for the past two years d*s has been hosting the ugliest pillow contest to celebrate all things out-of-date, torn to pieces and horribly tacky. we don’t normally do a lot of trash-talking or product-dissing here, but once a year i like to switch it up and see what sort of scary accessories lurk in people’s homes.
if you’re unfamiliar with the contest, here’s the rundown: every year we host a contest along with pillows and throws to see who has the ugliest pillow in america. for one week we accept entries and then narrow it down to a final 10. once the top 10 are decided (or should i say bottom ten?) we open up the voting to you, the readers, to decide who is the owner of america’s ugliest pillow. once our top three winners are chosen they receive brand new thomas paul pillows of their choice, courtesy of pillows and throws, to replace their award-winning ugly pillows.
you can browse some of the past years’ entries right here and here, but if you’re ready to join the contest, here are the rules:
1. all pillows must be photographed (voters are always interested in good photos so please take time to set up a nice shot) and emailed to designsponge [at] gmail [dot] com by TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH AT 10PM, EST.
2. all photos must be attached in JPEG form. please do not send flickr links, website links, or zipped folders. please send all of your images in one email.
3. please write “ugliest pillow contest” in the subject line of your email
4. due to shipping costs, we can only accept entries from the united states this year
1st place will receive 2 thomas paul pillows of their choice to replace their ugly pillow, and 2nd and 3rd place will both receive a new thomas paul pillow of their choice to replace their ugly pillows. thanks to pamela stanmire at pillows and throws for donating the award-pillows and thank you to thomas paul for the lovely designs.
[pillows shown above are the newest collection of thomas paul pillows at pillows and throws]
