on Jan 06 '09 at 7:09pm

Yay, Bestee is back!

littlem on Jan 06 '09 at 7:25pm

you all don't want a bestee! they leave silver poop all over the house!

realslimnatey on Jan 06 '09 at 7:31pm

littlems butt just exploded!

EvilPoodle on Jan 06 '09 at 11:27pm

Yay!..........stuff!

RoBaire on Jan 06 '09 at 11:28pm

!!!

Arrow08 on Jan 06 '09 at 11:30pm

mathiole - you may not care about the dough, so you can give it to me if you win, sounds good? haha

HAHA.sg on Jan 06 '09 at 11:42pm

If ROADKILL3D,ILOVEDOODLE doesn't get a category, I'll eat my shoe with ice-cream!

sonmi on Jan 06 '09 at 11:44pm

^ hahaha

r.o.b.o.t.i.c.octopus on Jan 07 '09 at 12:15am

well i'm not goin' far on that list...dang...just 1 print. and not a lotta folks even like me enough to vote my designs up. boo hoo.

but seriously, i don't stand a chance. dead in the water.

and we all know who is getting "designer of the year".

gumbolimbo on Jan 07 '09 at 5:12am

I'll vote you up r.o.b.o.t.i.c.octopus! no need for sobbing, yr stuff is the snizznizz.

tobiasfonseca on Jan 07 '09 at 5:19am

Excited! Cool cool cooll :D

Shizura on Jan 07 '09 at 5:48am

I HAVE NO CLUE!

O_O

HAHA.sg on Jan 07 '09 at 5:51am

wishing all the BEST!
*no one likes me):

arbade on Jan 07 '09 at 6:05am

hı

d3d on Jan 07 '09 at 8:38am

Best Use of Critique-torakamikazes anti-spamming message

TeeforTots on Jan 07 '09 at 10:39am

awesome! So00 many possibilities :)

DracoImagem.com on Jan 07 '09 at 10:49am

And the winner is "alexmdc" \o/

BabetteD on Jan 07 '09 at 10:51am

Now, that's more like it! Thanks, Threadless!

kittkatt on Jan 07 '09 at 10:52am

These designers will win...
laserbread, fatheed, roadkill3d, radiomode, ilovedoodle, moss, radiomode, mathiole, blah, blah, blah...

alexmdc on Jan 07 '09 at 10:53am

thanx for the mention Draco, your dangerous design my be a big hitter too, one of my fav shirts!!

brownstar on Jan 07 '09 at 10:56am

How do we vote?

Andy47240 on Jan 07 '09 at 10:58am

Sounds like big time rewards.

ivejustquitsmoking on Jan 07 '09 at 11:02am

d3d on Jan 07 '09 at 8:38am
Best Use of Critique-torakamikazes anti-spamming message

win!

gumbolimbo on Jan 07 '09 at 11:04am

I am curious about the voting process of design of the year. Hopefully we can cast more than one vote. Because it will be incredible hard to pick just one design!

lie1972 on Jan 07 '09 at 11:11am

i try to vote this year...

lie1972 on Jan 07 '09 at 11:12am

hope can win too.

kako64 on Jan 07 '09 at 11:36am

Cool ! Great Idea !

SoulfumeInc on Jan 07 '09 at 12:03pm

big shtuff :)

leah_bh on Jan 07 '09 at 12:17pm

walmazan, is by far my vote for newcomer of the year, maybe designer. I love all of his designs.

lostlo on Jan 07 '09 at 12:21pm

Woohoo! I knew that taking Communist Party hoodie to China and taking a picture in Tiananmen Square would pay off!

Who am I kidding, I have no chance. Some cute hipster girl will win best gallery photo... but I didn't go to Chinese prison so it's all good!

juniorrg on Jan 07 '09 at 12:35pm

i'll definitely exercise my right to vote!

mUdd on Jan 07 '09 at 12:38pm

sweet

Mya Jamila on Jan 07 '09 at 12:49pm

First off, why did I only just get the email today if theis was announced on the fifth?

And second,
fatheed on Jan 05 '09 at 12:39pm Woohoo! Everyone's favourite elephant-based rewards are back! Essitement!
What's with the elephant anyway?

And thirdly, good luck everyone!

sMarsell on Jan 07 '09 at 12:51pm

WOW!

Mya Jamila on Jan 07 '09 at 12:51pm

*this

CineH on Jan 07 '09 at 12:55pm

I can't wait.

alexmdc on Jan 07 '09 at 12:56pm

the elephant is awesome!!!!

r4fitch4 on Jan 07 '09 at 1:06pm

coool!
awesome!

