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Winners Of Anniversary Contests
September 14th, 2007 in Events | 83 Comments
Last week we’ve celebrated our first anniversary and announced two anniversary giveaways for our readers — the book giveaway and the developer’s tools giveaway. Almost 4,000 visitors have participated; and now, as the deadline passed, we’ve drawn the winners randomly.
All winners will be contacted within the next 24 hours. Congratulations to the winners and thanks to all participants for taking part in our events!
Since we’ve received a lot of feedback and many designers and developers have participated, we’ve contacted our sponsors asking them to give some more licenses, credits and accounts for free. Therefore in the end we have more presents than we’ve promised.
Let’s get right to the point: here are the winners of Smashing Magazine anniversary contests. The number in the brackets in the last column stands for the comment number of the participant.
Books Giveaway
| # | Cover | Title by Autor |
Winner |
| 2 |  |
Thinking with Type by Ellen Lupton |
Oliver (1495) |
| 3 |  |
Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works by Erik Spiekermann, E.M Ginger |
Gunnar (793) |
| 5 |  |
Color by Paul J. Zelanski, Mary Pat Fisher |
Jake Dahn (140) |
| 6 |  |
The Elements of Color by Johannes Itten |
Ben (1995) |
| 7 |  |
Grid Systems in Graphic Design by Josef Muller-Brockmann, Josef Muller-Brockmann |
Shiz (1342) |
| 9 |  |
The Elements of Graphic Design: Space, Unity, Page Architecture, and Type by Alexander W. White |
Brendon (960) |
| 10 | 
| 1,000 Graphic Elements: Details for Distinctive Designs by Wilson Harvey |
Chelsea (1730) |
| 12 | 
| The Designers Complete Index by Jim Krause |
Nika (1030) |
| 13 | 
| Photoshop CS / CS2 Wow! Book, The by Linnea Dayton, Cristen Gillespie |
Lily (1930) |
| 15 | 
| Designing Effective Communications: Creating Contexts for Clarity and Meaning by Jorge Frascara |
Theo (1938) |
| 17 | 
| Designing Brand Identity A Complete Guide to Creating, Building, and Maintaining Strong Brands by Alina Wheeler |
Bert (132) |
| 18 | 
| Letterhead and Logo Design 9 by MINE |
Ed (346) |
| 19 | 
| Logo Design That Works: Secrets for Successful Logo Design by Lisa Silver |
Molly (1497) |
| 20 | 
| Logo Design Workbook: A Hands-On Guide to Creating Logos by Noreen Morioka, Terry Stone Sean Adams |
Erik (1756) |
| 21 | 
| LogoLounge 3: 2,000 International Identities by Leading Designers, Bill Gardner, Catharine Fishel |
Tyler (353) |
| 22 | 
| Designing with Web Standards by Jeffrey Zeldman, 2nd Edition |
Sara (1982) |
| 24 | 
| The Principles of Beautiful Web Design by Jason Beaird |
Harry (470) |
| 25 | 
| The Unusually Useful Web Book by June Cohen |
Alberto (449) |
| 26 | 
| CSS: The Definitive Guide by Eric Meyer |
Arun (802) |
| 27 | 
| CSS Mastery: Advanced Web Standards Solutions by Andy Budd, Simon Collison, Cameron Moll |
Prasanth (589) |
| 28 | 
| Transcending CSS: The Fine Art of Web Design by Andy Clarke, Molly E. Holzschlag, Aaron Gustafson, Mark Boulton |
|
| 30 | 
| Professional Web 2.0 Programming by Eric van der Vlist, Danny Ayers, Erik Bruchez, Joe Fawcett, Alessandro Vernet |
Tomas (420) |
| 31 | 
| Professional Ajax by Nicholas C. Zakas, Jeremy McPeak, Joe Fawcett, 2nd edition |
