Bartle Bogle Hegarty and Talenthouse Announce Winners of Global Design and Video Contest

Winning Participants Will Get Into BBH London and New York

Talenthouse, the leading platform for creative collaboration, and world renowned advertising agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty have teamed up to develop a unique opportunity to identify aspiring photographers, filmmakers and graphic designers for a global advertising campaign on behalf of ila DUSK, a new personal safety alarm for women.

The project, exclusively launched on www.talenthouse.com, received outstanding design and video submissions from all over the world, more than 400 of which making it into the semi-finals to be judged by the Talenthouse community and selected by representatives of BBH London.

Presented in three categories, the participants were asked to submit their cover design, photograph or short film showcasing their interpretation of female empowerment and promoting the ila DUSK brand.

The winners, now on top of BBH’s “ones to watch” list, are VCU Brandcenter students Sarah Kraus and Michael Griffith (film), Matthew David (photography) and Kirsten Halterman (cover design), who is currently earning her Masters of Fine Arts Degree in Design and Technology at Parsons. The four finalists secured an internship position at BBH London or New York, being able to show their talent in person. The four winners as well as all other participants in this contest will receive their share of the $20,000 prize money set out for this collaborative project based on popular vote by the Talenthouse community.

“BBH has always been a pioneering agency. We are constantly evolving our processes to make sure we are always liberating as much creativity as possible. We partnered with Talenthouse to generate this interesting and exciting opportunity. The results exceeded our expectations and paved the way for future joint projects,” said Nigel Bogle, Group Chairman.

Committed to supporting emerging talent BBH decided to work with four additional filmmakers who submitted their short films potentially leading into further engagement and involvement in the roll out of ila DUSK’s global launch campaign.

“We are honored to be working with one of the World’s leading advertising agencies and able to provide a revolutionary new way to engage with existing and new audiences in a highly targeted, relevant and credible context while supporting aspiring talent,” said Roman Scharf, CEO of Talenthouse.

Burda Style, German Fashion Magazine, Features Talenthouse’s adidas Creative Invite

Thank you to Talea de Treese for featuring Talenthouse in the winter issue of Burda Style!

Winner Receives More Than One Year’s Total Income in adidas and Talenthouse Design Contest

Winning id2 Ski Goggle Design to Be Worn By Athlete in 2010 Winter Olympics

Talenthouse and adidas teamed up to develop a unique “Creative Invite” for the Talenthouse community and creatives worldwide. With the Winter Olympics coming up in February 2010, adidas eyewear created a once in a lifetime opportunity by inviting designers from the Talenthouse community to customize a pair of adidas iD2 goggles. The British Olympic athletes participating in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver will wear the winning design.

The project launched on www.talenthouse.com with more than 600 outstanding design submissions from all over the world including Uruguay, Morocco, France, Israel, United States, Germany, Russia, Great Britain, Belgium and even Monaco making it into the semi-finals to be judged by the Talenthouse community and selected by popular vote.

The 15 finalists received brand new adidas id2 ski goggles. The winning design was chosen by adidas; a fiery interpretation of the British flag designed by João Filipe R. Ferreira from Setúbal, Portugal “It’s a huge honor and a very special moment in my career winning this design competition — it’s not every day I get the chance to design something for an international athlete to wear. When I first read the good news that I’ve won the contest, I didn’t believe it! I had to read the email a couple more times, until the feeling of misunderstanding had been replaced with a great feeling of happiness,” says Ferreira.

The design project was accompanied by $20,000 USD in prize money, which was shared among the finalists based on the percentage of votes received during the semi-finals.

With nearly 12% of the total votes, Tamir Baasanjav from Ulan Bator received more money in this contest than the average yearly income in Mongolia (GDP per capita) for his popular design featuring the famous three stripes on sky blue background. When contacted by Talenthouse Baasanjav said, “I’m really happy that my design got such a high amount of votes from the Talenthouse community and that I’ll become a featured artist. This is a great opportunity for me to expose my talent around the world. Thank you Talenthouse for creating an opportunity for us to receive such public exposure!”

Matthias Kosack, UK Marketing & Sales Director, adidas eyewear commented, “This was a great opportunity for young designers to use their creative flare on one of the sporting world’s most technical and iconic goggles in the industry. We are delighted with the number of amazing entries and can not wait to see the winning design at the 2010 Winter Olympics.”