\o/

Blacksanta on Jan 07 '09 at 1:08pm

finally...

The Tom on Jan 07 '09 at 1:15pm

Good luck everyone! I'm excited to be here for my first Bestee Awards!

Iamrod on Jan 07 '09 at 1:16pm

Can't wait to vote... I don't design, I just wear too many t-shirts.

alexmdc on Jan 07 '09 at 1:19pm

question : can someone win more than once?

if the answer is yes, question for fatheed, how do you want your money in singles or a giant foam check?

littlem on Jan 07 '09 at 1:21pm

leave my butt out of this, natey!

bcrider on Jan 07 '09 at 1:22pm

Ooh, ooh, Fatheed; go for the big foam check!!!

littlem on Jan 07 '09 at 1:22pm

valorandvellum on Jan 05 '09 at 10:38pm
Yay!! If Evil Randy doesn't win gallery photographer of the year, I will eat my non-existent hat.

Different-Style on Jan 07 '09 at 1:26pm

cool!

jenraskopf on Jan 07 '09 at 1:52pm

Everyone needs to get out their formalwear and dust it off for the awards banquet!

Neon Samurai on Jan 07 '09 at 2:00pm

oooOOOooo The suspense is killing me.

mumolabs on Jan 07 '09 at 2:00pm

amazing!

Pixna on Jan 07 '09 at 2:05pm

It gives me motivation of 09!

tredole on Jan 07 '09 at 2:07pm

$39,000 damn!

alexmdc on Jan 07 '09 at 2:11pm

is it a public event when they announce the winners? that be cool, or for alumnis and they need their alumni pin to get in ;)

shimala on Jan 07 '09 at 2:20pm

First off, why did I only just get the email today if theis was announced on the fifth?

Only announced on the 5th... Voting doesn't start till the 12th

And second,
fatheed on Jan 05 '09 at 12:39pm Woohoo! Everyone's favourite elephant-based rewards are back! Essitement!
What's with the elephant anyway?

The elephant was inspired from this....

alexmdc on Jan 07 '09 at 2:26pm

thats so awesome!

*goes and designs a "my elephant loves me" bestee inspired design :)*

monsterstretchyjack on Jan 07 '09 at 2:36pm

awesome. I have just joind looking forward to the new year. and will start putting stuff up myself.

hopefully next year i will be competing he he.

Good luck to everyone .

4 fives on Jan 07 '09 at 2:39pm

laserbread newcomer by a mile. 11 prints in rookie year???
foam monster fatheed for the 20k
designer of the year: coin toss between fatheed, laserb, radiomode, roadkill, ilovedoodle
collab: monster mash

Birdie3431 on Jan 07 '09 at 2:58pm

yay!

ibliss89 on Jan 07 '09 at 3:13pm

ibliss89 on Jan 07 '09 at 3:14pm

i'm selling my vote...hehehheh!!

letsmakeart on Jan 07 '09 at 3:25pm

I'm kinda glad the most controversial design award is gone, it makes me feel better that my select that would have nailed that category still hasn't been released.

olie! on Jan 07 '09 at 3:26pm

hahaha

bouncingsoul7 on Jan 07 '09 at 3:32pm

So many good choices to vote on. This will be tough.

hdmgirl on Jan 07 '09 at 3:47pm

cool! so I'm new to this, so.... Are all designs entered?

B 7 on Jan 07 '09 at 3:49pm

can't waiiit!!!

r.o.b.o.t.i.c.octopus on Jan 07 '09 at 3:57pm

i just don't think my single print this past year fits into any of these categories is all i'm saying...i mean it's not even sold out yet.

if there was a category for "best high scoring but unprinted design" i MIGHT have a chance (Tinman), but there's no way i fit into any of these categories.

viralVISUAL on Jan 07 '09 at 3:58pm

:O~

crtfinnie on Jan 07 '09 at 4:36pm

Booya!

Eros Mars on Jan 07 '09 at 4:44pm

Stuff

Zepelin on Jan 07 '09 at 4:45pm

oofles :) best luck to designers

kayte08 on Jan 07 '09 at 4:57pm

*metal is the best, dont believe me.... ask science* is a definite winner :)

Lady_Chii on Jan 07 '09 at 5:01pm

I can't wait to vote! :D

alslauren on Jan 07 '09 at 5:15pm

yay!!! cant wait to vote!

ladrones on Jan 07 '09 at 5:30pm

smeggy smeggy smeggy

DEADLYHEAVEN on Jan 07 '09 at 6:00pm

wow.............WOOOOOOOOW!!!!!!

ecsu on Jan 07 '09 at 6:04pm

I thought this was fatheedo's basement...

