{"id":89,"date":"2005-05-03T21:09:07","date_gmt":"2005-05-04T05:09:07","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2016-05-25T23:34:37","modified_gmt":"2016-05-26T06:34:37","slug":"ipod-winner-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeindustries.com\/blog\/archive\/2005\/05\/ipod-winner-1","title":{"rendered":"iPod Giveaway #1: We Have a Winner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>He entered early.  He entered often.  He is <a href=\"http:\/\/lowresolution.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Davin Risk<\/a>, master food sculptor and photographer from Toronto, Canada, and he is the winner of the Mike Industries &#8220;Make a Meatspace Shuffle&#8221; creativity competition.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 10px; width: 450px; text-align: center\">\n<div id=\"slideshow_shuffle1\" style=\"height:442px; width: 418px; border: 1px solid #000; margin: 0 auto 0 auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" language=\"javascript\">\r\n<!--\r\nif (swfobject.hasFlashPlayerVersion(\"7.0.0\")) {\r\nshowFlash('https:\/\/mikeindustries.com\/photos\/shuffle1\/shuffle1.swf','slideshow_shuffle1', 418,442,'https:\/\/mikeindustries.com\/photos\/shuffle1\/');\r\n} else {\r\ndocument.write('<p style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #660000\">Please install <a href=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\">Flash 7<\/a> in order to view slideshow.<\/p>');\r\n}\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n<div id=\"slideshowcaption\" style=\"padding-bottom: 15px; width: 450px; text-align: center; font-size: 10px; font-style: italic\">Sweet slideshow component made with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshowpro.net\" target=\"_blank\">SlideShowPro<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Davin&#8217;s first entry, made entirely of goat butter, arrived only hours after the contest began and set the pace for a field of over 40 excellent <a href=\"https:\/\/mikeindustries.com\/blog\/archive\/2005\/04\/ipod-giveaway-1\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;interpretations of iPod Shuffle as food&#8221;<\/a>. Davin followed up his well received goat butter creation with a Parsnip Shuffle, a Tofu Shuffle, and the eventual winner: The Banana\/Apple\/Spaghetti Shuffle (shown above as the first piece in our honor roll slideshow).<\/p>\n<p>Davin&#8217;s winning entry was both creatively assembled and brilliantly photographed, which helped it withstand the onslaught of entries throughout April.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.finkbuilt.com\/blog\/?p=22\" target=\"_blank\">Stephen Lodefink&#8217;s<\/a> Spam Shuffle garnered the most attention around the web and gave Davin a run for his money, but the toughest test came only 90 minutes before the contest closed when iPod case designer extraordinaire <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nikkipod.com\/\">Nikki Sevcik<\/a> submitted her tantalizing &#8220;Morning Shuffle&#8221;, consisting of a frothy espresso drink, chocolate covered strawberry, and exquisitely placed &#8220;Shuffle wafer&#8221;.  Nikki&#8217;s entry is the second in the slideshow.<\/p>\n<p>The Mike Industries staff (me) thought long and hard about how to pick the winner, but in the end, there was no perfect solution.  At least 12 entries were award-worthy, but since Davin had four of them, his food sculpting prowess was the most clearly established of all the contestants.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve provided an honor roll of 20 of the most worthy entries above and I thank everyone for participating in this first of 9 contests.  Besides the first two slides, the honor roll is in no particular order.  Enjoy.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks also to Jason Anderson for concocting the first competition.  His <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jason3d.com\/blog\/2005\/04\/24\/ipod-shuffle-thanks-mike-davidson\/\" target=\"_blank\">baby boy is already enjoying his Shuffle<\/a>. Remember, the <a href=\"https:\/\/mikeindustries.com\/blog\/archive\/2005\/03\/ipod-shuffles-for-everyone\" target=\"_blank\">submission pool<\/a> is open until the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>And finally, although I can&#8217;t award a second place prize, I&#8217;m happy to point readers in the direction of Nikki&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nikkipod.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">portfolio of custom iPod cases<\/a>. They&#8217;re one of a kind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He entered early.  He entered often.  He is Davin Risk, master food sculptor and photographer from Toronto, Canada, and he is the winner of the Mike Industries &#8220;Make a Meatspace Shuffle&#8221; creativity competition. 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