Talenthouse – Creative Collaboration

We are happy to announce this week’s Featured Artist in Music – Stars Go Dim. They are an American pop rock band from Tulsa, Oklahoma who are influenced by the likes of John Mayer, Gavin DeGraw, Robin Thicke, and many more musicians. It has been roughly two years since the band formed and they are proving to be more than just a singles driven band. Through their consistent touring they have established a loyal following. And they have already shared the stage with high profile acts that include Switchfoot, Daughtry, and Sarah Bareilles.

Time and time again, SGD has proven to be a band that connects on an individual level through their songs and interactions with audiences. Now is the time to experience Stars Go Dim if you haven’t already. With a new emotionally charged album, incorporated media presentation and gripping live show, it will only take a few listens to understand why local media such as Urban Tulsa Weekly says: “It’s not a matter of if, but rather when this band will break.” Take a listen to them on Talenthouse here.

Talenthouse has teamed up with Scripped.com to give writers the opportunity to scare the hell out of the horror film community. Scripts are in, and it is your turn to vote for your favorite.

Read scripts here.

After the Talenthouse community votes, the horror experts at Fewdio will determine the final selection and choose the script they’ll produce and release through Fewdio’s online outlets as well as on their NIGHTMARE HOUSE DVD series.

Click here to read all script submissions.

Last year BBH, one of the leading advertising agencies in the world, partnered with Talenthouse to develop an advertising campaign around ila DUSK, a new personal safety alarm for women. The campaign aims to get a personal alarm into the hands of every woman of any age who has ever felt vulnerable when out and about at night, running in the early hours of the morning, alone in a hotel room or even walking a dog.

It is now time for the Talenthouse community to vote for their favorite ila DUSK design, video, and photograph.

Check out all submissions from the three Creative Invites:

1. Design new covers for the ila DUSK personal alarm
2. Create a viral film for BBH and ila DUSK
3. Have your photographs used in magazines and ad campaigns

Thank you for the great submissions and good luck to everybody who participated!

Voting will close on Wednesday, Jan 27th, at 3 pm PST, so hurry up and cast your vote.

Wet n wild, the #1 value cosmetics brand in the country, has joined forces with Talenthouse to find the two new faces of wet n wild. The two women who will be ‘discovered’ will go on to be part of the brand’s 2011 global campaign.

This Creative Invite lets aspiring models get their work in front of beauty editors at major cosmetics brands.  All models who submit photos will then be judged by the Talenthouse community with finalists to be presented to wet n wild for final selection. Two beautiful women will get the contract gaining mass exposure and be featured at the Beauty Editor Launch event in NYC with over 70 of today’s leading beauty editors.

If you’ve ever dreamed of being a model, now is your chance. Read more about this opportunity at Talenthouse!

Thank you to the hundreds of artists who sent in submissions for the adidas goggle design Creative Invite. Artists submitted for a chance to customize a pair of adidas iD2 goggles to be worn by a British adidas eyewear sponsored athlete competing in the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Votes have been counted for the goggle design Creative Invite and adidas had the challenge of choosing a winner from the top 10 design finalists.

After much consideration, adidas has named John Filipe (Portugal) as the winner of the Creative Invite!

John had the following to say about his winning design:

This design is basically a dynamic adaptation of the British flag on the googles having in mind the keywords : speed, fire, and ice melting. The British theme in the design is subliminal. My intention was not to make it that obvious, but If you consider those as a representation of the British flag, then you can easily spot the British flag on the googles. But if you are not aware of the British relationship , they can still be a cool pair of googles.

Not only will John receive his portion of $20,000 prize money, his goggle design will be seen around the world and worn by a British Olympic athlete.

We would also like to congratulate our ten highest-voted artists who will receive their portion of prize money as well as a pair of iD2 goggles from adidas.

Thanks again to all artists who participated in this Creative Invite! Be sure to check out our other Creative Invites such as designing new covers for the ila DUSK personal alarm.

At the end of October adidas and we here at Talenthouse started one of our most exciting Creative Invites. Designers around the world participated and submitted their designs for a pair of adidas iD2 goggles for the 2010 Winter Olympics.

We are still overwhelmed by the high quality of submissions and excited to start the voting today. One of the designs you can check out now over here will be worn by a British adidas eyewear sponsored athlete during in the 2010 Winter Olympics in a few weeks in Vancouver, Canada.

If you are one the these great designers head over to your submission page, vote and tell all your friends to help you out with votes.

Of course, everybody else is invited to browse through the submissions and pick a favorite, too.

This is a Talenthouse Premium contest. Each artist will receive a portion of the 20,000 USD equal to their share of total votes received. To help compensate the artists of Talenthouse and to maintain the authenticity of voting, there will be a charge per text message to your phone bill in addition to any regular carrier fees.

Remember, every vote will help the designer get compensated for their work. The more votes a designer receives, the higher their portion of the 20,000 USD they will receive.

Check out the designs now and vote for your favorite!

AMIR H. FALLAH – SPACED CASE

January 9 – February 13, 2010
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 9th, 4-7 PM

Employing a range of American and Iranian imagery and styles, from miniature painting to graffiti-art, Amir H. Fallah creates elaborate, lush and complicated compositions in his paintings. For his first solo exhibit at Baer Ridgway Exhibitions, Fallah will exhibit a new body of work which is tailor-made for the gallery’s hometown of San Francisco; loaded with references of the pop, psychedelic, spiritual and virtual adventures of California lifestyle.

“I have a love/hate relationship with all things relating to drug culture, the occult, New Age, and so on. I’m attracted to the aesthetics of these worlds, but I am repulsed by the message.”
-Amir H. Fallah

The exhibition runs from January 9th to February 13th; the opening party will take place on Saturday January 9th from 4pm-7pm. 

Address:
Baer Ridgway Exhibition 
172 Minna Street, San Francisco CA

Talenthouse is pleased to announce Alice Phangkhayan as the winner of the Mayday Parade Tour T-shirt Design Creative Invite! After voting ended, the top designs were reviewed by Mayday Parade, who choose Alice’s design to be on their tour t-shirt.

Check out the winning design below:

Not only will Alice’s design will be on the tour t-shirt for Mayday Parade, she will receive tickets for their concert and a signed copy of their latest album “Anywhere But Here”.

We would also like to congratulate our five finalists: Caitlin Selvaggi, Morgan Fahey , Ashley Cozad, and Anduyen Ta. They will also receive a signed copy of the album “Anywhere But Here”.

We are pleased to announce Jenna Westover, Nicole Mijares, and David Bailey as the winners of the Take Me Home Creative Invite!

The producers will film the montage and use it in the final cut. The photos will also be added to the film’s Web site and the Facebook page to promote the photographers.

Check out the winning photos below:

Photographers, are you interested in other Creative Invites? Check out Naomi Campbell’s Fashion Photographer Search and other projects on our Creative Invite page.

The whole team would like to thank you for an amazing first six months of Talenthouse, for your support and feedback, your participation and engagement, we highly appreciate it!

We built this platform for you, a place to collaborate, to present yourself and to discover great talent and projects, a home for all artists.

Stay tuned for lots of new Creative Invites and exciting projects in the new year!

Please keep your feedback coming and your help in spreading the word

Happy Holidays, a Happy New Year and a huge Thank You from all of us here at Talenthouse!

The Talenthouse Team