Can i get 5 bucks? as some sort of lowest scores prize? :B

polarbear88 on Jan 07 '09 at 6:34pm

wew.. awesomee... i hope i can win this.. =)

polarbear88 on Jan 07 '09 at 6:35pm

wait.. i mean.. i can't wait to vote... hehe..
this is nice.. ^^

velaluna on Jan 07 '09 at 6:47pm

GAHHHHHHHHHHHH THAT IS INCREDIBLLLLLE!!! XD

marknoval on Jan 07 '09 at 7:12pm

awesome!!!

jaijai_22 on Jan 07 '09 at 7:16pm

Smashing old chums!

Mr Rocks on Jan 07 '09 at 7:41pm

Damn it! 2008 is the first year I didn't get a print! ARRGGGHHH!!

Future congrats to Aled aka Fatheed... on so many categories!

tvbcheese on Jan 07 '09 at 7:48pm

this is going to be great. i joined threadless just last month (december 2008) and the site is awesome. can't wait to vote for the best designs and hopefully i can come up with designs that people like in 09.

dabigond on Jan 07 '09 at 7:55pm

great!!

ranggaumbas on Jan 07 '09 at 8:02pm

cool..

dmystify on Jan 07 '09 at 8:04pm

Alamak sempoi !

The Wire on Jan 07 '09 at 9:12pm

yay I get to vote but I have no chance of winning anything. I'm sure looking forward to forgetting to do so!

Brandar Ellis on Jan 07 '09 at 10:11pm

bortwein on Jan 05 '09 at 12:30pm
congrats Fatheed, ahead of time.

lol

neon leon on Jan 07 '09 at 10:21pm

best design, well funniest design: foam monsster
best designer: lazerbread. so versatile.
newcomer: lazerbread again, runners up: walmazan, wandering bert.
collab: last fuckin unicorn
kids design: fail by radiomode
peace

spacesick 2 on Jan 07 '09 at 10:21pm

awwwwwwww I just realized there's no Best Presentation award this year. that's depressing :(

juliejeremiah on Jan 07 '09 at 10:33pm

i nominate spacesick as best guy.

shawteetheretard on Jan 07 '09 at 10:58pm

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH I LIKE LIKE LIKE!

rasbutain on Jan 07 '09 at 11:24pm

oh wow i can't wait! sooo many designs :D

mars311 on Jan 07 '09 at 11:51pm

This is very good/awesome....

ozzy inbox on Jan 08 '09 at 12:34am

($ 0 $)
Oooooo~~~~~

SylarsNextVictim on Jan 08 '09 at 12:43am

freaking amazing!

Kongtech08 on Jan 08 '09 at 1:14am

woaaaa.. i very like it.. awesome $$$$

molotkoff on Jan 08 '09 at 1:49am

oooooooooo-pa-pa ) cool!

shuyi on Jan 08 '09 at 2:31am

i hope ilovedoodle will win his BIG money! cheers!! :D

taz-pie on Jan 08 '09 at 3:03am

SUGOII

HAHA.sg on Jan 08 '09 at 3:11am

my votes goes to:
ROADKILL3D,
ILOVEDOODLE,
ALEXMDC,
SONMI.
KRAKABOOM,
JEANWARHOL,
WALMAZAN,
IVEJUSTQUITSMOKING,
KOOKYLOVE,
and AGAINSTBOUND should WIN!
FRICKINAWESOME have to WIN the BIG money too!
they deserve it!(:

GOOD LUCK GUYS!(:

HAHA.sg on Jan 08 '09 at 3:16am

PLUS:
IGO2CAIRO,
TANYAUHOONG,
JESS4002 too!

