LAS VEGAS, Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- CES -- Skinit, Inc., the global
leader in consumer electronic device personalization, today announced that
HP and Skinit will showcase winners from the global design competition
"Take Action. Make Art." at CES 2008 in Las Vegas.
Contest entrants were encouraged to submit ideas from subjects they are
passionate about, whether it's related to fashion, music, the environment
or peace. The winning submission will be used in the design of a special
edition HP Pavilion notebook PC using the company's innovative HP Imprint
finish.
HP has encouraged young people around the globe to express what is
personal to them by incorporating that thought into a notebook design. The
winning notebook is expected to be available to consumers worldwide in
March 2008, and winning designs from runners-up in Asia, Europe, Latin
America and the United States will also have their personal expressions
created into adhesive HP notebook skins by Skinit available online at
http://hp.skinit.com to consumers around the world.
"We are excited to be chosen as HP's preferred provider of adhesive
skins and extend our global relationship with HP further with the 'Take
Action. Make Art.' design competition," said Paul Buss, CEO, Skinit. "Our
program with HP to personalize notebooks via skins has been tremendously
successful since its introduction. It is clear that people want to express
themselves and show their uniqueness. This competition has created some
very interesting designs and we're proud to be supporting HP with
initiatives like this," Mr. Buss continues.
The winning design and sample skins from the runners-up will be
showcased at HP's 17,000 square foot booth at CES 2008. Skins from second
to fifth place are also available to purchase at http://hp.skinit.com.
Additional skins are available at http://hp.skinit.com, including
exclusive, limited edition skins designed by Vladimir Kagan, Naeem Khan and
Cath Kidston. Proceeds from each designer skins purchase will go directly
to the Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS; as well as Chopper
designs, and MTV Take Action Make Art designs.
About Skinit
Skinit provides leading OEMs, wireless carriers, MVNOs and distributors
with turnkey personalization platforms to increase product differentiation,
sales velocity, margins and brand impressions. These platforms allow OEMs,
wireless carriers and MVNOs to offer personalized skins to their customers
via internet, OEM, retail and promotional channels. Skinit provides the
largest, most advanced on-demand manufacturing, fulfillment, supply chain,
image portfolio and product line available, including the Skinit Customizer
that allows consumers to upload and decorate their own photos. Skinit's
photo quality removable skins are made from exclusive 3M materials and are
customized to fit consumer electronic devices including mobile handsets,
MP3 players, desktop and laptop computers, gaming consoles, routers,
monitors among others totaling over four million SKUs. To learn more about
Skinit, please visit http://www.skinit.com.
SOURCE Skinit, Inc.
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Related links:
http://www.skinit.com
http://hp.skinit.com http://www.cesweb.org
CONTACT:
Charlotte Rubin of Crux Communications for
Skinit, Inc., +1-858-775-7621, or charlotte.rubin@cruxcomms.com
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