Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Nickelodeon UK, Character World And Argos Announce Winner Of Joint "SpongeBob SquarePants" Competition To Design Summer Themed SBSP Duvet

The licensing industry news website Licensing.biz is reporting the exciting Nickelodeon and Viacom Consumer Products UK (NVCP UK) news in the following article that a ten-year-old "SpongeBob SquarePants" superfan has won a competition to design his very own SpongeBob duvet set - in association with Nickelodeon UK, the number one commercial kids' television channel in the UK, and the Stockport, UK-Based licensing company Character World!

James Dent from Cirencester, East Gloucestershire, England, UK, beat hundreds to win the competition advertised in Argos, the UK's largest general-goods retailer, by designing a summer-themed SpongeBob duvet. He is now working with professional product designers at Character World to bring his design to life for an exclusive, one of a kind duvet!

Congratulations, James Dent!!

From Licensing.biz:
Spongebob Squarepants fan wins Nickelodeon UK and Character World design competition


Challenge was to design a Spongebob duvet set.

A ten year old Spongebob Squarepants super fans has won a competition to design his own Spongebob duvet set - in association with Nickelodeon UK and Character World.

James Dent from Cirencester beat hundreds to win the competition advertised in Argos, by designing a summer-themed Spongebob duvet. He is now working with professional product designers at Character World to bring his design to life for an exclusive, one of a kind duvet.

"James was a worthy winner, as he really brought Spongebob's fun character to life, with his surfing design," said Marianne James, VP of consumer products, UK & Ireland and European retail sales and marketing at Nickelodeon. "The competition was created to give kids the chance to put their own stamp on a much loved character and we were blown away by the quality of all the entries we received."

Tim Kilby, brand director at Character World, added: "Congratulations to James. Hopefully this will be the start of a career in design for him. He has been invited to our headquarters to experience how we design and produce a range of licensed bedroom accessories. We hope to inspire him creatively."

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