Ivan (1610) |
| 32 | 
| The Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki |
Chris (240) |
| 33 | 
| The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More by Chris Anderson |
Yoav (1347) |
| 34 | 
| Hackers and Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age by Paul Graham |
Daniel (249) |
| 35 | 
| Don’t Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability by Steve Krug, 2nd Edition |
Jakin (432) |
| 36 | 
| Prioritizing Web Usability by Jakob Nielsen, Hoa Loranger |
Ivo (1262) |
| 37 | 
| The Elements of User Experience: User-Centered Design for the Web by Jesse James Garrett |
|
| 39 | 
| Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative by Edward R. Tufte |
Pedro (1836) |
| 40 | 
| Beautiful Evidence by Edward R. Tufte |
Daniel (1981) |
| 41 | 
| The Laws of Simplicity by John Maeda |
Sami (612) |
Developer’s Tools Giveaway
| # | Giveaway | Title by Company |
Winners |
 |
1×750 + 4×300 High Res Stock Images by Dreamstime (Bonus) |
1×750: Wes O’Haire (893); 4×300: Lorelei (1684), lavanya (1523), Ryan (196), 2lip (26) | |
| 1 |  |
1x Coda license by Panic.com |
Matthew, #1233 |
| 2 |  |
5x Mobile Web Design book by Cameron Moll |
James (1236), gtsaigt (1767), Juggles (463), Ron (145), Wojtek (1611) |
| 3 |  |
3x Color Schemer Studio license by Colorschemer |
Paul (1357), Ashe (160), |
| 4 |  |
3x Total Commander by Ghisler.com |
Khit (87), Claudiu (575), AeM (1090) |
| 5 |  |
3x Ultra suite license (UltraEdit, UltraCompare, UltraSentry) by IDM Computer Solutions |
Ben (734), zinkiki (1041), Max (1251) |
| 6 |  |
3x ExpressionEngine license by EllisLab |
Gabriel (1432), Michael (1793), Sander (410) |
| 7 |  |
5x CSSEdit license by Macrabbit |
Jason (295), Josh (44), Tom (1243), Sathya (1397), Blaze (142) |
| 8 |  |
3x Omnigraffle Professional license by Omnigroup |
Flavius (854), Nathan (1753), Eldon (110) |
| 9 |  |
3x ConceptShare year-long accounts by ConceptShare.com |
Rex (728), Sneha (1546), Steve (1211) |
| 10 |  |
1x Browsercam one year account by A Gomez Sercice |
Jon (343) |
| 11 |  |
2x Pro Level Light CMS accounts byElementFusion |
Arman (655), Tracy (1219) |
| 12 |  |
4x Genopal license (1x GenoPal Pro (PC/Mac) license and 3x GenoPal 3.0 (PC/Mac)) by Genopal |
Ruth (1841), Andreas (1370), Lily (1656), Susanu (375) |
| 13 |  |
3x Pro Annual Clicky accounts by Getclicky.com |
Sarah (681), Anson (1541), Katy (527) |
| 14 |  |
5x Crazy Egg accounts by Crazy Egg, Inc. |
Olivier (1142), taz (1785), Wara (445), hdoug (1487), LGR (262) |
| 15 |  |
4 x 250 FlashDen credits by FlashDen.com |
Yan (457), Pierre (123), Brian (658), Melissa (215) |
| 16 |  |
5×1 Iconkits icon set by Iconkits.com |
jonjon (1030), Brian (1263), Przemek (1820), Simon (62), Daniel (205) |
| 17 |  |
3x Frenzic Game by Iconfactory.com |
funhyun (1101), sniegas (149), Sibran (1824) |
| 18 |  |
1x Praxisbuch Web 2.0 (bonus for German-speaking readers) by Vitaly Friedman |
Florian (173) |
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Jason A. (September 14th, 2007, 9:49 pm)
Congrats winner! And thanks again Smashing Magazine for the opporunity! And for kicking so much ass!
Anthony (September 14th, 2007, 9:56 pm)
Well looks like I didnt make the cut. Smashing still rules though. Thanks for the contest and happy belated birthday.
