Design Dodgeball 2011: 18 Firms, 4 Fields, 1 Champion
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Runners-up One & Co. in action. All images courtesy of Smart Design
Dodgeball. Played by the best sportsmen (and women) on the battlefields of middleschool P.E. classes around the world. Luckily, designers seem to know their way around a dodgeball field as evidenced by the Bay Area Design Dodgeball Tournament hosted by 2010 champions, Smart Design.
Original Design Dodgeball Tournament Invite from 2005
In 2005 Smart Design challenged local Bay Area design firms to a dodgeball tournament. We were fairly new in town, so we wanted to meet our new community. We sent our intern around to each firm with a box, a note, and an OXO peeler. Their instructions were to walk into each design firm without talking, slam the box down in the middle of the studio, stab the note to the box with the peeler and walk straight out. Inside the box was a dodgeball. A Bay Area design institution was born…
Last week, the 7th annual Tournament went down with 18 area firms competing for the grand prize of an incredible trophy and bragging rights for the year. Check out the pics from the event below and congrats to all the participants!
2011 Bay Area Design Dodgeball Tournament Results
Champions: frog Design
Runners-Up: One & Co
frog is a first time Design Dodgeball Tournament winner and will host the 2012 tournament.
Best Uniform: Incase
“It’s better to look good than to feel good, dahling!” This award goes to the team that has a ‘uniform’ (loosely defined as anything worn consistently by all team members) that demonstrates the most creative, innovative, and cohesive design. Bay Area Design Dodgeball is about expressing design spirit, so this award will reward the team that puts in the effort.
Best Team Spirit: Sequence
“Rah, Rah, Sis Boom Bah! We’re designers and we’ll kick your Aahhss!” Er, something like that. This award will go to the team with the bestest, most positive, most super-duper awesome spirit during the tournament. This means excellent sportsmanship, not taking yourselves too seriously, finding joy in the confusion, and spreading good cheer to everyone around.
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