HAHA.sg on Jan 08 '09 at 3:20am

and
emilymmkay and MissKarla will WIN "MISS photogenic"!
HAHA! GOODLUCK GUYS! (:

shroomtopia on Jan 08 '09 at 3:35am

how will we get the prize if the participant is from asia? do they mail the cash?

kooky love on Jan 08 '09 at 3:44am

If alexmdc doesn't get a category, I'll eat three times a day :)

ppap on Jan 08 '09 at 3:50am

wow good luck!

ivejustquitsmoking on Jan 08 '09 at 3:51am

ooo shredded A could be groundbreaking design

antheachua on Jan 08 '09 at 4:17am

ALRIGHT!
Cool!

the kings of bath on Jan 08 '09 at 4:19am

hey everyone don't forget beezneez's "{roses are red , violet's are blue , I'm going to hell and so are you" fab goth/celtic design when you are choosing the voting list!
good luck everyone

the kings of bath on Jan 08 '09 at 4:23am

oops sorry forgot the K that's spelt 'beezkneez' x

marc the french fry on Jan 08 '09 at 4:42am

ooooohhh yeaaaah!!!!!!

spacesick 2 on Jan 08 '09 at 4:42am

juliejeremiah on Jan 07 '09 at 10:33pm
i nominate spacesick as best guy.

I third!

Manos on Jan 08 '09 at 5:02am

ah shame no "Best presentation of the Year" :(

steven218 on Jan 08 '09 at 5:05am

the only thing i'd have even a sniff at would be the kid's one with my stalactite vs stalagmite shirt. and i only say that because my wee boy looks soooo cute in his!

sillyi on Jan 08 '09 at 5:47am

Wwwooooooooooaaaahhh!

walmazan on Jan 08 '09 at 8:20am

ivejustquitsmoking on Jan 08 '09 at 8:26am

lol!

loubard on Jan 08 '09 at 8:39am

WOUAWOA''''' CRAZY!!

OriginalSickboy on Jan 08 '09 at 12:16pm

this is epic! i am excited!

ir0cko on Jan 08 '09 at 12:26pm

hahahhaha. nice one, walmazan!

Arrow08 on Jan 08 '09 at 12:29pm

Can there be a poorest designer award, maybe fidy bucks or so? Can I have that one?

Arrow08 on Jan 08 '09 at 12:30pm

love your flash illos walmazan!

Andreas Mohacsy on Jan 08 '09 at 3:17pm

this will be great, good luck to every one:)

one question though:

Why didn't the award categories stay the same? I imagine many talented and more industrious designers than myself would have worked towards winning last years awards only to find may have ceased to exist.

Andreas Mohacsy on Jan 08 '09 at 3:17pm

*many

sonmi on Jan 08 '09 at 3:24pm

designers shouldn't be working for the awards :p or maybe they should? in any case, i like the surprise of different categories!

fatheed on Jan 08 '09 at 4:20pm

Yeah. Working for an award is stupid!

*adopts fetal position*

martha333 on Jan 08 '09 at 4:21pm

YAY!!

ISABOA on Jan 08 '09 at 4:35pm

the categories were not announced until after the year ended last year too.

so what I am saying is that a precedent for surprise exists.

WID on Jan 08 '09 at 4:41pm

yes! great!!

HAHA.sg on Jan 09 '09 at 6:57am

ya ya ya ya ya ya ya agreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed!(:
GOODLUCK GUYS!

kennybanzai on Jan 09 '09 at 9:13am

i know who im voting for! .. yeeeeeee

hahakim on Jan 09 '09 at 9:48am

Is there any 'Worstee Awards' as well on Threadless? would be cool :)

big-chad on Jan 09 '09 at 2:14pm

Awesome, way to go threadless! This is why we love you!

PauloAccioly. on Jan 09 '09 at 3:52pm

MATHIOLE, TOBIASFONSECA, NINHOL, BISPAURULZ, DRACOIMAGEM!

nintechno on Jan 09 '09 at 4:00pm

hell yes!

Tunaw on Jan 10 '09 at 11:16am

kickass!!

Hero Status on Jan 10 '09 at 4:08pm

this is cool enough for me to come out of hiding and approve of publicly.
m

ratatouillelvr on Jan 10 '09 at 4:56pm

that's so TOTALLY WICKED SWEET

ivejustquitsmoking on Jan 10 '09 at 9:47pm

one more day to go before voting!

littlem on Jan 10 '09 at 11:15pm

mimi on Jan 05 '09 at 5:44pm
I'm so excited!!! :)

and i just can't hide it!

littlem on Jan 10 '09 at 11:16pm

cuz everyone who wins is gonna take me out for beers! wooohooooo! :P

Laser Bread on Jan 11 '09 at 5:19pm

So how does this bestee voting work, do we only get to vote for Design o' the Year tomorrow? Or do we get to vote for all categories?

Demented on Jan 12 '09 at 3:49am

Was wondering the same thing Mr. Bread.