Talenthouse’s “Creative Invite” concept is designed to drive the collaborative process and interaction between its members. These invitations can be commissioned by any brand, artist or organization and provide opportunities for creatives to shortcut the usual career path by working with established artists or major brands and result in potential compensation for their work.

The chosen goggle design will be worn by athletes during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and also featured on the adidas eyewear website as well as www.talenthouse.com.

wet n wild Launches Global Model Search With Talenthouse

Who Will Be the 2011 Face of wet n wild — You?

wet n wild, the #1 value cosmetics brand in the country, today announced it has joined with Talenthouse, a global creative platform for collaborative projects, to find the two new faces of wet n wild. Through the search, two women will be ‘discovered’ and go on to be part of the brand’s 2011 global promotional advertising campaign.

The search will be conducted exclusively via www.talenthouse.com, which lets aspiring models upload their photos and some information, to then be judged by the visitors of the website and 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.

Anita Jennison, Marketing Director wet n wild cosmetics: “Talenthouse has provided creative alliance in our 2011 Model Search, not only as an excellent vehicle to reach a broader audience for entries, but also as a new platform to expose the wet n wild brand in a stylish, new way.”

“Becoming the face of a major cosmetics brand can be a ticket to stardom, with many top models having launched their careers in cosmetics. This is an incredible opportunity for any woman to be plucked from obscurity and become a major name in the modeling world,” says Laura Fitzpatrick, model.

Talenthouse CEO Roman Scharf: “There are millions of beautiful and talented women who deserve the chance for success in the fashion and beauty world, which is why wet n wild approached Talenthouse. Our mission is to give young talent a chance to be found, rewarded and given opportunities that only a very few people currently get.”

Now two models have the opportunity to fast-track their modeling career with a contract with wet n wild.

For your opportunity to be the the next face of wet n wild, upload your photos at www.talenthouse.com

Talenthouse Offers Music Artists Opportunity to Perform on Stage With Simon Cowell Prodigy Alexandra Burke

Talenthouse, a global creative platform for artists, providing opportunities for recognition, collaboration and compensation, is providing an unprecedented opportunity for a gifted music artist or group to open for BRIT & MOBO nominee Alexandra Burke at the exclusive Nokia ‘Good Things’ concert in the United Kingdom.

Alexandra will be performing a melody of chart-topping hits from her new album ‘Overcome’ on Wednesday, 9th December 2009 and Talenthouse is conducting a global search for a singer, band or singer-songwriter to join her on stage. This marks the second Creative Invite issued by Nokia in conjunction with Talenthouse. Creative Invites can be commissioned by any artist, brand or organization to provide opportunities for emerging artists to shortcut the usual career path by working with established artists or major brands.

Regardless of where they live or what genre of music they perform — rock, folk, electro-pop, indie or hip-hop — the invitation is open to any artist who feels they have what it takes to share a stage with one of Britain’s most talented singers and showcase their talent to thousands of new fans.

“Talenthouse is committed to being a champion of creative talent by providing unique opportunities to up-and-coming artists and we are pleased to be working with Nokia once again to make that happen,” said Amos Pizzey, founder of Talenthouse. “We expect these submissions to demonstrate what a vast and untapped wealth of talent there is around the world.”

Talenthouse members should submit a MP3 track of what they would like to perform at the ‘Good Things’ concert by November 29th 2009 for consideration. The winner will be announced on Thursday, 3rd December 2009.

Artists can log on to www.talenthouse.com to participate and for more details.

Michael J. Herbert, Winner of Talenthouse & Nokia’s Search for Mobile Videographer to Film Rihanna’s London Concert

Talenthouse winner to film Rihanna’s highly-anticipated London concert launching new album “Rated R”

Talenthouse, the leading platform for creative collaboration announced Michel J. Herbert as the winner of Nokia’s “Creative Invite” campaign to find an outstanding mobile videographer to film the exclusive Rihanna concert in which the singer will perform songs from her new album, Rated R, for the first time. Hailing from New Jersey, the 24 year-old aspiring filmmaker secured the opportunity to film the global pop star as she performs for this live, worldwide steam.

