It's been a year since we presented our designs
Can someone tell us the status we are in??

and by the way
i hate incorrectly guessing design for series 2
is this for real
also
for a design company
our exclusive series 01 t-shirt sucks!!!
who design it??? incorrectly guessing

waiting for another year

hey atomic, i'd agree with you that a year is too long to wait to see any action.

but.....

as far as i know from what guru posted, there was a bunch of trouble with the makers in china, where the production company was. so they had to stop production altogether on series one and try another place.

guru posted about it a while ago. search the boards, it's there somewhere.



and sure, there are designs here that i think suck too, but keep your lid on dude. no need to personally attack anyone.

Wow Atomic, sorry you feel this way. I agree with you, a year is waaaay too long to wait for the designer series 1. I'm really sorry for that. We all are.

1) Here's the full rundown of what happened & where we are:

http://www.aarting.com/forum/yaf_postst619_Designer-Series-1-updates.aspx

Basically, we paid thousands of dollars for a great looking blank prototype of blankie, but the factory never followed through- they never actually finished color samples or mass production. We don't know what happened- they are a well known toy factory, and there's no way to find out.

This means we've had to start over, from the beginning, with another factory. Our friends in the designer toy community have been super helpful in getting us in contact with other factories, but we're taking it slow and steady- we can't afford to waste another $5000.

As I've mentioned before, we're not some huge media company- we're just a few designers who love making great stuff. Everyone here has been working overtime at other jobs to scrap together enough money to get designer's series 1 & 2 back on track. It WILL happen, it's just taking a stupid long time.

2) Gotta say, I think your attack on Incorrectly is really not necessary. We chose it because it has LOTS of potential- we think it's going to be badass once it's production ready, and think most will agree. Our mission at aarting includes allowing people access to toy design regardless of technological prowess. Just because you don't know illustrator or photoshop doesn't mean you can't make a cool design. Incorrectly has nothing to be ashamed of- it's going to look GREAT.

3) For those that don't know, we made special- "Limited Edition" shirts for the winner's of series 1 (series 2, your t-shirts will be coming once all designs have been announced :)

We made these t-shirts as a "thank you". We did it for fun. You got it for free.

We asked all the series one winners for their input before we made them. Some people had comments, changes & suggestions, and we followed their advise.

You had plenty of time to email us back if you hated the design. If you really don't like it that much, feel free to mail it back to us.

-Guru

Hi Atomic,

When I began participating in Aarting I understood that hand drawn designs were not going to be faithfully reproduced and that aarting would assist in producing a final digital version based on my idea, and I was okay with that. The idea that someone without access to the computer programs or possessing artistic skills could participate and just throw out ideas was the best part of aarting. So, I know my designs were not as polished or professional as the rest and I was as surprised as you that my design was picked. I guess my designs were more about the idea than the final product and I was truly honored to be among a group of seriously skilled and talented people.

The comment about the T-shirt kind of stung. I mean I never even saw the design. My biggest issue isn’t that you hate my design but that you didn’t offer any reasons. I can handle criticism but I have kind of outgrown complaining. I mean you haven’t participated in any of the forums since your design was picked, you didn’t offer any comments or criticisms for series two or the D-I-Y contest. I mean at any time you could have entered your criticisms during the competition where I could have used them to improve my design. So I think your timing is off, the forum could have used your comments during the contest and at this point it is just a little too late.

Sorry for the long post.

I just want to thank everyone for their imput and support. It has been a crazy few weeks here, but most of it has been really positive.

Take care everyone,
SheRaBoom

Oh, almost forgot. Thought it might be cool if some of the Series 1 winners could post some pics of you & the T-shirt?

They were meant as a "thank you" gift- not a substitute for the Designer series 1 toys.

:)