FINAL VOTE JUST IN!!
First it was Ai from 1960s Shinjuku who occupied the top spot; next it was D from Omiya. Then it was (controversially!) Frank from Shibuya...for some time. Now -1,480,695 votes later- we can finally announce the result of the public vote for the HOT OR NOT? contest HERE! With the leader changing on an hourly basis in the final days, all we can say is it was a damn close run thing!
It's not only the winner of the public vote that picks up a ¥1,000,000 BEAMS gift card prize, however. Second and third each receive ¥200,000 and ¥100,000 BEAMS to spend in BEAMS respectively. If you would rather flout democratic consensus in search of something rather more outré (and there are plenty in the studio who are with you!), have a look at the Panel Picks winners, chosen by our selected panel including Nick Knight, Sarah from Colette, Peter Jensen, Jun Takahashi, Lily Cole, Kensui Arao of Publicis, Miho Kinomura of Studio D.O.G. and Mr Kubo and Mr Minamimago, both of BEAMS. Each of their favourites will receive a ¥100,000 BEAMS Gift Gard. View the Panel Picks section to see the panel's top three and read about why they made their choices.
Congratulations to the winners and our heartfelt thanks for all entrants (and nine great photographers) that made for a fun (and super popular) six weeks' voting!
i loved this project and played the game many times! when will we see the same prototype repeated in another city?
By st. valentine at 10:11 Tue 28 Nov 2006 | reply to this >