🧠 Our most challenging Design Contest to date turned out to be a great success. This time, designers faced the complex task of crafting not just a standalone feature, but the foundation of an entirely new way to communicate on Telegram – and to manage that flow.
🌈 It was truly rewarding to come across so many gems out of 192 submissions – thank you. We spent more than a hundred hours reviewing each one, and dozens more discussing the ideas that stood out.
With so many strong concepts in play, none decisively outperformed the others – so no one secured 1st place.
💰 As a token of recognition of the effort participants put in, we are boosting the total prize fund from the initial $50,000 to $75,500 – an increase of over 50%.
Now finally, meet the winners!
2nd PLACE – $5,000
🥈 Sexy Leopard | Channel
🥈 Brave Flamingo | Channel
🥈 Strict Crow | Channel
🥈 Desert Bass | Channel
🥈 Cuddly Turtle | Channel
🥈 Humble Cockroach | Channel
🥈 Merry Bat | Channel
3rd PLACE – $2,000
🥉 Eager Duck | Channel
🥉 Nimble Kitten | Channel
🥉 Mighty Crab | Channel
🥉 Eager Mantis | Channel
🥉 Sunny Mink | Channel
🥉 Caring Eagle | Channel
🥉 Shiny Fish | Channel
🥉 Gifted Puma | Channel
🥉 Nimble Sheep | Channel
🥉 Crazy Gnat | Channel
🥉 Mighty Falcon | Channel
🥉 Noble Swallow | Channel
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