Last time we could vote for everything right? I remember voting for a couple of selected designs in multiple categories.

ppap on Jan 12 '09 at 4:48am

kawabongasome!

ir0cko on Jan 12 '09 at 9:57am

...and it begins today!!!

rossmat8 on Jan 12 '09 at 10:06am

how about best unprinted slogan? Good luck everyone. I will definitely be voting.

bcrider on Jan 12 '09 at 10:59am

I voted today; when I did it took me back to the voting page. Do we know for sure if our vote took correctly? :)

lizz on Jan 12 '09 at 12:10pm

woo! I voted too, wish I could vote more than once, REALLY wanted to vote for mr mittens laser eye cat but felt that I should vote for my own...although now I have I want to change my vote. Someone vote on mr mittens on my behalf, it really is the best of the year!!

lizz on Jan 12 '09 at 12:12pm

hey wait, can you change your vote by just clicking on another one?! how many times can you change your mind?? ha

alexmdc on Jan 12 '09 at 12:13pm

Im assuming a huge collab might have a better change at winning even tho it might not be best design? but good luck everyone! bestees are craaaaazy and its gonna make someone very very happy or a few someones?

Bramish on Jan 12 '09 at 12:22pm

If only it was forbidden to vote on a design of your own - I have nothing against the Monster collab, but I'd hate to see something win just cos of votes from its 50+ participants rather than merit alone.

Bramish on Jan 12 '09 at 12:22pm

lizz - I was torn between your design and one other...

ISABOA on Jan 12 '09 at 12:25pm

just so everyone knows

there is NO concerted effort amongst the Monster Mob to all vote for the design, or to whatever.

I think although participants in the collab had a blast, they probably have other ideas for best shirt of the year.

that is all

Bramish on Jan 12 '09 at 12:27pm

I never imagined it would be something you'd all discussed and agreed to do - I just figured a lot of people might want to up the chances of winning for something they were involved in.

Let's just agree that if it wins, I get half the money, ok? OK, good.

ISABOA on Jan 12 '09 at 12:34pm

haha - no worries bramish

I was more speaking to set a informational precedent
so the question did not arise

because if we had done that, it would not be cool

shimala on Jan 12 '09 at 12:36pm

hey wait, can you change your vote by just clicking on another one?! how many times can you change your mind?? ha

Yeah, just click on another one to change your vote. You can change it as many times as you want until voting closes.

Bramish on Jan 12 '09 at 12:37pm

bcrider on Jan 12 '09 at 10:59am
I voted today; when I did it took me back to the voting page. Do we know for sure if our vote took correctly? :)

Same

B 7 on Jan 12 '09 at 1:06pm

wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!! im excited!!

Larlar on Jan 12 '09 at 3:40pm

Larlar for best.

blackphoenix on Jan 12 '09 at 3:47pm

so souped =D

DaddyDom on Jan 12 '09 at 6:56pm

Still no "Penis of the Year" award...sigh

*is sad

mlnewco on Jan 12 '09 at 8:45pm

I can't wait to see who wins the Major Award!

BERLINFRIZZ on Jan 12 '09 at 9:23pm

yea ! can't wait !

pony23 on Jan 13 '09 at 4:14am

hey Bramish and bcrider, i got that too at first but then i went back and clicked on the blue "vote for this design" button and it changed to say "My Vote!"

Mr.ManMan on Jan 13 '09 at 5:24pm

YAY!!

waw..waw on Jan 14 '09 at 12:06am

hold on!!

littlem on Jan 14 '09 at 10:03am

vote vote vote!

fatheed on Jan 14 '09 at 10:04am

Breastees.

littlem on Jan 14 '09 at 10:20am

where?

fatheed on Jan 14 '09 at 10:48am

Self-inflicted burn!

roadkill3d on Jan 14 '09 at 1:13pm

luls

littlem on Jan 14 '09 at 1:25pm

you know it!

t-thyme on Jan 15 '09 at 11:40am

with so many great choices, voting is going to be tough! I only wish the 12 club shirts were recognized in some way because my my pick is in that pack. :/

good luck everyone!

melicia on Jan 15 '09 at 2:39pm

it's time to play.

ivejustquitsmoking on Jan 15 '09 at 5:48pm

is it feb 2 yet?? :)

rossmat8 on Jan 15 '09 at 5:54pm

I think ijqs won't have a design picked before Feb 2 just so Threadless won't have to struggle with their choice for best unprinted.