Nokia commissioned Talenthouse to leverage its established global community of talent, inviting all videographers around the globe to submit examples of their work before November 12. Receiving hundreds of submissions, Michael J. Herbert was voted as the community’s favorite and will have the opportunity to use the new Nokia X6 device.

“The tremendous response of our creative invites illustrates how we are able to attract high-quality content for our brand partners,” said Roman Scharf, CEO Talenthouse. “Through the Rihanna and Nokia invite, Michael will receive global recognition from a worldwide audience watching the concert via Nokia’s live stream.”

Unique to the Talenthouse platform is the “Creative Invite,” which drives the collaborative process and interaction between members. Nokia created the challenge to engage Talenthouse members that want to work in film and the music industry.

“Winning this competition means so much for a ’starving’ artist such as myself,” said Herbert. “I am thrilled to receive this amazing opportunity to travel to London and have my work seen by such a large audience.”

Currently, Talenthouse is working with iconic celebrities and brands such as Naomi Campbell, Montblanc and adidas to provide opportunities for artists and create a dialogue with consumers. In return, artists are able to receive recognition from the community and compensation for their work when participating in Creative Invites on www.talenthouse.com.

Writer chosen for Montblanc Emerging Writer Contest for the 24 Hour Plays on Broadway

First Talenthouse Winner on a fast track to Success

Harrison Rivers from New York City was named winner of the Montblanc Emerging Writer Contest for the 24 Hour Plays on Broadway.  A few days later, on November 9 the writer was watching his 10-minute play premiere during the 2009 production of THE 24 HOUR PLAYS ON BROADWAY presented by Montblanc benefitting Urban Arts Partnership. It was the first year an emerging writer was showcased after being chosen by members of Talenthouse, a platform providing opportunities for creative talent. The Talenthouse global community viewed the writing samples and watched short video clips of six emerging writers’ submitted work and based their votes on these submissions. Harrison joined five established writers who created a short play in a period of 24-hours performed by a star-studded cast on Broadway.

“I am truly humbled by my selection and exceedingly grateful to Montblanc, the 24 Hour Play Company and the Talenthouse community for this amazing opportunity to share my artistic vision with a broader audience”, said Harrison Rivers shortly after his big win.

The writer was introduced as the Talenthouse contest winner to the star-studded cast on the evening of November 8 at the American Airlines Theater in New York. Actors present included Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher, Jennifer Anniston, Eva Mendes, Live Schreiber, Brooke Shields and Naomi Watts. He was then invited to choose his cast from the impressive list of actors before spending the night writing a play to be performed a few hours later in front of a live audience.

The result was a play titled “And It Seems To Me A Very Good Sign” which starred Amber Tamblyn, John Krasinski, Naomi Watts and Sam Rockwell and was received to rapturous applause.

“Talenthouse’s partnership with the Montblanc’s writing initiative is consistent with our goal of helping seasoned as well as up-and-coming artists secure recognition from a global audience”, said Roman Scharf, CEO, Talenthouse. “Talenthouse encourages collaboration between luminaries across an array of disciplines and offers mentoring from acclaimed international artists.”

THE 24-HOUR PLAYS ON BROADWAY began the night before the show with a group of six writers (including Harrison Rivers), six directors, 24 actors, two musical guests, and a production crew.  After casts and crews had been briefed, each writer was tasked with composing a ten minute play by 7 AM the following morning, when the directors returned to read and select their piece. The cast met for the first time at 8 AM, rehearsed over the next 12 hours and at 8:00 PM, the six new plays and musical acts were performed for a live audience. Proceeds from the event benefit Urban Arts Partnership to support programs, which provide in-depth integrated arts education to over 60 schools, and 12,000 young people citywide, and foster long lasting partnerships that enhance the educational, artistic and cultural practices of each school community.

Talenthouse Teams With Bartle Bogle Hegarty to Source Photographers and Filmmakers for Global Campaign

$20,000 Cash Reward to Be Split Between Artists Who Participate

Talenthouse, the leading platform for creative collaboration, has partnered with one of the World’s leading advertising agencies, Bartle Bogle Hegarty to identify photographers, filmmakers and graphic artists for a global advertising campaign on behalf of ila DUSK, a new personal safety alarm for women.

