Singapore, January 29, 2006 —
iStyles today announced the launch of a new range of trendy skins for all the iPod models. This new range includes work from
psilocyber (the designer of hits such as the Absolute Hirst), and many other attractive designs. All new skin designs are available at
http://www.istyles.com/products_new.php .
Chinese New Year Holidays and Free Shipping
Due to the Chinese New Year holidays and celebrations here in Singapore, our store will be closed for the rest of the week, and business will resume on 6 February 2006. All orders received during this period will only be processed after 6 February, but will enjoy free worldwide shipping if the cost is above $20.
Design Gallery
The
design gallery has brought out the talents of many designers, who have come together to create artwork for the iPod. We talked to some of them and found that they are doing this as a hobby, and it's just the icing on the cake when they get paid for their work. Some of the designers get pretty good commissions as their designs are hot sellers, and the whole aim of the design competition is for the best designs to surface, to help us in our choice of what to manufacture.
The prizes we give each month are simply 'motivations' to bring out the best in the designers. These prizes are small in value compared to the commissions that some of the designers earn when their work gets sold on iStyles, but unfortunately, there are some individuals who do not realize this and have taken it upon themselves to vote their own designs to the top, rigging the competition, and simply spoiling the mood for everyone.
This is indeed unfortunate as these guys actually have talent, but we will have to either cleanup all the votes, or simply ban all these people. The cleanup operation will be carried out in the next week. This gallery is meant to be a fun place for designers to get together, to collect and showcase the talents of designers worldwide. It was never meant to be a self inflated power trip to the top.