The rules are simple. Using only the images and type provided in a Veer lightbox, make something great. Crop. Cut. Paste. Fight dirty. Write copy. Make a knockout design. The voting public decides the winner. The prize? Bragging rights, and some sweet Veer swag.
Think you’re tough enough to fight?
Design blogger Adelle Charles steps into uncharted Lightboxing territory with ad-savvy design director Donna Holesworth. Prepare to get Lost.
Designers Mark Blamire and Tina Fleck take a turn in the squared circle, fighting over Time Travel. When they stop, nobody knows.
It’s a melee by moonlight as designers Katie Canada of Missouri and Tom Huveners of Belgium tangle at Midnight. Who will reign when fight night is over?
Typographer and designer Rian Hughes throws down against web maven Jon Hicks, while earth’s fate hangs in the balance. Fembot said knock you out.
Alejandro Paul is a star of modern typography. Janine Vangool is a respected book designer. Behold the might of the meticulous!
Veteran designer Monique Gamache wages a war of Ninjas with Auburn University’s star design student, Blake Hicks. See them Lightbox, Grasshopper.
Brothers Nick and Spence Fruhling of British Columbia are both designers, but the similarities end there. Dysfunction tears this happy family to pieces.
Sean Tejaratchi is the genius behind a beloved art zine. Joe Newton art directs at a magazine. Indie cred plus Disco makes for fancy footwork.
William Lebeda crafts movie trailers, while Waferbaby codes for the web. Will a common love of robots sneak into the ring, or will we see Pure creativity?
Motion-makers Adam Royer and Eric Toth unleash a flurry of punches in the first-ever interactive Lightboxing match. Grab a seat and buckle up for Trip.
For this special edition of Lightboxing, we left it wide open — inviting HOW attendees, Computerlove regulars, and anyone else to interpret My Place.
Chris Scrivens is all about slick interfaces. Chiraag Bhakta is all about making art. See what happens when they go head-to-head and dare to Dream.
Designers to the entertainment industry, LA-based Taylor Tyng and Corey Holms are on the fight card. These laid-back Californians go for gold in Rush.
Country Song is a moving ballad about boy meets girl — in the ring. Ohio web girl Jen Funk Segrest goes toe-to-toe with Georgia web geek Nate Steiner.
East meets west up north as Canadian designers Marian Bantjes (Vancouver) and Davin Risk (Toronto) kick off the new year with a fitting theme: Start.
Hailed far and wide as The Thrillois in Illinois, the inaugural Lightboxing bout sees Armin Vit square off against Jim Coudal in an epic battle of Boredom.
Pre-packaged, preserved, or post-employment? It’s too soon to say. What’s certain is that there are two kinds of people in the next Lightboxing bout: those who can pull off a design victory and those who will cry themselves to sleep when they can’t.
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What font did you use for the LIGHTBOXING wording on the brown-paper-bag logo?
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The font is Fenway Park by Jason Walcott.
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