Are you a graphic designer looking for a new muse? Mozilla has a new contest going on for designing the new Firefox 4 launch t-shirt. All they need now is your submissions for some of the best and unique Firefox 4 logo designs.  The winning design will be printed as the official Firefox 4 launch t-shirt, a limited edition item featured in the Mozilla store and distributed to the world wide audience of Firefox fans.

I always love these types of public events like this that Mozilla puts together because you see all kinds of unique and excellent designs.  Here are a few more things to consider and keep in mind when designing:

• Ideal printing space is roughly a 10×10 inch square canvas on the front of the shirt.
• You’ll be designing for the front only, as the back will already have the Firefox wordmark printed.
• Please include a background color suggestion in your mockup. This will be the color of the t-shirt your design is printed on.
• You can use a basic t-shirt template as a reference guide for placement and size when designing. But please submit only the design itself, not a mockup with the t-shirt.
• Files should be uploaded as high-res (300 dpi) PNGs or JPEGs. But be sure to hold onto the original working files, because if you win we will need those. Be sure to optimize the file for print, and preserve all the layers.
• Original artwork should be created using a scalable vector graphics editor program (SVG format), such as Adobe Illustrator or Inkscape.

The submission period ends on March 13, so act now and get your design together.  Let me know if you submit one too – would love to feature it here on Firefox Facts. To learn more about how to participate, check out creative.mozilla.org.

Big congratulations to Tracie Andrews, the winner of the Firefox 3 t-shirt design contest!  I have to say this wasn’t on my radar much (the contest that is) but this design is really awesome.  I would wear it, that is for sure!  If you want to see the other t-shirt designs – check them out at Flickr.  You have to join the group (yes, that even confused me) but there were a lot of cool designs to choose from.

The winner of the contest will get:

• Worldwide recognition for designing the official Firefox 3 T-Shirt featured in the Mozilla Store.
• A free Firefox 3 T-Shirt to show off your winning design.
• $250 gift voucher to Amazon.com.

4 runners up will receive:

• A free Firefox 3 T-Shirt with the winning design.
• A $50 gift voucher to Amazon.com.

Check out the official page for the rules for submission.

Looks like there will be two rounds of voting, one for weeding out the field by Mozilla and the second round will be decided by the public.  Submission deadline is Sunday March 16th 11:59 PM Pacific Standard Time (PST) so get to work! 

We’re still working hard to get the Party Tool up. We’re also putting together Firefox 2 Party Packs — a small kit including t-shirts, stickers, and other Firefox swag that we’ll make available to party-goers. (You all are planning to host or attend a Firefox 2 party, right?!)

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