Maruder (September 14th, 2007, 10:11 pm)
Damn… ;)
Alberto (September 14th, 2007, 10:19 pm)
Hey! I’ve won The Unusually Useful Web Book!
Lots of thanks Smashing Magazine!
Regards,
Alberto
Aaron (September 14th, 2007, 10:29 pm)
Very cool… See kids reading SM is beneficial to you in more ways then one
;)
Ron (September 14th, 2007, 10:37 pm)
Yeah! I won Mobile Web Design \o/ Thank you Smashing Magazine! Great contest, was fun to participate :D And worth it too ;)
Gunnar (September 14th, 2007, 11:15 pm)
Sweet, I actually won something. Now I won’t have to steal any more sheep.
Captain-Y-Fronts (September 14th, 2007, 11:16 pm)
Maybe my screen-name prevents me from being taken seriously ;-D
Hee! Hee! Well done to the winners. And well done to Smashing Magazine.
Florian (September 14th, 2007, 11:32 pm)
Woohoo, thanks a lot for your giveaway! I’m excited to hold Vitaly’s book in my hands =).
-Florian
Starfeeder (September 14th, 2007, 11:42 pm)
congrats to the winnars….
Carlton Dickson (September 14th, 2007, 11:47 pm)
Congrats on the birthday and a great competition…I’ll be back next year to try again :)
Ricky Irvine (September 14th, 2007, 11:51 pm)
Dang!
Djurdjica Selec (September 15th, 2007, 12:10 am)
Bummer. I’m thinking of backing out of your contests…
…Not.
florian (September 15th, 2007, 12:24 am)
Lol, to bad. Saw Florian and thought I had win, what a mistake XD
Gonzalo (September 15th, 2007, 12:57 am)
Congratulations to the winners!
funhyun (September 15th, 2007, 1:04 am)
Yay, I am winner, I am winner!!!!
Juan (September 15th, 2007, 1:15 am)
Maybe next time
susanu liviu (September 15th, 2007, 1:33 am)
heh, i won .. nice :-)
Marino (September 15th, 2007, 1:59 am)
Woohoo. I won… NOT
Congrats to winners.
Paul (September 15th, 2007, 2:40 am)
You winners suck!! This contest was rigged!!
I don’t really mean that. I just have emotional problems. Congratulations to all winders except that one named Paul. That really got my hopes up.
Bryan Migliorisi (September 15th, 2007, 3:07 am)
Though I didn’t win, thanks a bunch for the great work you guys do. I think I’ll have to buy some of the things you were giving away though.
Wes O'Haire (September 15th, 2007, 3:08 am)
Wohooo! I WON!
Ty (tzmedia) (September 15th, 2007, 3:09 am)
Right… congratulations to the others :(
We can’t all be winners…
Just kidding of course we will all be winners, if we keep coming back to smashing magazine and learn to be better human beings.
Laying this on thick, maybe they’ll give me a consolation prize ;)
Billy Halsey (September 15th, 2007, 5:13 am)
Congrats to all who won, and my appreciation to Smashing and thanks to the sponsors who providing the gifts. What an anniversary — how many other blogs have their own anniversary font?!
Sibran (September 15th, 2007, 5:23 am)
I can’t wait to try Frenzic Game!!
Thx smashing magazine.
Prasanth (September 15th, 2007, 5:50 am)
Yay! I won! CSS Mastery!
Thank you Smashing mag, love you!
Troy (September 15th, 2007, 7:39 am)
Those who won are most certainly lucky. I’m going out tonight to buy the book I attempted to win.
Tyler (September 15th, 2007, 9:36 am)
Good stuff as always! And thanks, it made my day!
LGR (September 15th, 2007, 10:19 am)
You just made my night! Thanks!
Lily (September 15th, 2007, 12:55 pm)
Yippee Skippe! You made my friday! Thank you!
Pierre (September 15th, 2007, 3:59 pm)
Thanks Smashing… now it’s obvious something is happening between us… tell any lie and let’s meet in Paris tonight!
