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SWINDON’S NIC JANSEN WINS ‘COTTON’S NATURAL WORLD’ T-SHIRT DESIGN COMPETITION

COTTON USA has announced Nic Jansen as the winner of its “Cotton’s Natural World” T-shirt design competition in association with Vogue, Glamour and Easyliving magazines.

To celebrate the ‘International Year of Natural Fibres’, COTTON USA held a competition to create a new cotton-inspired design for a T-shirt. Budding photographers and designers from across the UK were invited to show off their “natural flair” and submit their photo, graphic design or drawing that captured the essence of cotton in natural surroundings.

Winning first place in the competition was Swindon’s own Nic Jansen, capturing a butterfly resting on a washing line of cotton. The retired building services engineer, with a passion for photography, was delighted to hear he had won. “I am so pleased that my photograph got so far in the competition. I’m quite stunned - I never expected to actually win!” remarked Nic.

Steph Thiers-Ratcliffe, International Marketing Manager, COTTON USA commented, “We were impressed with high standard of the entries, but the natural beauty expressed in Nic’s photograph really caught our attention.”

Nic has won a state-of-the-art Panasonic DMC-L10 camera, and his winning submission will now be put forward to compete against “Cotton’s Natural World” global competition entries, with the opportunity to win a fantastic trip for two to New York.

Nicholas Board from Reading was awarded runner-up in the competition. The chef at John Lewis in Reading has won a Canon IXUS 82 IS camera for his striking image of a woman in cotton riding her bike along the beach.