🎨 Android Design Contest

Prize fund: $30,000
Deadline: 23:59 on October 5th (Dubai time)
Who can participate: Everyone
Results: October 19th, 2023

Telegram is hosting a new design contest for its Android app.

The Task:
Create a detailed redesign concept for the Telegram Android app. Your concept should maintain the app’s core essence and lightweight feel while introducing an improved visual aesthetic with updated elements.

The guidelines of Material Design 3 may also be used for additional reference. To be eligible for any rewards, your submission must include all the areas and components outlined below.

Minimum Requirements:

Chat List
• Bottom Navigation Bar

Chats
• Private Chats (including Secret Chats)
• Channels (both admin and subscriber perspectives)
• Groups (including those with topics enabled)

Profiles
• User Profiles
• Group and Channel Info pages

Settings
• Main Settings Page
• User Info

Your design should thoroughly consider various scenarios and encompass all related elements and components – such as pinned messages, service messages, shared media, stories and more.

For the Chat List you can include an optional version with a white header (and an alternate translucent appearance).

Submission Format:
1) The layouts can be implemented as static .png files. For any animation demos, use .mp4 format (without sound).
Source files and properly structured Figma projects are also welcome.
2) If you include videos, you must also provide several static .png images from each video that serve as a storyboard.
3) If you use complex animated icons, they must be in lottie json or .tgs format.

Submissions that include detailed visualizations, such as videos showcasing your project from a general perspective and offering in-depth views of elements like transition flows between screens and interface animations (including buttons) are more likely to receive a higher place in the prize rankings.
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@ContestBot will begin accepting submissions at a later date. We will further clarify the submission instructions closer to the deadline.

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• Motion Designers
• UI/UX

📣 Android Design Contest Announcement

Dear contestants, kindly make sure the supplementary channel you've submitted is public now.

Your channel must contain:
– A table of contents;
– All static mockups and videos from the archive – properly labeled and sent as media.

P.S. Figma links and all extras can also be placed in the channel.

🎨 Telegram App Icon Competition

Prize fund: $10,000
Deadline: 23:59 on October 19th (Dubai time)
Who can participate: Everyone
Results: October 26th, 2023

Telegram is hosting a competition for artists to draw new icons for Telegram's Android and iOS apps. The best icons may be later offered to users in addition to the default sets currently presented in both apps.

The Task

Create at least 1 icon and adapt it for both Android and iOS. Submissions featuring more than 1 icon are accepted providing that each icon is thematically different.

Each of your app icons must be based on the core form of the Telegram logo. You are free to incorporate any scenes or characters, except copyrighted materials.

Using Telegram's official sticker and emoji packs is allowed for references (you can adapt characters to create icons based on them). The use of generative AI is strictly prohibited.

App Icon Guidelines

Android
• Follows the Android UI Guidelines
• Contains a PNG of 432x432px for each icon (you must also provide the following resolutions: 324x324px, 216x216px, 162x162px and 108x108px – each is used for different screen pixel densities). The icon must contain separate background and foreground layers
• Includes source files

P.S. For further references, clipping mask samples (for non-direct versions of the app we apply the masks from the archive), other icon resolutions and the suggested structure check the provided archive below this message.

iOS
• Follows the Apple Design Guidelines
• Contains a non-transparent PNG of 1024x1024px for each icon (make sure it looks correct when resized to 270x270px, 180x180px or 120x120px, otherwise provide separate images for each resolution)
• Includes source files

Submissions and Evaluation

@ContestBot will start accepting submissions closer to the deadline. The prize fund will be distributed among the best contributors. When evaluating submissions we will prioritize the quality of each artwork, its uniqueness, and its compliance with the “App Icon Guidelines” – your contribution must be submitted in a ”ready to use“ format requiring zero adaptions or tweaks on our side.

🏆 Android Design Contest: Results

We are pleased to announce the results of the Android Design Contest. The judges thoroughly reviewed each of the 89 submissions.

The contestants brought several solid concepts and intriguing ideas to life – though even the top entries can’t be utilized without further polishing and refinements. Despite that, we are happy to award Stout Pony, Eager Jackal, Bold Crab and Happy Squid with 🥇 1st PLACE. These entries carefully considered multiple aspects in their designs and the judges were unanimous in their selection.

Meet the winners!

1st PLACE – $2,500
🥇 Stout Pony
🥇 Eager Jackal
🥇 Bold Crab
🥇 Happy Squid

2nd PLACE – $1,500
🥈 Mighty Unicorn
🥈 Cute Lemur
🥈 Swift Shark
🥈 Keen Pony
🥈 Mad Spider

3rd PLACE – $750
🥉 Posh Hamster
🥉 Perfect Dodo
🥉 Busy Phoenix
🥉 Mellow Llama
🥉 Hardy Wolf
🥉 Huge Puffin
🥉 Neat Kangaroo
🥉 Nice Pony
🥉 Mighty Falcon
🥉 Holy Eagle
🥉 Fancy Unicorn
🥉 Cool Lion
🥉 Tanned Cat
🥉 Nimble Sheep
🥉 Humble Cockroach
🥉 Able Bear
🥉 Holy Gecko

Congratulations to the winners and a happy Friday to you all!

🏆 App Icon Competition: Results

We were delighted to see so many interesting concepts and new takes on the Telegram icon – with a total of 252 submissions.

For this competition, we will be distributing the prize fund among all contributors who submitted at least one icon that we accepted. The award per entry is based on its overall evaluation.

While many of the submissions still require aesthetic changes, we have decided to further increase the total prize fund by an additional $2,600. This ensures as many contestants as possible will receive recognition.

Meet the winners!

$1,000
Sharp Unicorn

$600
Funky Hedgehog
Agile Raven

$400
Rich Cockroach
Night Heron
Brave Hawk
Fancy Otter
Sunny Dragon
Calm Dolphin
Sweet Raccoon
Brave Mink
Perfect Hawk
Mad Spider

$200
Fluffy Cow
Cool Lion
Tactful Butterfly
Agile Goat
Caring Phoenix
Funny Python
Mellow Beaver
Noble Ant
Gifted Toad
Agile Quokka
Happy Moth
Strict Ant
Cute Otter
Gifted Cat
Funny Meerkat
Slim Bee
Cute Lemur
Mad Mink
Jolly Elk
Sturdy Cock
Daring Ladybird
Sunny Moth
Hardy Bear
Suave Spider
Funky Chicken
Dashing Duck
Stylish Turtle
Noble Toad

$100
Modest Gecko
Desert Crab
Magic Rabbit
Mindful Wasp
Shiny Puffin
Merry Phoenix
Suave Kangaroo
Stylish Kangaroo

🧠 A smart suggestion, which we instantly implemented. We sent 2000 euro to the creator of this submission to appreciate his great work 😌

(Pavel)