Juggles (September 15th, 2007, 6:06 pm)
thx very much smashing magazine!
Tom (September 15th, 2007, 7:17 pm)
Thanks Smashing Magazine and Macrabbit!
Succes!
Dennis (September 15th, 2007, 7:22 pm)
what a pitty - waiting for the next year’s giveaway ;-)
Congrats to the winners!
gr8pixel (September 15th, 2007, 8:12 pm)
me.. me.. meee..!!! noo?? okay… :-S
maybe next year then… ;-)
hey winners…congrats!!! :-)
Claudiu (September 15th, 2007, 8:29 pm)
Yeeeeii! I won! Thanks and congrats for the winners and for you, Smashing Magazine!
AeM (September 15th, 2007, 9:47 pm)
many thanks for the prize,
and so much thanks for that great inspirational website ^^
i discovered it 4 months ago, and since it’s on my top favorite websites,
for everything i owe to it…
for all the examples, and resources you show us, from beginners like me, thank you !
Oliver (September 15th, 2007, 10:52 pm)
I just can repeat what AeM said.
The site has been an incredible resource for inspiration. Thank you for that, oh and of course the book. I’ve never won anything worth mentioning. Happy Happy. Joy. Joy.
Johan (September 16th, 2007, 12:37 am)
Congratz winners!
Btw.. I have request if i may. I would really see an article about book and typography design.
Zul Azman (September 16th, 2007, 12:44 am)
Congartulations to all!!!
Chris Dary (September 16th, 2007, 3:36 am)
Huzzah!
Thanks for the book, SM. I promise I will cherish it.
EricZoo (September 16th, 2007, 9:28 am)
Oh crap! my incantations and sacrificial lamb didn’t work
gtsaigt (September 16th, 2007, 10:23 am)
Thank you for smashing magazine
i got a book! I am so happy b/c i have never win anything in my life!
thank you!! ~~^_^~~
anyabelle (September 16th, 2007, 11:06 am)
oh man, didn’t make it.
hehe, it’s ayt thought.
happy anniversary again :)
Sara Degani (September 16th, 2007, 4:04 pm)
Oh…I can’t believe it!
I won a book…thanks a lot Smashing Magazine! :)
Sara
Shaun (September 16th, 2007, 4:54 pm)
Congratulations winners ;)
Thanks Smashing Magazine.
Ben (September 16th, 2007, 8:49 pm)
Oh nice I won a book! :) This has made my day!! Thanks heaps Smashing Magazine!
zinkiki (September 16th, 2007, 9:06 pm)
hey! thank you very much!
and congratulations to all the winners!!
zinkiki
gtsaigt (September 16th, 2007, 9:16 pm)
how are we suppose to get reward?
no body contact me for detail? @_@!!
……
Vitaly Friedman & Sven Lennartz (September 16th, 2007, 10:44 pm)
We have contacted all book winners and we’ve also forwarded the e-mails of the winners to our sponsors who’ll provide you with your presents.
Helen (September 16th, 2007, 11:02 pm)
(>^_^)> THANKS
Flavius S (September 17th, 2007, 12:23 am)
Yey, I won! :)
10x Smashing Magazine
Arun (September 17th, 2007, 12:58 am)
Hurray! i won my book. Thanks Smashing Magazine and congratulations for all co-winners :)
Simon (September 17th, 2007, 1:22 am)
Yeah!! i won the icon-sets :))
thx Smashing Magazine
Collin Grasley (September 17th, 2007, 7:04 am)
Thanks fer the opportunity SM! my luck with winning anything continues….
congrats winners!
Daniel (September 17th, 2007, 8:02 am)
Excellent, thanks guys - the book will be well received!
Ed (September 17th, 2007, 10:02 am)
I’ve won Letterhead and Logo Design 9! :-)))))
Thanks a lot Smashing Magazine!
Arman (September 17th, 2007, 10:32 am)
congrats to all..
I won some, too :)
Thanks SM!!