Montro on Jan 15 '09 at 6:12pm

I hope Chelly wins a fiercee!

colleentheboyd on Jan 16 '09 at 12:55am

Awesome cool rad!!

2 days later

Jebs on Jan 18 '09 at 8:17am

i wish good luck to all the wonderful designers printed this year ;)
a special good luck to fatheed who created some of the best designs/concepts last year ;)

grasyang on Jan 18 '09 at 7:46pm

good luck roadkilled, i like your designs, you're the number 1 for me.

grasyang on Jan 18 '09 at 7:49pm

roadkill3d is the best. keep up the good work. u rock.

littlem on Jan 19 '09 at 12:12pm

VOTE!!

NegrilLover on Jan 19 '09 at 7:37pm

Best of luck to everyone. All the designs are cool.

ChillieBillie on Jan 20 '09 at 5:18pm

Just vote for Iceberg wanna have fun! Demented really deserves it.

If a guy is really talented and gets printed like a hundred times (example) and wins the 20k, what should he do with the money? He already won a lot.

If a guy is really talented and gets printed just two times, he should really deserve the 20k award as a artistic and financial boost.

So, please vote for Icebergs Just Wanna Have Fun!

maymeimade on Jan 20 '09 at 9:23pm

wow! Most of them are cool!

sleveene on Jan 20 '09 at 9:28pm

So hard to choose! Can't wait to see who wins... Good Luck to everyone :-)

Jayponastic on Jan 21 '09 at 9:49pm

Las Manos - Threadless T-shirts, Nude No More

littlem on Jan 22 '09 at 1:35am

did you vote?

HAHA.sg on Jan 22 '09 at 8:33pm

i saw 'sumone' really excited n put on high hope on this but i couldnt see (___) designs in the top 20?):

jsitzer on Jan 22 '09 at 9:10pm

No offense to the 20 designers whose shirts were among the 20 we get to vote for, but none of them are the best design this year. That honor goes to "The Past in the Future." I would've loved this shirt even if it didn't have gold foil. I honestly have never seen a better T-shirt.

superler on Jan 23 '09 at 9:11pm

i love threadless ^^

seashellgigi on Jan 25 '09 at 10:51am

jsitzer on Jan 22 '09 at 9:10pm
No offense to the 20 designers whose shirts were among the 20 we get to vote for, but none of them are the best design this year. That honor goes to "The Past in the Future." I would've loved this shirt even if it didn't have gold foil. I honestly have never seen a better T-shirt.

http://www.threadless.com/product/1371/minizoom.jpg

I concur.

rossmat8 on Jan 26 '09 at 3:15pm

does the slogan of the year have to have been printed? I know I don't stand a chance of winning I just wondered.

alexmdc on Jan 26 '09 at 3:17pm

yes it has to be printed in 2008, it's the best of 2008

or else there would be a kazillion to pick from

lunchboxbrain on Jan 26 '09 at 3:20pm

alexmdc on Jan 06 '09 at 10:53am
I wonder what's that lil extra something I dont want to miss!

I, too, am curious about this "lil extra something".

rossmat8 on Jan 26 '09 at 3:34pm

yeah that's what I figured I just thought I'd ask.

3 days later

Kaplan on Jan 29 '09 at 4:35pm

I Loved "Friday i'm in love", great design, hope it wins (:

cface on Jan 29 '09 at 4:42pm

I love my "Hey, Mr. Blue Sky" tee. I hope it wins the big one! I also think that "Fail" is a cute one and deserves a prize too! Good luck t-shirt makers!

idioticsavant on Jan 29 '09 at 7:39pm

i think liberty should win, by far the best!!!

jess4002 on Jan 30 '09 at 10:37am

3 more days!!!

alexmdc on Jan 06 '09 at 10:53am
I wonder what's that lil extra something I dont want to miss!

a new store opening? a sale every month? an increase in winnings?

jean_warhol on Jan 30 '09 at 10:52am

a free turkey sandwich to all?

davidfromdallas on Jan 30 '09 at 11:10am

new store opening would be SICK - TEXAS! TEXAS!

bcrider on Jan 30 '09 at 1:29pm

The suspense is killing me!!!

jess4002 on Jan 30 '09 at 1:39pm

more changes to the threadless website? threadless will be hiring? a special contest/giveaway?

WanderingBert on Jan 30 '09 at 1:49pm

I'm hoping for a catagory for Most Wandered Bert.

alexmdc on Jan 30 '09 at 1:52pm

threadless hires alexmdc, fires ross? hahaha jk