The GSS Jell-O Mold Competition

Oh, I wish I lived near New York!
Unfortunately I don't, but if you do, than I highly suggest entering or at the very least attending The GSS Jell-O Mold Competition in Brooklyn New York. And if you're there be sure to check out the creation of my fellow Jell-O blogger The Jell-O Mold Mistress of Brooklyn, which I'm certain will be AMAZING! Check out the link to see what the created last year, and remember "Keep Calm and Wobble On!"
T

p.s. I know I've been a bad Jell-O blogger lately, but I'm working on Jell-O marshmallows and I don't want to post the series until they're complete. I'll also promise a post on "Glow in the Dark" Jell-O in the near future.

Jell-O Mold Competition Winners!

Behold!
Below are the winners of Gowanus Studios Jell-O Mold Competition.



GRAND PRIZE WINNER:
Jell-O Cocktail Trumpery
Kandice Levero and Julia Greene



Runner Up for Creativity:
Jell-ROE
Design Glut, (Kegan Fisher and Liz Kinnmark)



Runner Up for Aesthetics:
Jiggly-Wrap©
Hugh Hayden and Savinien Caracostea



Runner Up for Structural/Sculptural Integrity:
Rotational Jell-O Mold
Daniel Harper




And the rest:




















See more photos here!
T

jello mold competition

Why must it be so far away!!! If only if it were in Portland, or Seattle even, or located somewhere that I could drive all night and get to with a portable refrigerator! Oh, the tears! If there is anyone who lives closer you must enter this contest!

And here's the "Why" listed from The Gowanus Studio Space:

WHY?

“Food is the most universal language of design”*

At the most basic level, designers reconfigure objects to bring out their aesthetic, utilitarian, and/or meaningful qualities. These objects, more often than not, are for necessary, everyday use and nothing is more necessary than food, nothing more everyday than Jell-O.

Yes, Jell-O. What was once a dessert of jiggling, artful decadence has now been rendered flat or at most, a wiggling cube on a Styrofoam tray at the end of a buffet line to be picked up by some nostalgic lunch patron. This isn’t good enough for an American icon!

In these somber times of restraint, of reigning in and reallocating, we need a resurgence of steady wobble that won’t let us down. In short, it’s time for a comeback of the Jell-O proportions of old: soaring heights, strange colors, object suspension! Jell-O is the perfect medium for design reinvention given its versatility, economy, and availability. To this end, the Gowanus Studio Space is asking designers to take Jell-O out of the cafeteria and break the mold, as it were, on Jell-O molds.

Enter to compete here



PRIZES AND GLORY!!!

Revel in the wonder of Jell-O and get inspired by the iconic jiggle

Saturday, June 20, 2009 from 6-10pm
Register by June 12, 2009 to compete

The judging and awards ceremony will be held at the Gowanus Studio Space in Brooklyn.

I salute you Jello Competition people!

T