Unique to the platform is the “Creative Invite,” which drives the collaborative process and interaction between members. These invitations can be commissioned by any artist, brand or organization and provide opportunities for artists to shortcut the usual career path by working with established artists or major brands and result in potential compensation for their work. There will be a $20,000 cash reward available to be split between all the artists who participate in this “Creative Invite,” with the winner also securing an opportunity to an internship with one of the World’s leading advertising agencies and to have their film, photography and design included as part of the ila DUSK advertising campaign.

“By partnering with Bartle Bogle Hegarty, Talenthouse is able to benefit brands and artists alike through our creative platform,” said Roman Scharf, CEO Talenthouse. “Talenthouse offers brands the opportunity to establish a dialogue with their audience and artists to be recognized and compensated for their work and their following.”

Bartle Bogle Hegarty has created an exciting new challenge for all those who have wanted to work in brand communication. Bartle Bogle Hegarty is developing a brand campaign around ila, a personal safety brand for women. The aim is to get a personal alarm into the hands of every woman of any age who has ever felt vulnerable when alone, be it when out and about at night, when running in the early hours of the morning, alone in a hotel room, or even walking their dog. It was created by Zag, BBH’s brand invention business.

The challenge is to create a viral film, campaign photography and cover designs for the ila DUSK personal alarms. The success of this campaign will not only help make the brand famous by creating global awareness, but it will put the filmmakers, photographers and designers at the top of Bartle Bogle Hegarty’s ‘ones to watch’ list.

“BBH has always been a pioneering agency. We are constantly evolving our processes to make sure we are always liberating as much creativity as possible. Today we are partnering with Talenthouse as they build a unique community — which we hope will in turn generate interesting and exciting collaborations for us,” said Nigel Bogle, Group Chairman.

Creative invites can be commissioned by any artist, brand or organization. Talenthouse does not take an ownership position in any of the work produced for creative invites. The artist retains full rights for their intellectual property.

Artists can log on to www.talenthouse.com to participate.

About Talenthouse

Talenthouse is the leading platform for creative collaboration, providing artists opportunities for recognition and compensation. Talenthouse embraces artists at every level of their career, as well as all supporters of the arts. Attracted by the potential for discovering, collaborating with and mentoring emerging talent, many global brands and acclaimed industry icons are involved with Talenthouse by hosting Creative Invites. Brands choose Talenthouse to engage in a dialogue with their audience in a targeted, relevant and credible context. Talenthouse currently focuses on film, fashion, music, art and photography.

For more information please visit www.talenthouse.com

About Bartle Bogle Hegarty

Bartle Bogle Hegarty, Ltd. is a full-service advertising agency. The company was founded in 1982 by John Bartle, Nigel Bogle & John Hegarty and is based in London, the United Kingdom with shops in London, New York, Sao Paulo, Singapore, Shanghai and Mumbai. For more information please visit www.bartleboglehegarty.com

Beats by Dr. Dre, Naomi Campbell, adidas and Nokia Among Major Artists and Brands Providing Unique Opportunities for Collaboration to the Global Creative Community on www.talenthouse.com

Talenthouse Enables All Artists to Be Rewarded for Their Work

Talenthouse, the leading platform for creative collaboration, today announced that Beats by Dr. Dre, Naomi Campbell, Nokia and adidas were among the Creative Invites with the aim to discover new talent, design new products and create original content. They are among major artists and brands who have embraced the Talenthouse vision to enable emerging artists from all disciplines around the world to secure recognition and compensation.

Unique to the platform is the “Creative Invite” — where an artist or brand invites the Talenthouse community to collaborate on a professional piece of work.

Creative Invites provide opportunities for emerging artists throughout the world to shortcut the usual career path by collaborating with established artists or brands and gaining recognition and compensation for their work. Talenthouse, unlike many other sites, protects the artists’ interests and therefore does not take an ownership position in any of the artwork submitted.

In each sponsored Creative Invite funds will be divided between all the artists who participate. One artist will be selected to work directly with the hosting artist or brand. The Talenthouse community and the participating artists individual peers are involved in determining the best work. However, the final winner is being selected by the inviting artist or brand.

“We believe that all artists of the world should have the opportunity to be recognized and compensated for their work,” says Amos Pizzey, founder of Talenthouse. “That’s why we are here and why global brands and industry icons are supporting our vision.”