Jason Friesen (September 17th, 2007, 12:29 pm)
Hurrah! CSSEdit! Thank you Smashing Magazine!!
I’d like to thank my mom… and my dad… and my dog… and my beautiful wife… and my pet hamster…
thamizharasu (September 17th, 2007, 2:31 pm)
Hey,
why my name was sticked out. may i know the reason for that?
Thanks
Thamizharasu S
Ivo (September 17th, 2007, 2:41 pm)
\O/
It’s early; almost discarded your e-mail as spam… Lol, luckily I always check twice ;-) Thnx very much, I’m very happy I won
wez (September 17th, 2007, 8:39 pm)
Great giveaway. Look forward to the next design showcase!! ;)
Michelle Santos (September 17th, 2007, 10:25 pm)
wow, a lot of winners..:)
congratz to all..:D
funhyun (September 17th, 2007, 11:54 pm)
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you infinity Smashing Mag!!
Brian (September 18th, 2007, 12:25 am)
I believe I won # 15 of the developers tools but have not received an email from the sponsor. Can someone tell me how I can verify if it was me.
susanu liviu (September 18th, 2007, 12:30 am)
Hi, same as me. number 12.. don’t know if I deleted your e-mail by mistake or you haven’t send anything. even though today i e-mailed you about this, still no reply ..
Vitaly Friedman & Sven Lennartz (September 18th, 2007, 1:30 am)
We’ve sent the e-mails of the winners to the sponsors who have provided us with the presents. Be patient, folks, we haven’t forgotten about you. :)
hdoug (September 18th, 2007, 1:58 am)
thank you so much, smashing mag!
now i have another reason to call you one of my favorite sites on the net.
thanks again!
Sander Wapstra (September 18th, 2007, 2:00 am)
Thanks a lot Smashing Magazine for the ExpressionEngine license!
Ruth (September 18th, 2007, 5:44 am)
I think I am a winner!!!
I haven’t heard anything yet and was concerned that for some reason my spam filter is working overtime and has completely blocked you. If I am not a winner, then, ugh, please excuse this email.
Thanks!
Ruth
(rlang@firstfd.com)
4x Genopal license
(1x GenoPal Pro (PC/Mac) license and 3x GenoPal 3.0 (PC/Mac)) by Genopal
Ruth (1841),
Molly B. (September 18th, 2007, 5:47 am)
cool! hope to hear from the sponsor soon. :) thank you for the prizes! m.
James (September 18th, 2007, 6:16 pm)
I got a Mobile Web Design book…. Many thanks Smashing. Always a great read :-)
Engelbert (September 19th, 2007, 3:07 am)
Sniiiieef… What a pitty. I will be sad the rest of the week…. *grummel*
lavanya (September 19th, 2007, 4:32 am)
wow! yay! and… doppel cool :)
Thanks for the prize.
wanted the mobile design book, but got something better!
pingoogle (September 19th, 2007, 1:44 pm)
CONGRATULATIONS WINNERS!!!
Theo (September 21st, 2007, 9:59 pm)
I just received Designing Effective Communications in my mailbox. Thanks to the whole team - ans especially that the mail came from my hometown Lübeck from the Dr. Web Team!
Chin (September 26th, 2007, 5:09 am)
I appear in the list of winners but, not if it wins because I appear erased, my email is Link []
Wes O'Haire (September 27th, 2007, 1:31 am)
Thanks again guys! Do I have to do anything special to redeem the Dreamstime stock images?
Nick Small (September 29th, 2007, 1:49 pm)
Hmm, I seem to be in the same situation. I was definitely a winner for the Iconkits set (#1361) but my name seems to have been removed from the list…. I am beyond positive it was there before. I triple checked that it was MY comment number and MY name and MY prize pick and what not. Plus I remember how excited I was… any ideas?
AeM (October 19th, 2007, 10:46 pm)
erm, please forgive me, the emails has already been sent ? i still hasn’t see anything :)
thanks !