Have you ever been sitting around with your buddies and you come up with a fabulous idea for a new product that should be developed, an idea on how to solve a global issue, or even figure out how you would redesign something to make it more interesting or useful? Sadly, a lot of ideas become forgotten or pushed out of the way with the daily errands- whether they are creative, organizational, mechanical, economic, ect. These ideas become neglected- left on the tables, thrown in trashcans, or left smothered under mounds of paperwork. In a business like ours, we use our creative muscles every day solving problems and creating solutions for an array of clients. It’s easy to become stuck in a creative rutt. So, how do you inspire new creative ideas? And once it is inspired, how do you keep your grasp on the idea before it flees? A few of our brilliant staffers thought of a fun way to get our juices going- a creative project/contest was the solution!

On one random Tuesday, we all gathered around the huge TFG conference table and began to discuss fun, creative projects we all could collectively do as a team. It didn’t matter who you were, what your idea was, or how it was delivered- as long as it was a creative idea of your own and you had a blast doing it. These projects were to help harvest creative juices and to spice up the normal workday.

This is how “The Stamp” project started! There was only one limitation to the TFG stamps- we had to, in some way, include one of these items: Cats, Zombies, Rockets, Sporks, or Tom (the founder of the TFG Family). Yeah…we narrowed it down to those 5. You can say we’re a little quirky! Designers, Web Developers, Production Artists, Account Executives, Administrative Executives, and Interns parted ways and began brainstorming and daydreaming of stamps. Even one of the TFG kiddos got into the mix and drew some stamps of her own. If you were to create a stamp without any limitations, what would your stamp look like? And, how would it be different? Maybe its not a stamp at all, or maybe, just maybe, you could have that great idea for the revolution of the modern stamp.

After completion, we placed the stamp concepts on the table where it all started. We voted on our most liked ideas to find our “winner.” Well, take a look at what we created:

So, who won “The Stamp” contest?  After voting, we ended up with perfect ties for second and third place. Take a look at the winners!