Today, the global creative community is invited to collaborate with:

• Dr. Dre, the legendary music producer, has teamed up with Talenthouse to find the next promotional video for his successful Beats by Dr. Dre headphones. This invite is open to all aspiring video/film makers interested in creating an artistic, hip and edgy 30-60 second video clip that reflects the Beats by Dre overall mission that “sound matters.”
• Naomi Campbell, the internationally renowned supermodel, has created two “Creative Invites” exclusive to the Talenthouse community. The first challenge is to find the next international fashion photographer. The second challenge Naomi Campbell has set is to discover the next international fashion model, female or male. The two winners from both categories will have the opportunity to work with a major fashion magazine.
• adidas, one of the world’s most iconic sports and lifestyle brands is inviting designers from the Talenthouse community to customize a pair of adidas iD2 goggles to be worn by Olympic athletes participating in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. The winner designers will be sent several pairs of the iD2 goggles as the challenge also requires the designers to actually implement their design onto the goggles which will then be worn by athletes during the Olympics and featured on the adidas eyewear website.
• Nokia, the global leader in mobile communications, is looking for an outstanding videographer with an eye for talent and an ear for music to work on a high profile global entertainment project. Nokia and Talenthouse invite all videographers around the globe to submit examples of their past work and the community will decide who gets to participate in this global one-off event.

Artists can log onto www.talenthouse.com to participate in the Creative Invites.

The Talenthouse launch today marks the beginning of a new era. By the end of 2010 the platform will have rewarded more than 1 Million artists for their work. “We offer artists exceptional, life changing opportunities. Direct access to global brands, to leading icons. Now it’s in their hands to reshape their industries forever,” says Roman Scharf, Talenthouse CEO.

About Talenthouse

Talenthouse is the leading platform for creative collaboration, providing artists opportunities for recognition and compensation. Talenthouse embraces artists at every level of their career, as well as all supporters of the arts. Attracted by the potential for discovering, collaborating with and mentoring emerging talent, many global brands and acclaimed industry icons are involved with Talenthouse by hosting Creative Invites. Brands choose Talenthouse to engage in a dialogue with their audience in a targeted, relevant and credible context. Talenthouse currently focuses on film, fashion, music, art and photography.

For more information please visit www.talenthouse.com.

Boy George Seeks Emerging Music Artists, DJs to Collaborate on New Dance Track via Talenthouse

A pop icon synonymous with creative collaboration from his early days as lead singer of the 1980s group Culture Club to his current work with David Hoyle (The Divine David), Boy George has turned to Talenthouse to identify artists from around the world to help finalize his new dance track “Yes We Can.” Talenthouse is a new global creative platform for artists, providing opportunities for creative collaboration, recognition and compensation.

“The idea is to bring together different creative entities, people that may want to work together or inspire others, which is why I’m involved with Talenthouse. If Talenthouse had been around in the early eighties, I would have totally been involved in it then too,” said Boy George. “The Internet is definitely changing the way people promote themselves. The music industry has changed drastically for a lot of artists, even people like me who are established. You can no longer rely on the ordinary processes of releasing records.”

Boy George is taking advantage of Talenthouse’s Artist Invite to discover new talent to collaborate with on his upcoming track. Artist Invites provide opportunities for artists to collaborate with one another on a wide range of projects. Anyone who is a member of the Talenthouse community can extend an Artist Invite to participate on projects ranging from designing a logo to composing music to producing or performing in a film or video. The Talenthouse community then offers their input by voting on the ideas they like best.

Using the Talenthouse Artist Invite, Boy George has made an a capella version of his track “Yes We Can” available on Talenthouse and invited artists to create a club dance mix for the track. The five artists who receive the highest number of votes from the Talenthouse community will present their ideas and tracks to Boy George. From this group, Boy George will choose the artist with whom he will collaborate to finalize the track.

Talenthouse members can submit their original club dance mixes of “Yes We Can,” until September 15, 2009 for consideration. Boy George will announce the winner on October 1, 2009. All members and fans of the creative community can sign up for a free account at www.talenthouse.com.

Find out more about Boy George’s Artist Invite here: http://tr.im/boygeorge